#way through

[julialametta]

one a day 366/123

"on my way" / Vienna / Austria / ©Julia Lametta

[most-ment]

Way through

I wish I was in a montage,

Or rather, at the end of it.

The part where I’ve already acquired the skill; succeeded,

The part that’s filled with ease

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Instead I’m at the beginning;

The hard part of every success story.

 Ground zero they call it,

Long before the accolade and glory. 

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I don’t know how I feel about it, 

My situation is too present to look back and laugh at.

I’m honestly overwhelmed;

Soo much to do and that isn’t even the hard part.

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‘Where do I start?” 

That question is constantly reoccurring,

With no answer in sight.

I’m just in limbo, wondering.

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‘Where do I start”

‘What are the steps; the processes?’

I’m soo eager to experience the success,

Without the struggles that comes with it.

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But we all know that’s unrealistic,

Incomprehendable really.

This dunya is not supposed to be easy,

Expecting ease all the time is kind of silly.

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We all know,

That every real success story has struggles.

This isn’t some TV show,

That only shows the clips without any hustle. 

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This is real life, 

And real life is as painful as it is hopeful.

There is no montage time,

 Just a slow and steady way through.

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There's a way through this tag list: @jayrealgf @think-through-pen @unforgettable-sensations @jordynhaiku @sweetwarmcookies16 @grimfox @mk-ranz

[bookwyrminspiration]

I can behave normally around books

[theartofmadeline]

yeah i'm wlw (wench loving wench)

[tawnysoup]

Finally now that the comic is fully public on comicfury, I get to share it with all of you here, too <3

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[chiptrillino-art]

(ID in ALT text)

Zuko is just playing hard to get

[musiciansandmonsters]

Mama’s here!!

I’m gay so obviously a Leyendecker inspired piece was bound to happen

[dappermouth]

There are buildings that you sometimes see, in places where they shouldn't be.

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[moochilatv]

Cici Arthur presents: Way Through

It's Joseph Shabason, Chris A. Cummings and Thom Gill

Nostalgic song

Cici Arthur = Toronto artists Joseph Shabason, Chris A. Cummings, Thom Gill who are releasing the new album Way Through for a February 21st release date via Western Vinyl. 

It’s roots came from Cummings finding a way through dead ends when biking to untapped but nearby locations in Toronto during the 2020 pandemic, and musically Shabason and Gill create delicate introspection that map this emotional territory with something of a joyous outlook created from a subverted take on adult contemporary aesthetics. 

The album guests are notable too, with vocalist Dorothea Paas providing glassy harmonies through all the moving parts, Nicholas Krgovich and drummer Phil Melanson keeping Shabson’s communal spirit intact, and perhaps most impressively, violinist Owen Pallet running a 30-piece orchestra for the proceedings. 

“What good are dead ends when I’m looking through a way through,” he repeats on the album’s title track over the crest of a weary and sweet brass section. “When the miracle you’d hoped for never comes it’s hard to take, but it’s your fault for hoping.” About new single “Way Through” out next Tuesday; for all of its orchestral technicolor wonder, Cummings delivers refreshingly honest doses of realism about how dreams unfold across a lifetime.

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[kuuwo]

Good Boy

[orions-aether]

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[idontmindifuforgetme]

guys i actually beg of you to not let palestine become an unpleasant flashback, a transient tumblr trend, a hasbeen subject that just faded away. as an arab—and specifically iraqi—girl, i know what it feels like to have family displaced all over the world as a result of western imperialism. i know what it feels like to not be able to step foot into your homeland because it’s no longer safe. as an american iraqi, raised in the us and insulated from my roots, it wasn’t until last summer that i was able to visit iraq for the first time, and even then my family was worried for my safety—in my own blood country. although nothing like what palestinians are experiencing right now, it might be the tiniest semblance of what it feels like to watch your country disintegrate in front of you.

and this is a universal arab experience. i volunteer weekly at a refugee center that serves middle eastern refugees, and every day i see the longing in their eyes when they speak of where they hail from. it’s safe to say that we will be getting a wave of palestinian refugees very soon: just another generation of arabs who can’t inhabit their own country.

arab culture is so rich, so profound, so beautiful. i am tired of being told by the world—through literal genocide—that it doesn’t mean anything. please never let this be forgotten. free palestine. free palestine. free palestine.

[crazysodomite]

the thing about "i could do that" is that what people mean is that they can copy the finished product because the work of coming up with something and making it has already been done for them. every little creative decision has already been made and put into creating something, so "doing the same thing" is only doing the work of physically making something. but art doesn't just appear out of thin air. every little decision someone makes is part of the creative process. if you "can just do that" you would be doing it instead of just saying it. because the most essential part of making a piece of art is actually making it. you have to come up with it, decide to make it, and make it, for it to even exist. you can look at someone's works and think that on a technical level you can Do The Same Thing but that's not really true. because the work of unique creative choices for a particular piece you're looking at has already been done. some pieces are hard to make because they're very complex on a technical level, but every single piece that's created requires the essential work of coming up with it, making choices that are unique to you as an artist, and actually making the piece

[morganmnemonic]

I'm thinking of kris repeating berdly's name in shock when you try to tell ralsei that you are going to the festival with berdly of all people. Thinking about the conversations we only get to hear half of, where kris presumably tells ralsei and susie that ralsei and asriel don't look that much alike. Thinking about all the times where kris changes the prompt we give them into something that they'd prefer to say.

Kris talks. They chatter, even, but we as the player don't get to hear it. They don't get a text box. We only ever know that they spoke at all from the reactions of other characters, and even then, we rarely know exactly what was said.

And part of this is that whoever the deltarune narrator is seems intent to pretending like kris doesn't exist. You check the mirror, and it says, "it's only you". Kris plays the piano and it says, "your hands begin moving on their own." If kris speaks without your permission, the narration doesn't acknowledge it at all, committed to the lie that kris doesn't exist beyond their role as our vessel. But that's not what this post is about.

This post is about how it's entirely possible that kris has tried to talk to us when no one else is around. They could have tried to tell us their plan, or begged us not to make certain decisions, or explained that we don't actually need to steal asriel's 5 dollars because they have a piggy bank buried in the front yard. Kris could be asking us questions, or asking us not to look for the bunker password because they have a plan and we should trust them, or asking us to let them sleep a bit longer, and we the soul just carry on the same regardless, their one-sided monologue falling on deaf ears. We would never even know, because of how thoroughly the narrative of deltarune has denied kris a voice.