"Unexpected Storm", Paruyr Sevak (translated by Tathev Simonyan)
The ultimate dream is to have an art studio like this 🎨
joy is a promise by Sanna Wani
— Mary Oliver, "What I Have Learned So Far"
Theodore Roethke, from "Memory", The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke [ID'd]
inspired by the wonderful @tamarrud, i decided it would be much more effective to create one post every day that compiles the vetted fundraisers i receive from gazans, who desperately need donations/need their campaigns to be shared.
may 22nd:
Support Mohammed Ayesh (@mohammedayesh) - A university student who desperately needs to evacuate to Egypt.
Help evacuate Hani's family (@skatehani) - A Palestinian skater trying to evacuate 10 members of his family.
Help evacuate Fadi's family (@fadisharif11) - A father trying to save his wife, 9-month-old child, parents, three brothers, and three sisters.
Help Mahmoud Abu Hamam and his family (@ma7moudgaza) - A college student who desperately needs to evacuate to Egypt.
Help Iman’s family find safety (@imaneyad) - Iman has a family of 7 who need to find safety.
Help Ezzideen Shehab and his family evacuate (@helpezzideen) - Ezzideen, a young doctor, and his parents, siblings, and young brother Mazen urgently need to evacuate.
Help Tahseen and his family (@tahseenmush) - Tahseen and his family are from northern Gaza and need urgent help to survive this genocide.
Help save Youssef's family (@bba3lo) - Ahmed Baalousha wants to save his wife, his two sons, his daughter, as well as his parents and siblings.
Help Basel get his wife and children out of Gaza (@basel321) - Basel's family consists of 5 people (his wife and four children) and he is trying to help them evacuate.
Marah needs to save her family (@marahsalem) - Marah is trying to get reunited with her family, which consists of 5 members who need to urgently evacuate.
this compiled list is not just for convenience - it is supposed to encourage you to donate and share. do not scroll. please pick at least one fundraiser to donate to today, even if you can only donate a really small amount. if you absolutely cannot donate, share these campaigns. you can easily save a life
The relation between nature and human being: Agnieszka Lepka
you and nature share the same kind of beauty
– Audrey Hepburn
I cannot express how much I adore dappled shadows formed by sunlight in paintings and photography and in real life
Louise Glück, Poems 1962-2012
hearts of darkness (1991) dir. eleanor coppola, george hickenlooper, fax bahr
Vincent van Gogh, from a letter to Wil van Gogh. May 1889. The Illustrated Provence Letters of van Gogh selected and edited by Martin Bailey
“Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”
— bell hooks
not to get all sad for no reason but something nobody tells you about growing up is that a part of you is just a little girl who is yelling ‘please like me please love me please tell me i am good’ at everyone you meet and most of your day is just trying to ignore her
life is already cruel to you, do not add more fuel to the fire by being cruel to yourself
“You might be compensated because you were content at a time when contentment was not easy”
Al pacino playboy interview 1979
"I was at the oscars once in the third or fourth row with Diane Keaton. I was a little high. I had to pee - Bad. I was popping Valium like candy. I was praying, 'please don't let it be me, please.'"