#but there's so many blogs i follow lol

[guinevereslancelot]

4071?! How do you do it?! 👀 I follow 562 blogs and I'm REALLY hesitant to follow more!

idk i just follow blogs that post content i like and i've been here for like ten years 😂 i actually hit follow limit a while back and had to go unfollow a bunch of inactive blogs. i do unfollow people from time to time i swear but i follow so many people it doesn't make a noticeable difference in the amount of content on my dash lol

#very often i come across a blod that posts nothing interesting to me and figure i followed them a fecade ago when we shared and interest #and i usually unfollow unless i actually know them #but there's so many blogs i follow lol #i would unfollow the inactive ones its just a pain to scroll thru the list and find them #probably a lot of them are inactive tho #lizzie answers #daughter-rhaenyra #usually i still follow people if we share no interests unless their interests start to annoy me lol #i also unfollow people who post too much discourse bc im too old for that and want to keep my dash peaceful and nice #so many people i follow post almost exclusively abt stuff i do not care abt or like and i just blacklisy the tag but i dont unfollow #bc i am fond of everyone on here lol

[tj-crochets]

Today I learned that while I can now walk around the neighborhood to look at yard sales that does not mean I should, because I will spend the afternoon with super low blood pressure I mean, I did figure that out after walking like half a block, but then I cam home and set up my own mini yard sale of just plushies, baby blankets, and quilts, and apparently "sitting outside in the sun for an hour" is too much for me physically at the moment? Definitely a learning experience lol I did sell a few plushies, a pair of baby booties, and a quilt! And the quilt went to someone super excited about it! It was her favorite color (it matched both her nail polish and her ring)

#the person behind the yarn #I did not sell the quilt for what I should have #but it's been sitting around for like three years #and she was so excited! #I did refuse to sell a baby quilt to someone else for less than $15 though #because $15 is already an insultingly low price that only covers the cost of materials because I have gotten so many fabrics for free #also side note: people were very surprised I made the plushies! #like consistently people assumed I made the blankets #but the plushies they were like wait you MADE those??? #I thought plushie making was the more common form of sewing #it's possible my assumption of the relative frequency of plushies vs quilting is skewed #by how many plushie making blogs I follow lol

[poetrysmackdown]

hi hiii i wanted to say that your account is so refreshing to see, esp with the passion you have for the arts. as someone who's been meaning to read (and write) more poetry, do you have any recommendations? some classics that everyone and their mothers know? perhaps some underrated pieces that changed you? or even just authors you like, I'm very open to suggestions :]]

Hi! Thank you so much for this kind ask :) So exciting that you’re looking to delve deeper into reading and writing! I had to take a little time to answer this because my thoughts were all over the place lol.

For a review of notable/classic poems/poets, I honestly just recommend looking at lists online or, hell, just binging Wikipedia pages for different countries’ poetry if that’s something you’re into, just to get a sense of the chronology. I read one of those little Oxford Very Short Introductions on American Poetry and thought it was pretty good, but online is quicker if you’re just searching for poets or movements to hone in on. Poetry Foundation also has lots of resources, in addition to all the poems in their database. I guess my one big classic recommendation would have to be Emily Dickinson (<3), but really the best move is just to find a poet you already enjoy and then look around to see who their peers were/are, who they were inspired by, who they’ve maybe translated here and there, etc. and follow it down the line as far as you can.

For some personal recs, here are some collections I’ve really enjoyed over the past two years or so. Bolded favorites, and linking where select poems from the book have been published online. But also, if you want a preview of a couple poems from another of the books to see if they interest you, DM me and I can send them over! You can also feel free to pilfer through my poetry tag for more stuff lol

Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon trans. Don Mee Choi

Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings by Joy Harjo

DMZ Colony by Don Mee Choi

Hardly War by Don Mee Choi

Whereas by Layli Long Soldier

Geography III by Elizabeth Bishop

Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Mouth: Eats Color—Sagawa Chika Translations, Anti-Translations, & Originals by Sawako Nakayasu

The Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam trans. W.S. Merwin and Clarence Brown

The Branch Will Not Break by James Wright

This Journey by James Wright

God’s Silence by Franz Wright

Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke (the translation I read was by Alfred Corn—I thought it was great, but idk if there are better ones out there!)

DMZ Colony, Hardly War, Dictee, Don’t Let Me Be Lonely, and partially Whereas are all book-length poems with some prose poetry and varying levels of weirdness/denseness/multilingualism—if you were to pick one to start with, I’d say do Don’t Let Me Be Lonely or Whereas. Mouth: Eats Color is some experimental translations of Japanese modernist poet Chika Sagawa, with other translations and some of Nakayasu’s original stuff mixed in—it's definitely a bit disorienting but ultimately I remember having such fun with it, as much fun as Nakayasu probably had making it. It’s a book that emphasizes co-creation and a spirit of play, and completely changed my attitude towards translation.

If you’re less interested in that kind of formal fuckery stuff though (I get it), can’t go wrong with the other books! Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings is the one I read most recently, and it’s great—Harjo also featured in Round 1! Franz Wright also featured, and God's Silence is the collection which "Night Walk" comes from. James Wright (father of Franz) is one of my favorite poets of all time, though his poetry isn’t perfect. Even so, I’m honestly surprised he’s not doing numbers on Tumblr—Mary Oliver was a big fan of his, even wrote her "Three Poems for James Wright" after his death.

I mentioned in another post that one of my favorite poets is Paul Celan, so I’ll also recommend him here. I read Memory Rose into Threshold Speech which is a translated collection of his earlier poems, but it’s quite long if you’re just getting to know him as a poet—fortunately, both Poetry Foundation and Poets.org have a ton of his poems in their collections. There’s also an article by Ilya Kaminsky about him titled “Of Strangeness That Wakes Us” (!!!!!) that’s a great place to start, and is honestly kind of my whole mission statement when I’m reading and writing poetry. Looking at the books I’ve recommended above, a lot of them share feelings of separateness or alienation—from others, from oneself, from one’s country, from language—that breed strange, private modes of expression. That tends to be what I’m drawn to personally, and that’s some of what Kaminsky talks about.

Sorry of the length of this—I hope it's useful as a jumping-off point! And if you or anyone ends up exploring any of these poets, let me know what you think! If folks wanna reply with recommendations themselves too that'd be great :)

#ask #not a poll #i originally was going to link to previews of the books directly on this post but for some reason I suddenly feel very paranoid about #copyright LMAO. ik this blog is already like copyright infringement central but I feel like I can at least make an argument for the polls #being fair use lol. in the way that i could not for the pdf previews I made. (i also have a full pdf of hardly war if anyone wants lol) #and i know it's not entirely rational bc this is tumblr and nobody looks on tumblr. but i'm not used to having this many followers lol so i #admittedly just getting anxious about silly things #but please please feel free to DM me! or send an ask off anon #discussion

[beepmeowiskarkat]

kisses

#sanders sides #thomas sanders #virgil sanders #logan sanders #digital art #analogical #mlp au #im obsessed with them actually #sorry for the heated post last night btw i was pissed and loopy. i still stand by it wholeheartedly but damn i swore a lot lol #very happy to see how many ppl reblogged and some of the tags were so fucking real #it makes me so happy knowing at least a portion of the fandom is as pissed at zionists as i am #i made it because it was like 3 am and spiralling because some dumbass Israeli sanders sides blog followed my art blog?? #anyways yeah my blog is not safe for “fanders” who support genocide #also if you dont draw them kissing like weird little kittens do you even ship analogical?? /j

[hellsite-hall-of-fame]

that is…. certainly interesting information lmao

I do wonder why you were prompted to send it to me though lol

but also are you really considered Tumblr famous at 1k followers?!??? I thought it had to be like at least 50k+??

but also I feel like “Tumblr famous” is more so of a feeling of notoriety than it is a follower count? but idk

#also I’ve wayyy surpassed 1k… but I do still follow wayyy too many of my followers back lmao #if you have an interesting username or pfp? i’m looking at your blog and maybe following #so idk if I count based on that criteria lol #Tumblr slang #also I don’t even know all of these #also how old is this graphic???? #the hellsite answers #hellsite hall of fame curator’s bullshit #random asks #ask

[daily-rivulet]

day 2 - waow!

#so many people following this blog already! thank u guys! #working on requests but i had to express my surprise first lol!! #rain world #rain world rivulet #rivulet #rw rivulet #rain world downpour #rw downpour #rw art

[robo-dino-puppy]

horizon forbidden west | marshal ivvira 1/?

#horizon forbidden west #hfw #marshal ivvira #ivvira #it was so overcast and dim that i had to do a bunch of adjustments to be happy with the lighting but that blue really pops #so i'll forgive it #(would love a weather slider in photomode guerrilla) #hfw npcs #hfw the valley of the fallen #omg there have been so many bots lately #i mean i'm assuming they're bots #sorry if i blocked you and you were real #put something in your bio and try not to use a sexy girl as your profile pic lol #also like some posts and follow some blogs #or reblog some things because this is the reblogging things site

[cadaverette]

thank u for 5k followers :D yay

#i used to delete my blog every 6 months bc weird mental illness paranoia #so im proud of myself for keeping this blog so long w this many followers lol #my blocklist is like 300+ people deep tho LOL

[deathsbestgirl]

txf fandom question (to sate my curiosity)

do yall go into the tags or do you look at people's blogs or just at your dashboard?? or a combination lol

#the x files #txf fandom #btw i mostly look at the tags & people's blogs #i follow soooo many people for so many different things #so i only look at my dash when i'm in a mood lol

[guardian-angle22]

TK/Carlos + Looks

↳ 1.01 Pilot

#911 lone star #tk strand #carlos reyes #tarlos #tk/carlos + looks #took me awhile to decide how to do this follow up series and I still don't know if 'looks' is a good word for it but... #... this is my blog and I can do what I want lol #when going through the episodes they have so many moments that I love that don't involve physical touch and I wanted to do something with it #this episode especiallyyy #they were making thirsty eyes at each other all over that honky tonk #my gifs #tw: flashing lights #episode: s01e01 pilot

[puppyeared]

O yea I can make zelink art too lol

#these can be platonic or romantic if u want btw ^^ #mostly taken from the engineer/warrior endings bc I can imagine him spending more time in the castle #both as an engineer bc he technically works for the castle so it makes sense he would say hi every time he comes by #or as a knight bc he would be training a lot. I LIKE THEM OK…. #my personal hc is that he goes on doing engineer stuff but does the training on the side #although I’m honestly not sure how many good headcanons I can make bc I haven’t played every game. not even in order lol #so if u have any good headcanons by all means send me my way so I can squeal and kick my feet on my bed and maybe draw it #ALSO FILIPINO ZELDA CRUNBS. MWAH #just so yk if you’re a Zelda blog rn. I’m probably going to follow you and clog your notifs SORRY #my art #myart #doodles #zelink #spirit tracks #wind waker #the legend of Zelda #legend of Zelda #loz #tloz #loz spirit tracks #hero of trains #toon link #spirit tracks zelda #spirit tracks link #zelda #zelda fanart #loz zelda

[greghatecrimes]

THE FUCK???

#again??? goddamn are we all chatty today or sth? #anya shush #breaking containment #house md #i went into the plain house md tag instead of just my following and for a second i was like ‘WHO ARE YOU PPL’ because theres so many new #blogs posting in it LOL

[icewindandboringhorror]

a quite simple outfit, trying to use the little blue and white apron thing (which is actually a dress I think, that I just leave un-buttoned in the back and added an apron-like tie to lol)

#self #mori kei #jfashion #NOT really but like.. it's.. adjacent I guess.. forgive me .. I may try using tags again though I kind of got out of the habit ghhj #I need to be... Seen to some degree. I want to start selling clothes and sculptures again to recoup the costs of having to euthanize my cat #and stuff . but that won't be very successful if I have like.. 15 people to sell to lol... #the eternal Hermit Conflict where you hate attention and Being Percieved in general yet in todays capitalist society it is nearly #a necessity to have some form of social network or media presence especially in creative fields. etc. etc. ... kicking screaming wailing #sobbing so on and so forth.. tearfully punching the cold mossy stone walls of my evil wizard tower... #I was also thinking of maybe opening a few sculpture commission slots and maybe Tumblr Blazing that post or something #but.. again.... sobbing crying interacting with the general public oughhf ouuch -500 HP #why can't I just be approached by some wealthy 65 year old woman who is nonsensically infatuated with my art for no #reason and gives me like $10.000 a week for food and art supplies and etc. and I can go fuck off into a cabin in the middle of nowhere #in the uk and just be left alone to work on my projects without even needing to build any form of connections or social presence because I' #already set for life and can just get funding and connections whenever lol.. WHICH not to be ungrateful like obviously I still appreciate #anyone who follows and interacts with my posts. I dont mean it in a 'grrr fuck all of you imbeciles I wish I could delete my blog!!!' or #whatever hhjkjk.. I just mean it more in a like.. I am very socially inept and my mental illness gives me severe social issues so any situ #tion where I'm expected to self promote or network or interact with others generally is nightmarish and stressful for many many reasons #and if I could somehow skip that part and just go straight to being a famous author or somethin.. that would be cool. Which I know EVERYONE #hates networking and stuff but I mean like.. on a level most people could not possibly comprehend.. I am not just an 'introvert'. I am like #doctors declare me incapable of functioning in general society very poor mental health prognosis probably should have a caretaker at #some point type Hermit lol.. ANYWAY ghbhj... alas.. I also feel weird about the sculptures in terms of what to charge for them #and always have which is part of why I stopped selling them. If I charged a fair even like $15 an hour many of them would be like #close to $150+. and nobody is going to pay that for a decoration. that doesn't even factor in like.. supplies or time spent communicating/s #etching the concept (if a commission) etc. etc. I thought it'd be better to just auction them then and let people pay what they want inst #d of a set price but etsy doesnt allow auctions and is it weird to just.. link people to an Art Ebay or something lol.. #AAAANYWAY.. the outfit.. I still love these shoes. they're nice and a little Older Style looking. always into pastel florals too lol #(everything is thrifted as usual. excited about the shirt because it's so puffy! it was in the halloween section though ghjhj.. like when i #s october and they make the special aisle in goodwill for 'Costume' clothes even though theyre all just normal stuff I would wear ghg)

[taikoturtle]

I woke up today to a bunch of notifications and saw my old table dancing natalie gifset circulating again. Man, makes me feel nostalgic. I taught myself how to gif because of Carmilla and that fandom and that was probably my best contribution 😂

Times were so silly back then and engagement was at its finest. Maybe it’s time for a quick little rewatch

#lol it took me so many hours to green screen her #i individually edited each frame and i didnt know how to use masks #LOL #but jeez this was 10 years ago?? #wild!! #i think a good chunk of people that i follow were originally carmilla blogs

[yohankang]

i might feel a little bit insane but i started considering moving blogs 🤔

#this blog isn't old but i usually feel that way after 2 years in one place lol #my follower count doesn't change and there are many inactive blogs following me. mutuals too :( #and it would be fun to make a brand new blog.. and maybe change the name i'm using for something that is not my real name lmao #idkkkk i'm just bored and anxious. i'm thinking out loud #i feel like i'm in the 'i need to completely change my life' moment but i don't have many things i can change right now #SO ANYWAY #we'll see 🤷‍♀️ #k.txt

[the-20th-century-girl]

Feeling some kind of dumb accomplishment over the fact that my follower count now reads the year I was born.

#Insane that so many people have and keep on deciding to follow this mess of a blog lol. Thank you all so much <333 #Also I swear if anyone calls me old... It will be at your own risk lol