"You Are At Once Both The Quiet And The Confusion Of My Heart; Imagine My Heartbeat When You Are In This

"You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart; imagine my heartbeat when you are in this state."

-Franz Kafka, Letters to Felice‎-

(Artwork by ratsandlilies.art.)

(Can we also TALK ABOUT FLEABAG. I love that show.)

"I need someone whose mind falls like a chopper on a block; to whom the pitch of absurdity is sublime, and a shoestring adorable. To whom can I expose the urgency of my own passion?."

-Virginia Woolf, The Waves.-

(Artwork by KÄTHE KOLLWITZ.)

-The Diaries of Franz Kafka 1910-1923-

(Bronze Sculpture by Fredrick Raddum.)

From A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

I am once again, smitten by Charles's Dickens distinctive way of description and characterization. So minimalist, exact, and terse but powerful in effect and immediate in creating an impression on a reader. He shoots his words like spiteful arrows but with poetry.

((Artwork by Boris Sveshnikov.)

(Artwork by John Madison.)

"Let me pull myself out of these waters. But they heap themselves on me; they sweep me between their great shoulders; I am turned; I am tumbled; I am stretched, among these long lights, these long waves, these endless paths, with people pursuing, pursuing."

-Virginia Woolf, The Waves.-

Many moments in life are overlooked. We don't capture their essence because they are frequent, familiar and routine-esque. So they go by without meaning, without quality because we are impatient. Going to the beach by yourself, sitting on a bench in some garden, sitting by the window, music on the back as you watch everything outside moving, walking down some street with your friend, not necessarily talking, looking at your mother in the kicthen...etc. Moments like these when you let them be, let them sink and give yourself to them; they offer therapy, serenity, healing and they bring meaning all along. All you have to do is surrender and become the moment. Your day, your schedules, your work, your studies, your occupations and distractions will be done, finished, and taken care of sooner or later. Don't let them finish you, that's all.

"But I pine in Solitude. Solitude is my undoing."

-Virginia Woolf, The Waves-

To pine: to languish, to lose flesh or wear away through distress. A painful longing.

(Artwork by @zarydoesart )