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I was sitting in Washington Square Park a few evenings ago when I saw young people visibly dressed in clothes from my cultural/religious community. I started googling centers in the area and realised they must be going to the only one close by on the map. I signed up for an event and I went there today!
I left crying crocodile tears…
It was the first time I ever felt really seen and understood by this community that I’ve been struggling to fit into my whole life. The first time I didn’t feel judged for all parts of myself, parts that I usually hide.
anyways, if I wasnt people watching in the park and if I didn’t let my people watching curiosity lead me to where I went, I wouldn’t have felt this incredible grateful joy I feel today!
pay attention to what the world is showing you 🫶
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being seen and appreciated for who i am rather than being kept around out of convenience has truly been one of the most life changing things for me recently. i now have the confidence to use my discernment and make decisions about what is unnecessary and unwanted in my life.
thinking about the difference in my quality of life makes me so emotional, i’m just feeling so many things at once. i’m happy but i feel like my youth has been spent feeling subhuman and unworthy. from now on i will love. i will surround myself with it at all times.
Feb 17, 2025
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ephemeral. liquid, even. an infinite thread. (i know that’s three words/phrases sorry). but to me this idea is present as a unifying force in fleeting moments
i’ve always had the freedom growing up to explore religion on my own terms, and i always felt like there was some uniting force in the makeup of our souls, even if it didn’t mirror the masculinized, christian God.
i feel connected to this force whenever i learn about people in history and realize they werent much different than us in the modern day. we just had different cultural contexts.
every time the season changes.
when you’re with someone you really care about and even silence suffices.
in the same vein, making friends. like that feeling when you meet someone and connect and know you want them to be in your lives for a while. fate is God to me. as is chance encounters.
when i take walks in nature and i can hear the river and the trees and the birds calling all at once.
even when you’re in line at a store and you make brief small talk or have a connection with a stranger. especially when you get a little laugh or smile out of it.
overall, when i feel really connected with humanity and the earth as a whole. i feel like all organized and not-so-organized religion stems from the same place in our hearts and souls (despite these messages sometimes becoming warped and misused).
Mar 30, 2025
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connections are all around us.. once you’re tapped in you can’t unsee it
Nov 24, 2023
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classical art museums can be so boring sometimes.... especially when you don't know the context or what to look for visually!
I came up with a game that I play with my friends when we go to classical art museums with a lot of portraits. Smash or Pass (museum edition), its pretty self explanatory, just walk through the portraiture section and decide wether you want to smash or pass the people in the portraits. It's extra fun if you create backstories for the people and decide based on the full story you've come up with.
Can also be played in the non portraiture section by personifying the non-people paintings and giving them human personalities and features based on the vibe that you get from the painting (or the feeling it evokes in you).
++ extra museum tip that I've found is: don't ever try to go through an entire museum in one day (unless its a small museum). Consuming so much information within one space is way too tiring for the brain and often makes the information you consumed much less memorable.
Jan 30, 2024
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mina le for the best video essays!! and I recently discovered misstada, shes a korean girl that makes early 2000s nostalgia vlogs and I find them oddly comforting
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Karak is an underrated tea
and if you can find a milky oolong at a loose leaf tea store, it will change your life
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