“Language is, in other words, not necessary, but voluntary. If it were necessary, it would have stayed simple; it would not agitate our hearts with ever-present loveliness and ever-cresting ambiguity; it would not dream, on its long white bones, of turning into song.”
— Mary Oliver, excerpt of “Three Songs”, in West Wind
You are worth fighting for.
You are worth fighting for.
You are worth fighting for.
Erechtheion and Propylaea, Acropolis, Athens 🏛✨ @warmhealer
Hope
I drew this comic in 2017. Now it’s more relevant than ever.
Planetary nebula NGC 6826 is located about 4,200 light years from Earth in Cygnus. When observers look directly at it through a small telescope, they typically see only the nebula’s sparkling-white central star. However, by averting one’s gaze, glancing away from the central star, the nebula’s bulbous dust clouds come into view. This optical trickery earned this planetary nebula the name the “Blinking Planetary.”
Over the next several thousand years, the nebula will gradually disperse into space, and then the central star will slowly cool as it radiates its energy for billions of years as a white dwarf.
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you are beloved, the essence of stardust, no matter how muddy your shoes or heavy your heart