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my ”walis” or “sweep” in various filipino dialects. i found this mothafuckin’ beauty at my local fresh food markets one saturday last month. displayed proudly in tall ceramic containers in front of the only asian grocer in the complex, i audibly “aha-ed” in delight to find a piece of me here, a piece that sounds and looks like my mother fifteen years ago and 260km away ridding our front concrete yard of pesky leaves and other ground dwellings. at this moment of reunion, i had just moved into my fourth home in five years; and this time it was a REAL house and one with a REAL DRIVEWAY littered with autumn leaves just waiting to be swept to the gutter. and so, armed with my new adult sensibilities and income, i walked home with my new walis: a piece of home for my new home.
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idk i’m tryna keep this one for me. i’m in a period where almost everything is up the air: my job, my finances, my city, the fucking state of the world; more than usual, i’m feeling out of my body.
i read an article (watched a tiktok) that said that ~creative people~ without an outlet are almost always the most insufferable people you know; and honey, i’ve been insufferable for a while now. it sounds wankery, but maybe posting here (where no one else is) reminds me of the things that ground me: (1) curation of the things i like, and (2) and the development and continuation of personal aesthetic for aesthetic’s sake.
anyway, i hope posting things i like on this silly website/blog/(anti) social media platform does the trick - it’s almost foolish to ask any form of external thing to fix me, but hey, let’s see if this new outlet can at least soothe some symptoms <3
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