So, when I was at Fordham, I attended many retreats, dialogues, discussions about feelings, social justice, prejudice, ignorance, etc. Of the many great things I’ve heard in these social settings, the best thing was and STILL is:
SIT WITH IT.
This was the shortest yet most profound piece of advice and inspiration I’ve ever received. This is what I am concentrating on right now because of the following series of events:
:Today, go where you’re celebrated not just tolerated, where you’re adored not where you’re ignored. “—— So, I’m thinking A LOT about this and thinking that this might not be quitting- what I do next might just be letting go and moving on. I keep thinking about all the good work I could do in ny, the bronx; in the u.s. as a whole. Makes me wonder….should I make THE move? Or should I just “sit with it”- sit with this, all these feelings and thoughts.
Or, maybe I should just…
THIS is such a beautifully, honest expression, I HAD to reblog it. I feel the same way about my life- I do what feels right. It’s nobody’s business but my own. So be kind, world.
“If you work really hard, and you are kind, amazing things will happen. I’m telling you. Amazing things will happen.”
When I feel like shit, I listen to this and it puts me back on track. You should do the same. And also pay attention to the cynicism part. We all get too cynical, even myself. I even deal with people I know being cynical and I will say one thing to that. Not one thing any single person says to be will ever have any effect on my professional direction in life. The choices I make are made out of purely knowing what feels right. Just like when I edit a video or direct a shoot, I make the decisions. I’ve made the decisions since day one, and for someone to think that they will make a difference in that (outside of my creative team and crew), is insanity.
Everyone needs to adopt that. As always, people talk too much about what they think they know when they don’t. Do your job, let other people do theirs. Don’t listen to assholes and don’t give time to people who just treat you poorly. Be strong.
Tim’s First Day At the Pancake Palace
Tim’s career at the Pancake Palace was tragically ended by the freak explosion of a tank of hot syrup. Three people, and one tax auditor, were killed. Tim survived—an oversized waffle deflected much of the blast—but sustained severe brain damage, leaving him incapable of coherent thought. He is now an abstract artist.
[image description: a clip of a text in a serif font from a zine that says “Sometimes semantics mean a lot. Deconstructing oppression is not victimhood. Asking for support is not victimhood. Telling someone that I really can’t handle trying to support them at the moment because of my own needs is not victimhood. This has been said before, but I feel like the most important elements of survivorhood are self-care and resistance. Self-care can be recognizing our limits and asserting them, recognizing our needs and asserting them, eating healthily and deliciously, gardening, taking a walk, meditating, going to a show, smoking pot, hanging out with animals, masturbating, appreciating ourselves, hiking, taking vitamins, taking our medications, talking to friends, doing schoolwork, watching the ants on the sidewalk, having rad consensual sex, identifying mushrooms in the forest, sewing, playing music, cooking, analyzing our behavior, working out…the possibilities are endless and should always, always be focused on our needs. Whatever I am doing for myself (obviously provided that I’m not violating anyone else) is vlaid and important, because I am important. Resistance can be making a zine, recognizing our needs and limits and asserting them, talking to friends, calling people out, making tinctures, playing music, political organizing, insurrecting, sewing, having rad consensual sex, creating, hanging out with animals, educating ourselves, guerrilla art, yada. So many of these intersect because resistance and self-care go hand in hand. Self-care is subversive. Our cultures expects for us to not take care of our needs in a self-aware, proactive manner. The systems of oppression thrive on our denial of our needs. Smash the state, know yourself, love yourself.]
(Source: baby-bluesedan)
It’s interesting that when I’m unwell, like I am now - and I mean, physically, with some sort of bug or cold or virus or whatever this is (I’ve had a rough couple of days) - I don’t feel guilty about staying in bed or not getting stuff done. It’s like, it’s ok because it’s ‘real’,…
Word to the UN-wise:
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.