#also isnt the whole cutting your hand thing something the bible says to stop yourself from giving in to your feelings of lust??

[claratyler]

i've got to say it: i love webweaving as much as the next guy but i've found that whenever i find a particular line of a poem particularly captivating and i look for the entire work i'm always left feeling a little uncomfortable because it seems like the few lines that were chosen for the post are (obviously) taken out of context, but it's like they're assigned a new meaning by the op by including them in the new context of the other quotes and it just makes me feel like if i were one of the authors it would make me feel a certain sort of way to see the meaning of what i was saying completely missing so that others can ascribe a generic lovesick emotion to it :/

#or if i know the work already like #like that line from the crucible thats like i think fondly of you from time to time but i'd cut my hand before reaching out for you again #like as much as that makes me think ofthe girl who broke my heart when i was 18. as much as it might seem like its about #someone who you care about but who hurt you #and despite still feeling something for them you would never reach out to them again #ISNT THE PLAY ABOUT ADULTERY?? AND ABOUT THE PURITANICAL SOCIETY?? #you cant ignore that!! if you are to understand that quote!! #also isnt the whole cutting your hand thing something the bible says to stop yourself from giving in to your feelings of lust?? #do you see what i mean :/ #its like the instagram reel-ification of art #we only see little snippets #we dont give the entire work our time #and in the process we miss out on the full meaning :( #im not a poet or a writer but im a musician okay and if they did this to me i'd be angry #in fact they sort of have and it feels like that little 10 secone extract means NOTHING