Mahmoud Darwish, from Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems; “The Flute Cried,”
I wished with all my heart that we could just leave this world behind. Rise like two angels in the night and magically disappear.
Mysterious Skin (2004) dir. Gregg Araki
“Quit trying to hold on so tight. I'm gone. Long gone.”
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) dir. David Lynch
by Alex Stoddard
"Both pictures taken at the same time in the same spot, just from opposite sides of the creek. A testament to the power of changing your perspective."
May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect. FIGHT CLUB (1999) dir. David Fincher, adapted from the novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk
“I want you to have your own thoughts and ideas and feelings, even when I hold you in my arms.”
A Room with a View (1985) dir. James Ivory
— Ocean Vuong, Because It’s Summer
Marilyn Monroe during the filming of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953
Period Dramas + Hands Hands are unbearably beautiful. They hold on to things. They let things go.
The Piano (1993), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Anna Karenina (2012), Pride and Prejudice (2005), Carol (2015), Titanic (1997), In the Mood For Love (2000), The Handmaiden (2016), The Age of Innocence (1993), Maurice (1987)
I was put on this earth to draw niche parallels that make you say “isn’t that a bit of a stretch?” the answer is yes, it is a stretch, but by the grace of God I’m getting more flexible every day
