To all my friends struggling with depression, anxiety, and other mental / invisible illnesses: If you got out of bed today, I am proud of you. If you got dressed, I am proud of you. If you ate a meal, I am proud of you. If you drove a car, I am proud of you. If you went around people, I am proud of you. If you did some basic chores or ran errands, I am proud of you. And if you didn’t do any of these things, I am still proud of you for sticking around on this planet. It’s okay, get the rest you need, you will be able to do these things soon. Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it can’t hurt. Invisible illnesses are very real and can be debilitating. You are not alone. You are loved, you are strong, you are capable, you are beautiful, you are unique and you are a freakin’ WARRIOR.
(Photo cred: Jenna Kellen by Estate Serenity / Virginia / November 2012)
I so champion this attitude and spirit.
From my deepest heart to your deepest darkness: you are loved.
Know what gives you pleasure. Don’t be shy of it, don’t be scared to guide your partner, show them the way to the ultimate goal❤️
It can be hard sometimes, but it will be worth it
Show them where to touch, lick, stare and suck. Show them your most vulnerable, yet powerful spots, show them you weaknesses and strength, show them how to love you.
And love them back. Respect them, listen to them and give back the pleasure you just got.
Remember: you are at your most powerful, when you’re together. Those feelings are what makes you so strong. Hold on to that.
In this piece we are showen that the boy is representing war. The boy is a skeletal and manourished figer. He has been bonded to weapons from all eras of human history, the industries that drive them as well as the pollution and waste that is bound to follow such endeavors. The very world surrounding him feels his destructive touch, withering and decaying much like the boy has.
He looms over a tiny figure, a young and seemingly carefree girl. The girl in this represents peace, in it’s purest form. The boy who one might speculate, was once much like the girl before he was slowly deformed by the sins of war that his fathers were drenched in? the sins of his fathers? the people who followed the same realgion has him?
We also see that war reaches down to the young girl, holding out the gift of a small flower. This does show that war and peace go hand in hand. That for one to exist so must the other? Perhaps he is her guardian? war must exist so peace can be protected? Oh maybe war is more sinister? He is trying to corrupt the innocence of the child from the start to make them believe that war is right? Maybe the boy sees himself in the girl of how his innocence was taken from him by mind washing? and how he changed because of war?
