“A body was given to me — what to do with it, / So unique and so much my own?”
— Osip Mandelstam, tr. by Albert C. Todd, from “A Body Was Given to Me,”
“A body was given to me — what to do with it, / So unique and so much my own?”
— Osip Mandelstam, tr. by Albert C. Todd, from “A Body Was Given to Me,”
| T U N E S |
You looked so good in green
I hope you’re well
And you look so good with him
And I’m proud of you still
Take care of my shirt
Warm and red
I hope you think of me
Still as your friend
I hope you love yourself
Your body and heart
I hope you feel happy
That’s all I want
thinking about my body and how my being is fleeting and floating and tomorrow I will wake up as someone completely new/ acrylic on canvas, ‘16
Your body is the house you grew up in, how dare you try to burn it to the ground.
Just a reminder, but you do not need to “earn” being tired.
You’re allowed to be tired, even if you haven’t “done” anything and you’re allowed to be tired even if you did less than someone else.
Being tired is a normal thing your body does for a whole plethora of reasons, and is a basic bodily function. You don’t need to “earn” basic bodily functions, no matter what anyone else tells you.
