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People watching

Observing with respect, not for too long. Best done in a big public area with hearty traffic where the exchange and presence of classy gazes is most expected and comfortable for both observers and subjects. I highlight the word "subject", which should be the aim in how you see the people, rather than as (the loathsome term) objects. But how to do that? How not to reduce the targets of your eyes into mere visual stimuli? Should we look more? Harder? That doesn't sound right. There's a grayness to the activity, along with an inevitability to it; people are interesting to look at, no two ways about it. Acknowledment of their existence and dignity, however counter-intuitively it sounds, requires looking away too. Seeing is not seeing is seeing.

@capnhahab

May 6, 2024

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eye contact makes me want to crawl out of my skin

i struggle with eye contact big time and force it when i’m at work so as not to seem rude, but i have to break it constantly before i explode. even if someone is pretty to look at :( i can usually only do it with my closest friends. it makes me very sad because i enjoy connecting and interacting with people sometimes i just wish our eyeballs didn’t have to telepathically kiss when we do it. i like how cats slow blink at you as a way to break eye contact bc they Know. so strangers will not be getting a single eyeball from me.

@deardoveswings

Aug 8, 2024

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averting your gaze

lately i’ve been looking away when i see an unidentifiable mass, substance, stream, pile, etc on the sidewalk, road (don’t worry i don’t drive lol), or in/around any other public place. it’s really improving my quality of life. i don’t really need to inspect anything to see if it is a dead animal, bodily fluids, or something else,,, because i am squeamish. idk why i ever did. now i just look away and don’t get involved and feel so much better for it

@ryn

Apr 28, 2024

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visibly mending

extend the life of your clothes by covering holes or stains with embroidery floss and yarn while giving them new cool zombie flair! you don’t even have to be neat, the more imperfect the weave the more organic the result. the best mended garments are almost fungal, covered in sick multi-colored lichen.

@Leona

Feb 8, 2025

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Actually resting

it’s not bed rotting to rest when you’re tired, run-down, or sick. I can feel where capitalist dogma has seeped into me every time I feel doubt or shame for how much time I’ve spent in bed or doing very little, or the fear that I’ll never be motivated to do anything again. it’s not true! inevitably after only 3 days of solid rest I naturally crave activity, projects, organization, work, and not as penance. rec for rest: screen time of any kind is not the rest I’m talking about… we’re talking rest as a monotask.

@Leona

Feb 9, 2025

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NO SKIP ALBUMS

in no particular order: • Be The Cowboy — Mitski • Bury Me at Makeout Creek — Mitski • Awaken, My Love — Childish Gambino • Ctrl — SZA • The Idler Wheel — Fiona Apple • Tidal — Fiona Apple • Extraordinary Machine — Fiona Apple • DEBí TiRAR MáS FOToS - Bad Bunny • Channel Orange — Frank Ocean • Nostalgia, ultra — Frank Ocean • Back to Black — Amy Winehouse • Two Star & the Dream Police — Mk.gee • Tommy — The Who • Be The Void — Dr. Dog • B-Room — Dr. Dog • The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill • Ready to Die — Notorious B.I.G. • Wounded Rhymes — Lykke Li • Digital Ash in a Digital Urn — Bright Eyes • The Family Jewels - Marina • MBDTF - Kanye • Your Favorite Weapon — Brand New • Deja Entendu — Brand New • This is Happening — LCD Soundsystem • The La’s — The La’s • In Rainbows — Radiohead • IKSSE:3 - Coheed and Cambria • Currents — Tame Impala • Sylvan Esso — Sylvan Esso • DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar • Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) — Wu-Tang Clan • Halcyon Days — Ellie Goulding

@Leona

May 1, 2025