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CHIC CHAOS: A PJ HARVEY STARTER KIT

for those drawn to elegance with an edge. for chipped nail polish, eyeliner smudges and whispered rage! meet PJ Harvey is a shapeshifter. an artist who never repeats herself. she emerged in the early ’90s snarling, raw, and electric then slowly yet powerfully transformed into something mythic, poetic, ghostly. take a listen !!!

@sensitiveweirdgirl

Apr 6, 2025

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Maya angelou

i am completely obsessed with this interview clip of Maya Angou describing how making peace with the inevitability of death brought her everlasting calm and presence. “everything I’ve got is here”

@its_just_kate

Sep 25, 2024

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Ultraviolence outtakes

There’s a limited selection of poets that can move me to tears without even reading through their stanzas but allowing the recollection of their words to pass over my mind — the aforementioned Bachmann is one of the real ones, T.S. Eliot is another; Elizabeth Barrett Browning, on occasion; sometimes-too Hölderlin, Herbert, Hadewijch; at least one Donne piece has this power, at least one Brecht; perhaps-too I would add cuttings of Young’s Literal Translation of the Holy Bible — contemporarily, the lines of Paris Reid, an absolutely gorgeous young Canadian I discovered several years ago (her first published prose piece can be found in the most recent Heavy Traffic) certainly effect this movement upon me time and again … who else? — well,  the only other living writer to fall on this list, and quite honestly my most exalted favourite of all-above, should be obvious to anyone who knows me … yes, yes, of course: singer slash poet slash emotional-genius Lana del Rey, my personal saint and hero … truly, her words either brought to sound or put to page surpass the Scripture to me and this I would not say if I did not mean it violently. She has held aloft my life: she is probably the third factor to my continuance. You know — as I type this — I can hear the lyrics to Venice Bitch, perhaps the greatest lyrical song ever written (though a strong case could too be made for Video Games!) echoing within and my vision swims — so overcome with emotion am I! Good God. My friends, it’s unbelievable. And everything she does is fantastic, of course, but lately I have been really been spiralling about in her demos and bootlegs and regional exclusives dating around the release of Ultraviolence, her third studio album. Pray listen; I’ll leave you with this. Say Yes To Heaven: breaks my heart. Fine China: breaks my heart. I Talk to Jesus: well, you know, onward and onward, from here to eternity…

@saoirse-bertram

May 10, 2023

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Accepting a quiet life

It is summer time and everyone is out dancing and drinking, meeting new lovers or growing with old lovers. I am left watching as I work for money and for a better version of myself. My winter was wild and shocking with polycules and new friends, flirting and drinking everyday barely had a second to look after myself let alone my dog(Ted). the strangest thing is how I’m very happy not doing much, I love my own company and I’m getting a complete 8 hours of sleep with no lovers to keep me awake at night or disrupt my eating schedule from nausea. I feel wrong for this though like I should be making every memory possible, Jam Pack as many emotions and experiences as I can whilst young and it’s summer. but I’m so happy, I need to stop being mean to myself, for changing my mind on what I truly want.

@notalex

Dec 13, 2024

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Fionna apple

I know by Fiona Apple has been replayed many times this week as I actually begin to process a break up from months ago. His ex texted me too so all the emotions are going crazy

@notalex

Jan 24, 2025

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paint what you want

I have many complex feelings around painting people, relationships, friends, situationships ect. I’m recently working on a piece related to a recent break up and feel strange about showing it because I don’t want him to think I’m obsessed or dwelling or creepy but fuck it! I don’t care let me process and express and if you think painting someone’s face without their permission is immoral! Well cheating on someone is also quite immoral. Anyway here’s my new piece I have started (not finished) “Beautiful losers” You love only when it’s a reflection of yourself.making me a mirror you can romanticise. he couldn’t tell me anything about me, just how I made HIM feel.

@notalex

Jan 24, 2025