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switch · 6 months

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i personally find that reminding myself that i’m a frightened animal helps quite a bit with staving off irrational anxiety gut feelings.

#not in a self-deprecating way at all it’s just a fact #acknowledging your frightened animal brain being irrational without self deprecating about it #it’s a litany #switch speaks

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nighthawkes · 4 months

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I must sleep. Sleep is the mind-healer. Sleep is the big-life that brings total ability to fucking do anything. I will face my bed. I will permit the blankie to pass over me and snores to pass through me. And when sleep has gone past I will turn the outer eye to greet the new morning. When the sleep has gone there will be everything. Energy and will to live will remain.

#having a come to Jesus with myself about trying to work late #sleep is the only path to productivity. rest is the only thing that lets me get things done.#litany against not laying down

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metamorphesque · 5 months

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Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out, Richard Siken.

#quotes #literature #poetry #poems #richard siken #crush #litany in which certain things are crossed out

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sisteroutsiders · 1 year

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Audre Lorde to her students during a poetry workshop, as shown in A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde (1996) dir. by Ada Gay Griffin and Michelle Parkerson

#A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde #Audre Lorde #Black women #Black feminism #film #interviews #on writing #edited because I did not originally upload the complete quotation. the last screenshot was added 9-25.

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crushing-on-nico-di-angelo · 1 year

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and I'm sorry I left, but it was for the best my little dove...

absolute solitude: selected poems, dulce maria loynaz (tr. james o'connor) // the glass essay, anne carson // boyish, japanese breakfast // @uglyfruit // yves olade // hunger, harry styles // a not admitting of the wound, emily dickinson // no surprises, radiohead // fourth of july, sufjan stevens

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bbygirl-paul · 13 days

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i just found out that jessica's face tattoos translate to the litany against fear which... wow. (for those curious, david j peterson, the linguist behind the chakobsa in dune part two, posted it to his twitter account. edit: i've been informed he also has a tumblr account @dedalvs check him out)

we can see jessica recite this litany during the water of life scene in dune part two, but also during paul's gom jabbar scene and the desert storm scene in dune part one. it goes as follows:

"i must not fear. fear is the mind-killer. fear is the little-death that brings obliteration. i will face my fear and i will permit it to pass over me and through me. and when it has gone past, i will turn the inner eye to see its path. where the fear has gone there will be nothing. only i will remain."

here are her tattoos:

and here is the chakobsa translation:

david j peterson is also the dude behind a bunch of other popular conlangs, like the dothraki and valyrian languages from game of thrones. i was so hyped to hear he'd partnered on with denis villeneuve for the dune movies and he did not disappoint! you can thank him for the realism of paul's chakobsa scenes in part two, especially his final grand speech.

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asoftepiloguemylove · 7 months

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MAY I BURN. MAY YOU SEE IT; DEVOTION THAT SWALLOWS YOU WHOLE

George Bataille // @inbredlamb // Richard Siken Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out // Olga Koroleva with grandfather // unknown // Richard Siken "Planet of Love," Crush // Otto Künzli Ring for two people / Brooch for two people // Ada Limón "The Good Fight," Bright Dead Things // Phoebe Bridgers Scott Street

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poetrysmackdown · 10 months

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Visit "To The Young Who Want To Die" if you'd like to hear it read by the author!

#round2 #poetry smackdown #poetry #poll #gwendolyn brooks #cameron awkward-rich #i voted for litany for survival in round 1 but i admit i adore brooks' reading here—really enhanced my enjoyment of the poem #regardless of whether or not i end up voting for it here

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newvision · 7 months

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— Richard Siken, from „Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out“ in Crush

#rereading crush for the millionth time and this caught me so off guard I almost cried on the train lol #‘I’m just a writer. I write things down’#Richard siken #litany in which certain things are crossed out #crush #🌿#mine

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horreurscopes · 2 days

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i know everyone's always thought they were living in the End Times but all of those countless fully formed, complex people living throughout the changing social structures, cyclical plagues, devastating wars, unprecedented natural events, rising and falling empires and technological revolutions of the past six to seven thousand years of human history were, unlike me, the momentarily hopeless millenial doomscrolling in bed, wrong

#litany against apocalypse #🚬

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thefood-oflove · 8 months

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when olivia rodrigo said “tried so hard to be everything that you like/ just for you to say you’re not the compliment type” and when chappell roan said “And I try to be the chill girl/That holds her tongue and gives you space” and when richard siken said “Love, for you, is larger than the usual romantic love… it’s like a religion. it’s terrifying. no one will ever want to sleep with you” and when mitski said “So if you need to be mean/Be mean to me” and dodie said “I kissed someone because it's fair/ Oh, do I tell you, would you care?/ So deeply hurt, you beg for who/ Or are you kissing someone too?” and when boygenius said “I came prepared for absolution, if you'd only ask/ So I take some offense when you say, ‘No regrets’” and when girl in red said “So, I'll be willing to let this die, / Able to look you right in the eyes, / Say I'm not your consolation prize” and when

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crowlipso · 1 year

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Making them related is so entertaining, I love HPHM, I played it since the game's first released and I'm still stuck in year 5.

Litany trying her best, alright?

#hogwarts legacy #hphl #hphl mc #hphl oc #hogwarts legacy mc #hogwarts legacy oc #agatha crowley #hogwarts mystery #hogwarts mystery mc #hphm #hphm mc #hphm oc #litany roff #my oc

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runawaymarbles · 5 days

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I must not obsess over what is canon. Canon is the brain-eater. Canon is the little-death that brings total fury. I will ignore the Canon. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when I have acknowledged only the parts that I like, I will turn the inner eye to my own headcanons. Where the Canon has gone there will be nothing. Only I, and my favored tumblr blogs, and 23814 AO3 tabs will remain.

#dune #litany against fear #what fandom is this about? yes.#op

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theoffingmag · 7 months

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