i watched bandersnatch or w/e its called at exactly the right time (while i’m learning javascript with the short-ish term goal of making a 2D game from scratch) so was oddly inspired by it
I love solitude and not having to perform
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The father of David Kirby, a gay right activist, comforting his son as he died from AIDS, 1989. This image is widely considered the photo that changed the face of AIDS. At a time when AIDS victims were often dehumanised, this photo showed AIDS victims as human beings with families and lives of their own.
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A lot of emotionally unhealthy people have (maybe unknowingly) internalized the blame for things that happened to them in childhood which weren’t their fault, and gone on to externalize the blame for things that happen in adulthood for which they are largely responsible
it’s very hard as an adult w a trauma-formed brittle sense of self to accept responsibility for mistakes or wrongdoing. that really requires some ego strength, and a view of the self that’s spacious, nuanced, and compassionate rather than simply Good or Bad. and it’s so easy when you didn’t grow up w a sense of personal autonomy or efficacy, and in a world where much is in fact out of our control, to realize that we do still have some power in our own lives and relationships. but we have quite a bit of power, particularly to do harm or good to others. it’s only if we’re able to be kind to ourselves that that power and its inherent moral responsibility can be navigated w honesty
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main advice i would give to my younger self is not to be so worried about asserting your independence or to believe that doing so will somehow prevent you from inheriting any of your progenitors’ traits because it actually won’t and in the process you will miss out on developing skills that you are naturally inclined towards and it is actually possible to claim those for yourself without necessarily identifying with the person you got them from
sick of writing cover letters and interviewing and believing i’m qualified for every position i apply to until i actually talk to the person(s) responsible for making hiring decisions and realize that my complete lack of interpersonal skills is probably going to prevent me from getting anywhere in life
Hand coloured linocuts and paintings - Liz Somerville.
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