Portraitofglue - A.A

strangers, in the window

Excerpts from Today by Victoria Chang

a beautifully constructed poem on death and grief

Kazuo Ishiguro - “Dream Techniques”

1. Unwarranted Emotion 2. Unwarranted Relationship 3. Delayed realization (ENTER/EXIT) 4. Odd postures—figurative postures + escaped metaphors 5. Placing 6. Weird Venues 7. Extended, tangential monologues 8. Distorted time frame 9. Unwarranted recognition of place 10. Private enclaves 11. Unwarranted familiarity with situation (or person or place) 12. Characters from foreign contexts 13. Characters continuing under different surfaces 14. Distorted Logistics 15. Transmuting Narrator 16. Partial invisibility (And odd witnessing) 17. Backward projection of Intentions 18. Bleeding with Memory 19. BACKWARD projection of Judgment 20. Restricted Witnessing 21. Tunnel Memory 22. The Dim Torch Narrative Mode 23. Crowds—Unwarranted Uniformity 24. Robert Altman [illegible] 25. (“More than I expected”) Unwarranted Expectation 26. MIXED PERSONALITY

I 💗 oil pastel

Some character quirks based off people I know

-collects music boxes and line them neatly on the shelf, trying to set them off at the same time.

-used to buy baguettes every Thursday morning and carry them to school

- great at forging things, because their writing can instantly change

- can beatbox surprisingly

- can unhinge their jaw

- can crack their neck

- brings certain things to a get together just because it is aesthetic

- takes lessons for violin yet spends most of their time self teaching themselves piano

- knows seven languages yet has a mental blank for all of them when speaking to someone

- hunches over and makes themselves look shorter than they are, even though they are one of the shortest ones

- good at a shit ton of things yet does not seem to comprehend simple geography, will believe that Spain is in France until told otherwise

- teaching themselves to be ambidextrous

- smartass since day one

-mildly allergic to cats yet owns one

- can’t swim properly

- writes notes in a bunch of different languages mixed together and sits in satisfaction as their friends scramble to translate it.

- has a guilty pleasure of gay fanfic

- has a guilty pleasure of poetry from the romantic era

- one is a slightly hypochondriac

- uses too many commas, semi colons in their writing

- scared of butterflies

- smells like berries

- so many hand gestures and dramatics while talking.

- calls her friends ‘bub’

- whenever she’s bored and wants to read at the same time the only thing she’ll read is Lemony Snicket

- has to pick out their own cutlery otherwise will get annoyed

- checks their bare wrist as if they’re looking for the time

- has a strange obessesion with time

- really likes ink

- gets vertigo a lot

- prefers inanimate objects more than people

-used to have a room filled with paper planes

- always yawns whenever it’s a social gathering

Ok this is very late but I just saw your post on poc literature, but I wanted to let u know Ruth Jhabprawala is NOT a poc author. She's white but has profited from the misconception that she's South Asian although her books contain a lot of racist imagery and beliefs. I love her work on film but just wanted to let u and others know for the future! Thanks for creating the list too :-)

Thank you for informing me, I never knew!

the asian american writers’ workshop just published 16 love poems by poets of palestinian heritage that were featured in the anthology we call to the eye & the night edited by hala alyan & zeina hashem beck

Tahini Al-Jamil saying ‘I had never felt quite so seen as when she saw me’ sounds like something straight out of a dark academia novel, where the protagonist is describing their ‘friend’ who they’re definitely NOT in love with

New York Movie-how I feel when I look at Edward Hopper paintings

Dinner Party-for dinner parties with friends (this one is collaborative so feel free to add some of your songs as well)

painting-self explanatory; for when I’m painting

dumb luck-a soundtrack to a sapphic art heist movie idea

More of my playlists :)

To Live Forever- a TSH playlist (songs I think fit) 

 matchbox cars- for driving all around Tokyo with friends (futuristic and retro at the same time) 

coming of age- if I made a teen show, this would be the soundtrack

House Arrest- for cleaning the house with a robot version of you

summer- for wasting your days with your small group of friends

mockingbirds- songs I’d listen to when I fake my death

clementines- for laying on your bed, feeling full and complete 

sunflowers- based on that Holly Warburton painting  

Fellini’s Casanova (1976)