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Céline Sciamma and Adèle Haenel (19/05/19). 

— Margaret Atwood, from “The Tent,” originally published c. February 2006

The Model, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

https://www.wikiart.org/en/kuzma-petrov-vodkin/the-model-1

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To Meli, 1974, Salvador Dali

EVA GREEN

أرى موتي في رصاصة تستقر داخل قلبي..

أو تخترقه و تنفجر في طريق خروجها..

أرى موتي في حادث تصادم شاحنة مع سيارة هيونداي صغيرة..

أنا في المقعد الخلفي.. أموت فورا مع الصدمة

I see my death in the boots of janja kicking on my kidnies and ribs.. Stomping my neck and face.. Beating me up with their sticks till i run out of breath

I see my death in a clot of blood clogging the main artery in my heart.. Causing it to shut down as i fall face down to the ground with no one around to help..

I see my death in a bottle of liqour..besides a cocktail of sedating pills.. I take them all together at once.. And go into a deep long sleep

أرى كل السيناريوهات التي قد تؤدي إلى موتي

And i yearn for comfort

لا أرى مستقبلا تنبض فيه حياتي

Im slowly forgetting the fantasy of the black girl with an afro riding her bicycle everywhere.. Living for art and whiskey and poetry and women.. Living freely.. I dont see it as often.. Only my end is what i see

وكم أشعر بأن نهايتي قد بدأت فعلا.. ولكنها من أبطأ النهايات على الإطلاق.

Alena Vykulilová, Nude, 1979.

From @zposternak BEAUTY

💎💎💎 https://www.instagram.com/princessofartsakh/

God said “i love lgbt jewish people n muslims” because the first day of pride is both laylat al-qadr and shabbat can i get a mashallah

Opposite Action

one of the ways DBT teaches us to deal with intense emotions is through opposite actions. this means engaging in activities that go against what your negative emotion makes you want to do. This can be done with a couple steps. 

Be mindful of the emotion. Observe and describe what you experience and how it affects your body. It’s important to know this before you can address it. 

Change your body language / posture. Remaining in the position your emotion wants to put you in will reinforce that emotion. Stand tall and confident, even when you aren’t. 

Change your facial expression. Just like your posture, keeping a sour expression that goes along with your strong negative emotion will enforce that emotion. Create a calm, relaxed expression, or even smile. 

Engage in behaviors opposite to the emotion. If your emotions are telling you to avoid, approach. If your emotions are telling you to attack, be kind. Some examples for specific emotions could be:

I would like to clarify though that sometimes, practicing opposite action is not the right thing to do. if your emotions match the context and feel appropriate, it’s not best to change them (example: if you’re afraid of getting hit by a car, don’t walk into traffic). 

the point of opposite action is to make the emotion lessen–fake it ‘til you make it, basically. If you act as if you aren’t angry, the anger will eventually subside. if you act as if you aren’t afraid, the fear will eventually subside. 

You have to practice opposite action over and over for it to be effective. you probably won’t notice a change right away, since this skill isn’t immediate (most therapeutic models aren’t), so don’t give up right away when it feels like nothing is happening. 

— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

This sounded so muslim and It Is hahah