to quote my late father, “everything that feels huge is small, and everything that seems small is enormous” and he’s certainly not the first to have that thought, but when he said it to me, it felt revolutionary. the idea rooted and stuck itself between my ribcage and i’ve carried it with me, so much that it feels like it’s become apart of the fabric of my being
weeping and crying
The Source of Life (2024) by Clayshaper — bases on “The Eclipse of the Sun in Venice” (circa 1842) by Ippolito Caffi
but the class protector award is such a beautiful moment of recognition of all that Buffy does to keep people safe. she doesn’t always succeed, some people still die, she makes mistakes, but she never stops trying. and despite all the weird looks and comments over the years, this scene shows her goodness and her fierceness and the lives she ensured is all acknowledged. every good deed she’s done spirals out and she is seen and loved.
Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months. And then, one not-so-very special day, I went to my typewriter, I sat down, and I wrote our story. A story about a time, a story about a place, a story about the people. But above all things, a story about love. A love that will live forever. The End. Moulin Rouge! (2001) dir. Baz Luhrmann
'deck of ship in moonlight (from scrapbook),' graphite and watercolor on wove paper, john singer sargent, c. 1876.
Rae Klein (American, 1995) - You Are Completely Safe (2024)
Who needs drugs when you can just watch the 2001 Baz Luhrmann film Moulin Rouge