of dislocation & graceful unravelling

i be like “it is what it is” then be pissed off for like 4 years

"Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it."

never kill yourself because there will be a day when the most imaginative band you ever listened to—who haven't released an album since 1998 but who have been hinting that they were recording a new album for the past fifteen years only to have that recording process waylaid by grief after one and then the other of their principal songwriters both passed away without warning—will finally announce a release date for their third album. and then let you pre-order it.

The Reblog (2014)

Bahahahaha love this

The Unnecessary Comment (2014)

The Revival (2026)

The “The original?!” (2026)

the oh my god after [almost exactly??] 15 years i can finally add the proper credit to the first time i reblogged this (2026, 2011)

Current link to Harding's site: https://www.alexanderharding.net/

"hey, sorry for the late reply, i allowed your message to pass through my mind like a sparkling-scaled trout in a clear mountain stream"