Oh_Hey_Saurabh 👦🏻

“Every once a while, Remember to live a little— Amidst the frenzy and chaos of life. Take time for a moment of breath— To fill your lungs with a cup of crisp air. Just for a moment,  take a seat under a lush green tree And let its soothing shade Hold your wandering thoughts in its cradle; Allow the earth to hold The weight of your life And rejuvenate your tired heart. When the winds are gusty, Set your mind free —  Let your imagination  take a ride on the wild side. And then on a cloud-filled day, Soak up in the rain, jump and splash—  And pause for a moment to reflect. In the humdrum of your daily affairs, Stop for a heartbeat— To listen for a song in the chirp of the birds, Or be soothed by the sweet scent of flowers. Under a clear dark sky,  Hold space for your mind to be awed and opened wide by the wonder of a zillion stars. And slowly let the night wrap you in the quiet comfort of its stillness. When the morning comes, Let the warmth of the sun Enter the deepest crevice of your soul, To rekindle the flame within you And soak you in the brilliance Of your own light.”

-d.h.

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the humanity of the AIDS crisis: the ward by gideon mendel

I want to remind you this was the eighties. THE EIGHTIES. Color cameras existed. Color VIDEO CAMERAS existed.

Someone put these in black and white to make them seem long ago and far away.

mendel is still documenting and lifting up the voices of people who live with hiv/aids in the project “through positive eyes”. 

if mendel hadn’t taken these photographs, we wouldn’t have a record of these  patients and the ends of their lives at all. it was extremely unusual for aids wards to let photographers in, and the patients took a risk in letting mendel photograph them and their loved ones. 

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭13:10‬