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Diana.
"Be the flower that gives its fragrance to even the hand that crushes it."
-Imam Ali
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"Be the flower that gives its fragrance to even the hand that crushes it."
-Imam Ali
main blog,
writing,
poetry,
photography,
Last.fm • Ask me anything
ache
yeah man i’m all for anarchy. i’ll do it by spending a whole day away from the capitalist, consumerist system. i’ll stay in my room being beautifully useless; reading books while wrapped in my bath towel that smells of rose-scented soap & talk to the birds that perch on my window because, screw you, society, don’t tell me we can’t talk to birds & don’t tell me i have to wear clothes. i want to live in the trees & sleep on the curve of an oak branch & violently throw rose petals at the people passing below.
Forget my photography tag, I made a portfolio page for my photography. If you want to know how mediocre & sub-par your photography is, just make a portfolio page & see how sad it is that you’re taking such photos seriously :(
I hope my photos will get better & that i’ll improve.
“Learn to listen. This is especially difficult for members of dominant groups. If someone confronts you with your own behavior that supports privilege, step off the path of least resistance that encourages you to defend and deny. Don’t tell them they’re too sensitive or need a better sense of humor, and don’t try to explain away what you did as something else than what they’re telling you it was. Don’t say you didn’t mean it or that you were only kidding. Don’t tell them what a champion of justice you are or how hurt you feel because of what they’re telling you. Don’t make jokes or try to be cute or charming, since only privilege can lead someone to believe these are acceptable responses to something as serious as privilege and oppression. Listen to what’s being said. Take it seriously. Assume for the time being that it’s true, because given the power of paths of least resistance, it probably is. And then take responsibility to do something about it.”
— Allan G. Johnson (via wretchedoftheearth)
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“It’s funny—when people call you “shy,” they usually smile. Like it’s cute, some funny little habit you’ll grow out of when you’re older, like the gaps in your grin when your baby teeth fall out. If they knew how it felt—really being shy, not just unsure at first—they wouldn’t smile. Not if they knew how the feeling knots up your stomach or makes your palms sweat or robs you of the ability to say anything that makes sense. It’s not cute at all.”
— Claudia Gray, Evernight
(Source: theselovelybooks, via l-afz)
