Nadia Lee Cohen, (Carole), 2022.
Francis Bacon
Triptych March 1974 (center panel) Oil on canvas
IF THE ROUTINE NO LONGER SERVES, YOU MUST ALTER THE PATTERN, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?? YOUR LIFE STARTS WITH YOU
Self improvement is great but ultimately? you have to accept your self. Yes you can eat better, exercise more, read more, set boundaries, love your self, but it all comes down to this. Some days you won’t have the energy to do any of these things. And you’ll look in the mirror and think that this is not enough. That’s a lie. The biggest love for self is to live slowly. To rest. To really rest. Have a nap. Eat what makes you feel good. Read if you want to. Embrace yourself and accept that you cannot and will not be ever be perfect. Accept that you are good enough. You don’t need to keep busy all the time. you don’t need to go out all the time and post on instagram. You don’t need to journal if you don’t want to. You don’t need to make art if you don’t want to. Breathe, give yourself grace and compassion. Give yourself the love and tenderness you so badly need. Be gentle with yourself. You are trying and it is good enough. You are good enough.
A beautiful poem that illustrates my point
rosehaw
this makes me feel like i’m sitting somewhere like a stairwell or bathroom outside of a christmas party i’m not really feeling and while i thought coming here might be fun and good for me it’s just made me realize how isolated i really am from people
this shit will give you an existential crisis.
he completely changed the feel of it how magical
sometimes i forget how many times i’ve picked myself off the floor, how many times i’ve washed away smudgy makeup and put myself to bed. how many times i’ve said no to something unhealthy. said yes to something good. how many times i’ve treated myself with kindness and patience. i forget how many times i’ve tended to wounds and made peace with my own anger. if i was taking care of a body that was not my own, i’d believe i was doing everything i could. so here’s to remembering that i’m doing the best i can.
You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in.
Source: thequotejournals
fromanotherroom
Mr. Brightside playing from another room The Killers
artbun
This makes me wanna cry
It’s not that I’m unaware of the suffering and soon-to-be-more suffering in the world...it’s that I know the suffering exists beside wet grass and a bright blue sky recently scrubbed by rain. The beauty and the suffering are equally true... (I need to) see it all and hold it for as long as I can.
— Ann Patchett, Tom Lake: A Novel (Harper, August 1, 2023) (via Book Review in Wall Street Journal, ‘Tom Lake’ Review: Ann Patchett’s Spotlight on the Past by Heller McAlpin, July 28, 2023)
"TWO WOMEN ON THE SHORE" EDVARD MUNCH // 1933-35 [oil on canvas | 80 x 81 cm.]
just think about how grateful your future self will be if you keep going. how glad you will be for having worked so hard. it will all be worth it.