“Só a arte é útil. Crenças, exércitos, impérios, atitudes - tudo isso passa. Só a arte fica, por isso só a arte se vê, porque dura.”
- Fernando Pessoa, Ideias estéticas - da arte
Andrew Moore - Room 348, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (top); Restoration Room, St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (bottom), 2000-2004
Sento necessario
nascondere il mio intimo agli sguardi
e alle inquisizioni degli sguardi;
non voglio che nessuno sappia ciò che sento,
oltre che non poterlo confidare a nessuno.
Fernando Pessoa
lizard riding dog
The Venue Report | Giraffe Manor | photo credit: 100gramsofsun.
We live in an age where we feel guilt whenever we have to cut someone off but the reality is that some relationships do need to die, some people do need to be unfollowed and defriended. We aren’t meant to be this tethered to the people in our past. The Internet mandates that we don’t burn bridges and keep everyone around like relics but those expectations are unrealistic and unhealthy. Simply put, we don’t need to know what everyone else is up to. We’re allowed to be choosy about who we surround ourselves with online and in real life, even if it might hurt people’s feelings.
Sometimes you need to embrace the situation you’re in. But I’ve also learned that sometimes embracing gets you no where. Sometimes you’ve got to say, ‘to hell with it’ and move on. Not because you couldn’t take it, but because you deserve better.
— note to self (via c0ntemplations)
At some point, being angry is just another bad habit, like smoking, and you keep poisoning yourself without thinking about it.