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No better way to infuse whimsy and novelty into ur life. My fave reccs:
- tahini and banana on toast (from Andrew Brooks’ collection Inferno)
- the song GTFO by mariah carey (Brooks ^ called this ‘the sonic equivalent of huffing amyl’)
- saving worms on the street (from You Up? By Rachelle Toarmino)
Jan 22, 2024
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•Blackberrying - Sylvia Plath
•Honorary Jew - John Repp
•How Delicious to Say It - Vievee Francis
•Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem - Matthew Olzman
•The Smiley Barista Remembers my Name- Wo Chan
•Three Mangoes, £1 - Kandace Siobham Walker
•The Orange - Wendy Cope
•Departure - Jennifer Huang
•I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party - Chen Chen
•Green Eggs and Ham - Doctor Seuss
Feb 3, 2024
I love this question! heres a few things I return to for inspiration.
Jim Jarmusch‘s Paterson to remember the small beauty in creating every day, for yourself if nothing else.
All of Mitski’s live performances, (and all her records tbh) to find the balance between raw vulnerability and studied theatrics.
Mary Oliver’s poems (especially wild geese) to remember the joy amidst pain.
Sylvia Plath’s poems (especially Lady Lazarus) to see how one’s own wallowing can become shared catharsis when turned into art (making work isn’t selfish even when its about ourselves).
Kelly Link’s short stories to find weirdness and playfulness (not everything has to have a moral or deeper meaning).
Mar 23, 2024
highly recommend making one of these lists for yourself!!
Feb 5, 2024
Top Recs from @siddhartha
So sweet to send them to thank them for your shared experience, and I’d much rather look at one of these than ten pics from that day
Jan 23, 2024
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go to events even if u think they’ll be iffy - better to have some memories of living life than none, go to library, go sit on the nearest grass
also u can’t expect good arts and culture if u don’t support the bad/amateur stuff as well 🦀
Jan 30, 2024
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Eg in shower, on walks, during commute, making dinner, to go to sleep, getting dressed. be able to do all these comfortably in silence. then u can try phase them back in in a way where they actually contribute something and ur not just listening for the sake of it
Jan 29, 2024