All is always now

Mihri Hatun, from a poem titled "Love Poem," featured in Nightingales and Pleasure Gardens: Turkish Love Poems

wow I don't remember when I said this & in which context I had said this but super surprised that you remember that/made such a big impression to you. how I understand "exploiting your darkness" would go along the lines of "not merely being in tune with one's own darkness, which to me is essential, but sort of allowing it to truly take over, which could cause a possible series of devastating concequences to the way in which you view yourself and consequently to your own self-worth", and by "exploiting your light", I guess I meant subsconsciously cultivating this belief that it's all sunshine and roses, and you're this kind person who is always the victim and never does anything wrong, ever, and just sort of getting caught up in endless self-victimization / never owning up to your mistakes and ultimately not embracing fully your own humanity. hope this helped <3

Georgia O’Keeffe, from a letter to Alfred Stieglitz featured in My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz: Volume One, 1915-1933

Nikolay Punin, from a diary entry featured in The Diaries of Nikolay Punin: 1904 - 1953

Albert Camus, from a letter to María Casares featured in Correspondance, 1944-1959

Hey! happy return! I'm mostly focused on literature on this blog, the blog itself is not that focused on aesthetic, however I do love the vintage vibe and this is a lovely idea so I'm sharing it in case someone wants to take part in something of the sort <3

Sylvia Plath, from a letter to Olive Higgins written c. 1955, featured in The Collected Letters

Clarice Lispector, from "Too Much of Life Complete Chronicles," publ. in 2022

Charles Baudelaire, from a letter to Caroline Aupick featured in The Selected Letters of Charles Baudelaire

Albert Camus, from a letter to María Casares featured in Correspondance, 1944-1959

Catherynne M. Valente, from her book titled "Deathless," originally published in March 2011

Clarice Lispector, from "Too Much of Life Complete Chronicles," publ. in 2022

Hélène Cixous, from her novel titled "Inside," originally published in 1986

Charles Baudelaire, from a letter to Caroline Aupick featured in The Selected Letters of Charles Baudelaire