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Solar eclipse shadows

#photography

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weekend? more like weakened. let me rest

#SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEP CHAHIYE

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not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing (so devoted the lines blur)

#god save me and my attachment issues

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*me, literally sick with want* whatever

#anyways

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I have noticed a tendency in some circles to, at least implicitly, disparage or diminish feelings of hopelessness and despair—feelings that touch on nihilism. I met and worked with a peaceworker in Iraqi Kurdistan who said that she didn't have much hope and didn't believe in God; and yet, she kept on working, even in the face of a tangible and profound violence and a rejection of metaphysical certainty, to document horrors and amplify the voices of the oppressed, read and love poetry, and witness to the possibility of nonviolence. I don't think that feelings of hopelessness and despair are inimical to the cultivation of devotion and a commitment to the notion that there are things that are worth saving, even or especially if the saving act feels impossible. We have to love even in the face of despair, even without the guarantee that love will, in some cosmological or eschatological sense, prevail. It is enough—more than enough—to move forward with our vulnerable and human hearts, our hearts that are softened and hardened and broken open and softened again, and hold to a love without guarantee.

#to be human #i live so i love #hope #love

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i feel so normal about him wearing glasses

#mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn #yoongi #bts

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witenry on IG, 2019-06-01

#food #green

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there is NOTHING like the rage of searching for a post you KNOW is on your blog with a highly specific phrase and then not only can this website not find it but tumblr says something fucking stupid like ‘please don’t be mad. please’

#EXACTLY

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On Love and Community

@princes-heels // ? // @inkskinned // mitski, my love mine all mine//@littlespoonsokka // @boymiffy // @2aminhouston // ? // @theviralwitch // @noodle // @criterioncollectiongirl // @fatsoupy // ? // @mjalti // george saunders, congratulations, by the way// @jb-blunk // @ponchopeligroso // @headspace-hotel // everything, everywhere, all at once(2022) //@cheruib // ? // ? // @tordenvejr

#i live so i love #on love #web weaving #words #poetry #i have to stay kind

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has anyone thought about the diegesis of music in bollywood/south asian masala movies? there's no doubt that it functions differently than in western musicals... but HOW exactly? in most western musical theatre the music seems to non-diegetic (as in, the characters and those around them are unaware that they are singing) unless it is a performance, then it is diegetic/source music (they are singing in the story- everyone knows they're singing).

perhaps the difference comes from the fact that masala movies are movies first and (to my knowledge) are often not adapted from musical stage productions (though the movies CAN be adapted into musicals in the case of mughal-e-azam, hum aapke hain koun, and dilwale dulhania le jayenge). but in masala movies the line between "this is a performance in the story" and "i am singing to express my feelings" seems somewhat blurred. Señorita from ZNMD is a performance, they are singing, everyone knows it. Bum Bum Bole from Taare Zameen Par, they're singing, Aamir Khan is a funny little dude singing a funky clown song. But then what about Kashmiri Main Tu Kanyakumari from Chennai Express? Singing in a car... okay, that's a performance! But the choreographed dance number? Is that happening or is it symbolizing their journey across India? Mere Khwabon Mein from DDLJ is definitely (probably?) Simran expressing her dreams and such, and she's not singing in universe. But then what about Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna? Raj singing at Simran would make sense as a performance at a mehndi, but what about Simran singing back?

OH and since the popularity of film/musical songs works differently in South Asia than it does in the States... how does continuity work in that? Such as the medley from Mujhse Dosti Karoge, in which Hrithik's character sings Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to Rani's character... does this mean that KKHH exists in this universe?? Does Rani Mukherjee the actress then exist in this universe and her character in this movie have a doppleganger?? What about all of Shahrukh Khan's movies... especially with the antakshari scenes in Chennai Express? Does Om Shanti Om exist in that universe? Does SRK the actor exist? If not then how did these songs come about? Is it similar to the NSU (Nickelodeon Sitcom Universe) in which there are gray parts of one's mind when it comes to crossover events? This FASCINATES me to no end you don't understand.

side note. i want to see someone that has directed a masala movie tackle one of these american musical to movie adaptations. no more tom hooper. i want farah khan or karan johar or ss rajamouli to direct cats and see how THAT looks. if tom hooper had directed k3g it would not have been as fantastical (such as the "my son is here" super sense) as it was.

let american movie musicals have as much fun as south asian masala films do.

there seem to be some (paywalled) academic papers on the matter but it'd be interesting to hear anyone's thoughts on it!

#desi tag #desiblr #musicals #movies #Bollywood #music #words

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one of these days I will pick up my half read A Little Life and finish it and then maybe-

#aver does shit post

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My brain got absolutely infested with art ideas this last week so now it's ✨sketch dump time✨

#art

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#palestine

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I have thoughts about that one particular scene from Ae Watan, Mere Watan (2024) towards the end of the movie when Usha and Fahad have to decide on who will make the ultimate sacrifice of running the radio for the final time.

#like it icked some parts #one side bro was lamenting his helpless feeling that comes from being physically disabled #and 😭😭😭 sis counters it by saying she's a girl #like i get whatever nationalistic inspiration and sacrificial urges were being portrayed by the conversation #like both of them were equally dedicated towards the nation #both of them came from different backgrounds with their own struggles #but the dialogue structures had me baffled #😭😭😭 #like #okay #why you tryna downplay the struggles of one by camparing it to the other #bollywood dramatics at it's peak #i wonder if the OG Usha Mehta would've complied in the same manner #intersectional feminism ki dhajjiyan #aver does shit post #i wish i could post the dialogues here just for the context #man they could've done a way better job on the script #usha mehta did not deserve such a raddi script #ae watan mere watan #Bollywood

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#semal #amaltas #bougainvillea #gulmohar #trees with flowers my beloveds #seasons #nature

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imran yeeting arjun's phone out of the car in znmd will never stop being the funniest scene in bollywood history istg

#znmd #zindagi na milegi dobara #movies

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Yaar yeh Akhtar family badi talented hai.

#zindagi na milegi dobara #poetically talented waah waah #bro watches one film and bro goes crazy #aver does shit post #znmd #zoya akhtar #javed akhtar #farhan akhtar #jan nisar akhtar #the whole akhtar khandan omg