Self defence key chain aesthetic.

The end of the world can still be glam. I think.

“Learning how to be kind to ourselves, learning how to respect ourselves, is important. The reason it’s important is that, fundamentally, when we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is confused and what is brilliant, what is bitter and what is sweet, it isn’t just ourselves that we’re discovering. We’re discovering the universe.”

- Pema Chödrön

I’ve been feeling tired and sad.

I don’t know what else to say.

But I have been keeping myself somewhat sane by making fashion collages on the Pinterest.

Please enjoy…

Ready for the apocalypse aesthetic.

Self defence key chain aesthetic.

Shit’s fucked knuckle buster aesthetic.

AND:

Things I’ve been doing… things I’ve been enjoying… things that have been getting me through…

• Sitting in a sauna.

• Peonies and roses.

• Bathing with my baby.

• A letter from my baby’s paternal grandma reminding me, just when I needed it, that I’m doing a good job.

• Live music.

• The White Lotus. In particular, Parker Posey.

• THIS (gift) bio on Posey in The New York Times.

• THIS New Yorker article by Hanif Abdurraqib is tragic and beautiful and pertinent. It’s called In Defence of Despair.

• THIS post by

  Elena Bridgers
  about egalitarian hunter gatherer societies and their access to leisure made me feel very seen and also sad because this feels so terribly unattainable. But also something to dream about, right?

• THIS episode of the What if We Get it Right podcast. It features fashion designer Gabriela Hearst. Hearst shares about her passion for fusion energy as well as sustainability within the fashion industry, which I really appreciated because, in my opinion, we still need beauty and style. Even in the apocalypse. Hence my ridiculous collage above.

• When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön, which I’m reading for the 100th time.

  

  boooodddhhhist.

Thank you SO much for being here with me.

I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES
AND YOUR COMMUNITIES

LOTS OF LOVE XX

This email was composed where I live, which is the land now known as, Louisville, Kentucky; the unceded land of the ᏣᎳᎫᏪᏘᏱ Tsalaguwetiyi (Cherokee, East) , 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 𐒼𐓂𐓊𐒻𐓆𐒻𐒿𐒷 𐓀𐒰^𐓓𐒰^(Osage), Shawandasse Tula (Shawanwaki/Shawnee) people, as well as the people of the Hopewell and Adena Culture. I am originally from, what is now referred to as, Melbourne, Australia. I would, therefore, also like to acknowledge the people of the Kulin Nation, Traditional Custodians of the land on which I grew up. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present.