Trevor breaks down the presidential race between Hillary Clinton and
Donald Trump.
every introvert ever
- after walking through the door into your home: *loud exhale* finally
There is a very dark and painful side to life, but that is natural. People in our culture think they should never be unhappy. They think that being unhappy is unnatural. They try to make it go away. They take pills or they go to therapy to “fix” themselves. They blame themselves or others for their suffering. We need to understand that sadness is as much a part of life as joy. It would be easy just to get bitter and cold while focusing on the dark side, but there is also an amazing, wonderful side of life. If you look for it, there is true magic all around us. Maybe that sounds trite to the hardened, self-protective modern ego, but there is magic in this miraculous life. If you open yourself up, you do make yourself vulnerable to pain but the deeper the pain you experience, the deeper joy you have.
corvida-e-deactivated20210112 asked:
Not a confession: I feel like people are missing something when they say Melanie is "obviously" inspired by Marina, like for one, Marina was probably inspired by plenty of things herself - she didn't invent the concept album or having characters in songs, she didn't invent the heart/tear on her cheek (I mean, that's a /Rococo/ thing - it's been around for centuries), she didn't invent the concept of a dysfunctional family, etc. And people like Lana Del Rey didn't invent the whole (cont'd)
melaniemartinezconfessions answered:
childish/loli thing. Artists can be inspired by lots of other artists, or just by existing things. I’m sure Mel was inflenced by plenty of things - Mark Ryden’s art, vintage children’s toys and fashions, and, sure, Marina and other artists if she likes them. Artists all combine things that they like with their own new ones - ideas get recylced throughout art history, so we shouldn’t put Melanie’s creations in a single box like “inspired by Marina”. It’s Melanie’s, it’s inspired by her thoughts.
