this is all the more reason to practice. every time you put what you want first when you do know it, it becomes easier for you to see it and pursue it in the future. this is a self reinforcing practice, and people find it extremely attractive. you could be the direction and the will someone needs to find that in themselves too. each of us that does has produced something of immeasurable value

when you let yourself get sour grapes about shit, you tacitly give up on yourself. when you sit around hoping other people will flop and fail so you can catch up to them, you stop trying. it's a fantasy of mediocrity, the vain wish that other people would walk so you could take the gold medal at a jog. wouldn't you rather come last place at 27mph?

absequor

Piranesi: everyone who’s ever lived is my friend

i think this captures the defining pathology of the collective social media psyche right now. we are in the thrall of people who are wantonly cruel but who also demand to be coddled at all times in every way

Lepidodendron

eat a protein heavy breakfast. don’t shop on shein. it’s never too late to get more educated. tell people you love them. listen to birds. go to an old growth forest. get really good at something, just to see if you can.

bathed in gold

in the armoury

Melkor from Silmarillion that I did for the amazing Lucifer zine! (@the_cursed_zine on instagram)

mother of pearl