kvtes:

“Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't―and it surprises me, even in myself, how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown.”

— Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost

my-dear-moon:

“I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort—and disappointment and perseverance.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

phear:

Social media churns the illusion that it’s not enough to live for our own selves, the idea something is only worth doing if it‘s seen

mostlysignssomeportents:

This new ad campaign from Penguin appeals to those of us who think beat-up, torn, taped, scribbled-upon books are more appealing than pristine ones. I wondered if the books photographed here were found as is, or lovingly distressed by the art director, then I saw the small print in the lower right of each ad, which suggests they were found that way.

https://boingboing.net/2019/07/05/penguins-new-ad-campaign-celeb.html