"like Trees" By Mariah-rose M On INPRNT

"like trees" by mariah-rose m on INPRNT

Arabic is from a Mahmoud Darwish poem. 

It says "If you are to live then live freely, or die like the trees: standing up."

Unknown Photographer, Hand of a Child, Image plate form: Das Arteriensystem des Menschen im stereoskopischen Rontgenbild, 3rd ed. Published by Wiesbaden: Bergman, (1911)

TikTok is worth it for this video alone. Gonna have this on repeat for at least a week.

Babe, uncomfortable feelings are a part of life. They will come, as they have right now. They will go, as they always have. Then they’ll come back again, but they’ll also go again. There is no ‘peak existence’ that doesn’t include emotional discomfort. So, make some space for it, watch your little show, eat a little treat— a little enjoyment can co-exist with your discomfort. Try again tomorrow.

Don’t Add Fanfiction To Your Goodreads Shelf

Hi folks, I know some of you like to use Goodreads to track all your reading and don’t want to distinguish between books and fanfiction.

I am, however, begging you not to do this. It is extremely jarring and disconcerting to be a fic author and find your works somewhere in the wild where you did not personally put them. Fics are not books, are not published in the same way as books, and exist in a precarious legal space.

Please don’t attempt to elide the separation that exists between fandom and the world of official publishing.