You Have To Admit There Are Some Joys In Life That Can Only Be Felt Due To Hardship. A Common Example

you have to admit there are some joys in life that can only be felt due to hardship. a common example is steaming hot showers. it takes a cold day, or a sickness, for someone to experience the joy of a hot shower. you can’t enjoy it in the heat. then there’s the joy of a fulfilling sleep, often achieved through a tiring day. and there’s the joy of a reunion, achieved through separation. and there are many more examples. sometimes difficulty carries a special range of joys and that’s something to be thankful about.

 pink in the night, mitski // i had a dream about you, richard siken // aristotle & dante discover the secrets of the universe, benjamin alire sáenz

it's so mindblowing how hozier in his new song made the connection between the oppression of women and imperialism. though he says it so simply ("swan upon leda, occupier upon ancient land") it strikes such a deep chord because he's right. he just captured an idea so large it would be impossible to really put into words, but that's the magic of songwriting! i am in awe.

Silk - Wolf Alice / The Last Temptation of Christ / Sun Bleached Flies - Ethel Cain / The Fate of My Seven Husbands - Traci Brimhall / stage direction from Antonin Artaud’s The Jet of Blood / Andalusia - Lisa Marie Basile / Gods & Monsters - Lana Del Rey / Jewish concentration camp prisoner / Andrea Gibson / Ethel Cain / Blasphemies At The 5th Street Station - S. Osburn / Self Injury - Allie Long / Terrible Lie - Nine Inch Nails / Half-Cocked - Ethel Cain

st. george and the dragon (1908-9) - briton rivière / the vigil (1884) - john pettie / vanitas still-life (1705) - evert collier / david garrick as richard iii (1745) - william hogarth / micro sff stories tweet

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