Noa, 26
“I am wearing a thrifted skirt with a DIY shirt I cut myself and a Chanel jacket from mid-2010’s. My style was influenced by the model off duty aesthetic. The Chanel is gifted and the skirt is like 3$ from the Salvation Army.”
Nov 12, 2022 ∙ Williamsburg
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The People You Meet
I have always believed that we never meet anyone randomly; everyone who comes into your life is to show you something. It does not matter if it is a momentary relationship or a long-lasting one, either way, you can learn something from them. And sometimes, it is you who teaches the other person that lesson.
Throughout the different stages of your life, you meet new groups of people, develop new hobbies, do new things, etc. We are constantly growing and changing. That is why I can't help but wonder, how is it possible for us to have life-long relationships? You know those relationships, particularly with friends, where you can go through all sorts of things and still be a relationship you can certainly count on. Is it because you are growing together? What happens if you grow together but apart but somehow they are still there?
I am constantly thinking about the fact that if I met today, the important people in my life (aka my best friend), they would not be my best friend anymore. I don't even think we would even be friends. I think about our relationship and our personalities, and I don't think that we match. At least not the way we used to. I know that we both have our own paths to create and we are our own person and I think it is inevitable to change. When I met her, she changed me, so much. She made a more open and communicative person, she helped me identify and navigate my feelings, she showed me that the person I am is okay, even if I don't always think so. She has taught me so much. She has always had my back and is there whenever I need her.
I always thought that we would be friends forever. (That is so childish to say/think) But lately, we barely talk, we barely see each other, we barely do anything together. I worry that this friendship, which I thought would be a long-lasting one, is coming to an end. I worry that the lesson she was meant to teach me has been taught. I worry that we grew so much that we ended up growing apart.
Everyone that comes into your life, is there for a reason. You never know for how long, what the reason is, but always be sure to receive them with a warm-heart, be open, cherish all the little moments, and never forget. These are the people you meet.
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I often think about that The Lumineers album, 'Cleopatra'. The life of an old woman, a taxi driver somewhere in United States, getting proposed on the day her father died, the dilemma about the love of her life, then leaving him and marrying someone else she didn't love, having a child with the man and then getting divorced and eventually becoming a taxi driver. The way I described it, is pretty realistic, maybe normal even! However, when I look at her life microscopically–day after day, minute after minute, second after second, it is then when it turns out to be poetic. That everyday suffering, that regret of not being able to be with someone she loved, that fantasizing about spending the life with him–through happiness and through pain, the joy of youth, the sensation of love, the fear of getting old and being invalid–she sees and feels all these through people, through her passengers who she carries everyday. She sees her life–what it is, what it could've been, and what it still can be–through people.
Now, why did I rant about it for so long? Because this is us, this is exclusively US. We are her, and we are the people. We can be that person who sleeps under a sky full of stars and dream about having a fancy house one day, we can be that person who sleeps in a house that worths a few million dollars and dreaming about having a little peace. We are those people who are so different from each other, yet so similar–in reality and dreams, in wanting and owning. Another thing that amazes me is, the things that we regret, generate such fantastic gifts in life for us, that we start thinking whether to continue regretting those things or not!
The thing is, it's like we see our mirrors in every person we see everyday. We see us, in people. But we voluntarily choose to ignore it. I'm afraid that is the reason we get lost most of the time. Start seeing people you know, who knows, maybe you'll find yourself one day.
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in the hour or so it took me to draw this op turned reblogs off
EDIT: reblogs are STAYING OFF. op was right and correct and i have never regretted making a post as much as this one. if you want to reblog my art you can reblog something else from my blog. or commission me, lord knows i deserve financial compensation for the nightmare this post has put me through
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When I was younger and researching the autism diagnosis criteria and symptoms, I thought “oh I couldn’t POSSIBLY be autistic.” Because when I read “takes everything literally” I thought it literally meant EVERYTHING and I was like “I don’t take EVERYTHING literally, just most things!” And I just realized the other day that it didn’t actually mean EVERYTHING and that was an overstatement.
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“You shouldn’t self-ID as ADHD/autistic, you’re turning a very real mental condition into a trend” Ok then stop saying delulu. Stop speculating on which cluster C personality disorder the criminals you hear about on the news have. Stop saying “schizoposting” and “acoustic” and “is it restarted?” Stop using “psycopath” and “sociopath” as catch-all ways of calling someone a bad person. Stop saying “the intrusive thoughts won” when you bleach your hair and then turn your nose up at people who suffer from very real, very scary urges of physical/sexual violence. Stop saying “I’m so OCD” as a way of calling yourself neat. Stop treating BPD/ASPD/Bipolar as inherently abusive. Stop saying “OP I am living in your walls” without tagging for unreality. Stop diagnosing complete strangers you’ve never met on r/AITA with NPD.
You first. If you don’t want our disabilities to be treated like trends then stop belittling and minimising them. I’ll NEVER judge a person for trying find labels for their symptoms when an apathetic, racist, sexist, ableist healthcare system refuses to. But I will absolutely judge a hypocrite. Which a lot of you are
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can’t stop thinking about my friend’s cishet partner who said last night that he doesn’t think anyone is the same gender. god-tier take.
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more good news from tiktok: they’ve started blocking celebrities.
they’re calling it block party 2024. just blocking and ignoring countless celebrities who havent said shit about palestine. influencers, actors, anyone who went to the met gala, whatever, they’re getting blocked. and people keep talking about how cathartic it is, how good it feels, how they never realized they could DO that. there was some kind of subconscious law against blocking famous people, but it’s broken, and people are LOVING it. and it’s WORKING. a social media/digital advertising coordinator was talking about how ad companies are PANICKING, because they can’t accurately target anymore. so many big influencers, including fucking LIZZO started talking about palestine the MOMENT their follower counts started going down. and the best part? no one is forgiving them. lizzo posted a tiktok asking people to donate to palestinian families, and all the comments just said you’re a multimillionaire. put your money where your mouth is. blocked.
i feel like i’m witnessing the downfall of celebrity culture, right here right now. people are waking up.
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people who only use conventional social media are so funny bc they’ll casually be like “can I see your tumblr??” are you Insane. this is no instagram or twitter. this is my vault of secrets
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