loneliness is still time spent

to pretend that horrible people cannot make good art is another way to conflate beauty and talent with integrity and morality. the works of monsters are best examined with knowledge of the author in mind but art is not inherently reflective. human beings are creative, and habitual liars- it'd be stupid to pretend art must always be a portrait of its creator

They found a fossilized neanderthal dream in a hollow stump in Poland. And yes, it can be fermented into alcohol to gain his cave memories.

as long as i'm not pregnant my life is never at its very worst

just saw a video of ocean vuong discussing how as a professor he has noticed that his students are more and more self conscious at attempting to be poets or writers even when it is what they want simply because they do not want to be perceived as cringe. we must free ourselves from the chains of cringe. the truth is people will perceive you whether you do what you want or do nothing at all….

the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson posits "would you rather live in a haunted house that wants to kill you but with a lesbian who makes you feel like you belong somewhere or go back to your normal cishet life where your family has you sleep on the floor" and obviously the house that wants to kill is winning