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the culture vulture » Munro House Commission

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:03:06 +0000

the culture vulture » Munro House Commission:

artsy people of Leeds may want to consider getting involved with this….

I truly truly need this in my life (via The Handmaid’s...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:23:27 +0000

I truly truly need this in my life

(via The Handmaid’s Tale - The Folio Society)

"You can’t save anyone from themselves. You will lose everything, attempting to play saviour. You..."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:03:36 +0000

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You can’t save anyone from themselves. You will lose everything, attempting to play saviour. You will never, ever heal the terminally wounded. You cannot repair the damage already done by selfish parents, vicious ex-lovers, child molesters, tyrants, poverty, depression, or chemical imbalance. You can’t undo psychic wounds. You can’t bandage old scars. You can’t kiss away ancient bruises. You can’t make the fucking pain go away.

You can’t shout down the voices in other people’s heads. You can’t make them feel special. They’ll never feel beautiful enough, no matter how beautiful they are to you. They’ll never feel loved enough, no matter how much you fucking adore them. You’ll never be able to save the battered from battling back at a world they’ve grown to hate. They’ll always find a new way to pick up where the bullies left off. They will, in turn, become bullies. They will turn you into the enemy. They will always find a new method in which to punish themselves, thereby punishing you.

No matter how much you’ve convinced yourself that you have done everything in your power to prove your undying devotion, unfaltering commitment, unending encouragement; you will never, ever be able to save a miserable bastard from themselves. They will always find a way to spread their pain over a vast terrain, like an emotional tsunami which devastates the surrounding landscape; an ever-expanding firewall which singes everything and everyone in its wake.

The longer that you love a damaged person, the more it’s going to hurt you. They will mock your generosity. They will abuse your kindness. They will expect your forgiveness. They will try your fucking patience. They’ll sap your energy, and eventually they’ll end up killing your fucking soul. They won’t be happy until you’re as miserable as they are. Then, their incredible self-loathing will be justified by the perpetuation of a cycle, from which there’s absolutely no recourse. Once you enter their freefall, it’ll be nearly impossible to turn your back on them, and you’ll be racked with guilt; you’ll be frustrated by your own impotence; you’ll be made furious for ever buying into their fucking bullshit in the first place. And of course, the more damaged they are, the more charismatic, the more brilliant, the more sexually intoxicating, the more dangerous to your own mental health.

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- from “will work for drugs” by Lydia Lunch

http://www.lydia-lunch.org/

"For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And..."

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:28:44 +0000

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.”

- T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding.” (via paperbackgirl)

a separate peace (by sara*teresa)

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:33:00 +0000

a separate peace (by sara*teresa)

I don’t know…. It might confuse people, I might look like a freak, but at least...

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:47:16 +0000

I don’t know….

It might confuse people, I might look like a freak, but at least I’ve lived a life

a photo, and a letter to a friend…. a grip (by...

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:03:51 +0100

a photo, and a letter to a friend….

a grip (by sara*teresa)

"In Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, the hero remarks: “It put me to reflecting, how little..."

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:47:42 +0100

“In Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, the hero remarks: “It put me to reflecting, how little repining there would be among mankind, at any condition of life, if people would rather compare their condition with those that are worse, in order to be thankful, than be always comparing them with those which are better, to assist their murmurings and complainings.” Advertising encourages us to compare ourselves with those we perceive to be better off. It persuades us to trash our happiness and trash the biosphere to answer a craving it exists to perpetuate.”

- Advertising is a poison that demeans even love – and we’re hooked on it | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian

oh Dusdin more beautiful work from one of my favourite film...

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:23:47 +0100

oh Dusdin

more beautiful work from one of my favourite film photographers

click through to see the whole series

(via Play the Blues | The Ones2Watch)

today I am loving the work of Danny Clinch (via Radiohead –...

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:10:39 +0100

today I am loving the work of Danny Clinch

(via Radiohead – Danny Clinch)

Fellini - sooooo the man seeing this film was basically life...

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:28:29 +0100

Fellini - sooooo the man

seeing this film was basically life changing for me

goodtimeforpie:

Marcello Mastroianni (left) & Federico Fellini (right)

"They are tired of seeing old women asking for medical attention, little children asking for..."

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:22:00 +0100

“They are tired of seeing old women asking for medical attention, little children asking for education, young adults asking for work. They want those people tidied away. The question is: are you going to let them tidy you away?”

- Penny Red: Dear Occupy Wall Street,

^^ click through, read this ^^

I love you MJ motherjones: Best #OccupyWallStreet photo ever of...

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:17:33 +0100

I love you MJ

motherjones:

Best #OccupyWallStreet photo ever of the day.

"I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions."

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:00:20 +0100

““I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.””

- ― Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking: True Stories

I love this poorartists: Paige Bradley created one of the most...

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:26:14 +0100

I love this

poorartists:

Paige Bradley created one of the most striking sculptures I’ve seen in recent times. Her masterpiece, entitled Expansion, is a beautiful woman seeking inner piece but fractured and bleeding with light. “From the moment we are born, the world tends to have a container already built for us to fit inside: a social security number, a gender, a race, a profession,” says Bradley. “I ponder if we are more defined by the container we are in than what we are inside. Would we recognize ourselves if we could expand beyond our bodies?”

"Those on the streets around Wall Street are the physical embodiment of hope. They know that hope has..."

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:27:09 +0100

“Those on the streets around Wall Street are the physical embodiment of hope. They know that hope has a cost, that it is not easy or comfortable, that it requires self-sacrifice and discomfort and finally faith. They sleep on concrete every night. Their clothes are soiled. They have eaten more bagels and peanut butter than they ever thought possible. They have tasted fear, been beaten, gone to jail, been blinded by pepper spray, cried, hugged each other, laughed, sung, talked too long in general assemblies, seen their chants drift upward to the office towers above them, wondered if it is worth it, if anyone cares, if they will win. But as long as they remain steadfast they point the way out of the corporate labyrinth. This is what it means to be alive. They are the best among us.”

- Chris Hedges: The Best Among Us - Chris Hedges’ Columns - Truthdig

oh lord

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:24:20 +0100

oh lord:

I’ve got to stop reading this at work…. there are tears

your own beat (by sara*teresa)

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:20:06 +0100

your own beat (by sara*teresa)

How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb?

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:18:30 +0100

How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb?

this photograph says it all click through to check out the rest...

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:11:24 +0100

this photograph says it all

click through to check out the rest of the photographs on the blog of Juan Carlos Hernandez, a photographer who captured the 17 September occupation of Wall Street

(via Juan-Carlos Hernandez - Life Photographer: Crime Scene Do Not Cross (photos #TakeWallStreet #OccupyWallStreet))