With each other they'd found the possibility of reliving the youths they'd been denied, a redemption, and that feeling must have come with some raw power, the restoration of the bliss of having not yet lived, of being unburdened by memory.
Catherine Lacey, from Biography of X
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#love , LOVE, LOVE THIS TRULY #transcendent #film (which I just watched on @mubi !...by my good #friend #skinnermyers ...whose film doesn’t shy away from addressing #challenging subject matter, chipping away at the #ridiculous claim that “#race” doesn’t matter in contemporary America...undeniably #essential in jolting everyone out of the collective #complacency induced by the false perception of progress for all in this country...Though often #abstract in its imagery, the film's #blistering commentary remains firmly rooted in our present reality...its #gorgeous imagery reminded me of @kogonada , while its #magicalrealism reminded me of #tarkovsky , and its thematic wrestling with the desperation to #belong reminded me of this #memoir I've been working on for the past 8 years...It all plays out with a fumbling #intentionality , where the #disunity of the aesthetic whole very perfectly reflects the #schism of our character and, assuming that our protagonist acts as an analogue to its performer, our director himself... it’s like an indie #fallingdown with a sensibility that modernizes the self-examining monologue of #ralphellison ’s #invisibleman ...effectively presents the issues so that the collective, global "we" must stop, ask #questions , and wrestle with a very #complicated problem...suggests that we are all #corruptible by a white man in a high tower but ends with a slightly more #human slant and a #reminder that all #actions come with #consequences ...@thesleepingnegrofilm https://mubi.com/films/the-sleeping-negro
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"redemption arcs are toxic, you shouldn't try to fix someone!"
actually it is so important to me that being in community and experiencing human connection can save people. thanks
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when i tell you i had an aneurysm
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save a horse ride a cowgirl
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So embarrassing but I’m having a zukka moment rn
Also Azula + Sokka bffs bcs if she got the therapy she deserves I’m telling u their brains together wud be unbeatable
(Ugh I keep flipping Sokka’s scars forgive me)
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The demonic moves toward the holy.
Iris Murdoch, from The Philosopher’s Pupil
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Pov you've been judged and found wanting
Anyways, just felt like drawing older Zuko and Azula
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