Field Notes:

To My Father / To My Unborn Son, Ocean Vuong (via thecenterwillnothold)

Drew my favorite author Ocean Vuong :,-)

quote from Ocean Vuong

“In this culture, we celebrate boys through the lexicon of violence – ‘you’re killin’ it,’ ‘you’re making a killin’,’ ‘smash ‘em,’ ‘blow ‘em up,’ ‘you went into that game guns blazing.’ And I think it’s worth it to ask the question: what happens to our men and boys when the only way they can valuate themselves is through the lexicon of death and destruction? And I think when they see themselves only worthwhile when they are capable of destroying things, it’s inevitable that we arrive at a masculinity that is toxic.” - Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (via larmoyante)

Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (via larmoyante)

- Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel (Penguin Press, June 4, 2019) 

Let no one mistake us for the fruit of violence—but rather, that violence, having passed through the fruit, failed to spoil it.“

Isaac Johnston

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