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Hey, gentle recognition for the people who are taking care of themselves in "not aesthetically-pleasing" ways. To the people who have to do things they don't want to because they know they would suffer more if they didn't, to the people who have to brush their teeth with their fingers, to the people who have to use washcloths to bathe, to the people who need to punch pillows or scream into them to express their intense emotions, to anybody ashamed about the way they need to live and take care of themselves.

You are doing the very best you can with the hand you've been dealt. It's not easy, it's not pretty, but it sure as fuck takes so much to do these things. You are doing what is best for yourself, and I, for one, think you deserve to be proud of that. Self-care isn't easy. It isn't pretty, often, but it's something you shouldn't be ashamed of or hide away because it's deemed "grotesque" or "not really self-care (because self-care is pretty and non-threatening to 'normal peoples' senses)"

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Reaching for Morning

(c) riverwindphotography, September 2023

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CLOUDY AS LIKE YOUR MIND

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À bientôt (detail), Valentine Cameron Prinsep

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Matthias Seifarth

http://art-assorty.ru/1678-matthias-seifarth.html

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Cypresses in the Crimea, Fyodor Vasilyev

Medium: oil,canvas

https://www.wikiart.org/en/fyodor-vasilyev/cypresses-in-the-crimea

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“The Blue Flowers” art based on Otto Dix painting. By The Weaver House.