Since Iām sharing some art here alreadyā¦ hereās some black out poetry I did using a scan of āFace of Anotherā by KÅbÅ Abe. Also just makes it nicer to look at and more fun!
If you, like me, relive a memory until it becomes a part of you as surely as a bruise on your arm, blackout poetry may be for you! Took a landmark letter from a ways back and reduced, reused, recycled. Didnāt even have to write anything new! Pressed on my bruise for long enough, and the pain faded away. still left with my arm
i really enjoyed making this one! itās based off āthe girl in the shadowsā which is a poem i wrote of my future self showing my past self that it truly does get better. the second photo is the written words taken from it! i posted the poem on my substack if you wanna check it out!! its linked to this post :)
And youāre set for life (with the added effort of maintaining it). I used to try to surround myself with people who I thought were cool and also tried so bad to fit in. I still do feel conscious about that sometimes when I front for a person I place on a pedestal or really am infatuated with (in a platonic way). Iāve also had friends I get easily frustrated with who point out my mistakes as jokes but Iāve realised are super flawed and insecure. It becomes a relationship where you slowly turn into a projection of them. (Iām not sure how to phrase it). And Iām the kind that forgives very easily the moment someone is nice to me. Howeverrrrrā¦ over the past few years and more so over the past year I found a group of people I could be open and comfortable withā¦ and I have to say an open and fulfilling relationship with the right people and friends will make you a much better person overall. Iāve also been so inspired by the circle of friends Iāve got now. Itās not necessarily the friends who always ask you to go out to shop or hang but the friends who you do things with and talk about anything with. Gratefully & Gratituously,
I love my friends.
