One Of The Best Ways I’ve Found To Combat That Inherent Depressive Pessimism Without Veering Into Toxic

from: the letters i will never send (isabella dorta) 

Something died in my yard

the point of art is not to be great but to make it transparently obvious that there is something wrong with you

Spin Cycle. Oil on canvas, 8 x 10"

overgrown

whats your favorite sea creature

That’s a hard question and depends on the week you ask but currently am obsessed with Shipworms (who live in mangroves and wood in marine environments so close enough to me), which are actually bivalves like clams and oysters and not “worms”…

Also love Conches, cetaceans, frogfish, stingrays, echinoderms in general..

Foggy breaths and clouded minds,

Take a pull and close your eyes,

Take my head and make it dead

Vex the vultures, fool the flies

Fill my lungs til my body's cold

Sell myself for some liquid gold

Remove the logic, keep the sense

Am I alone? My muscles tense

Meaning dissolves in front of me

Do I seek peace or recompense?

Am I in prison or am I free?

I'm just paranoid, or so I'm told,

Buried in clouds of liquid gold

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"Liquid Gold" by Salem Eirny

Spaceman (2024)

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I thought I was fine.

I thought I could handle this but I can't.