after  尾形光琳, Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716)

“If I could draw a picture of what was inside me: A doe breathing in a meadow.”

— Paige Ackerson-Kiely, from “Ars Poetica,” My Love Is a Dead Arctic Explorer (via mirroir)

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Frank O’Hara, from Selected Poems; “Adieu to Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul”

[Text ID: the only thing to do is simply continue / is that simple / yes, it is simple because it is the only thing to do / can you do it / yes, you can because it is the only thing to do]

bi pride flower <3 :’)

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“Go outside where the world awaits you like a garden. Go outside to the roses,”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, from The Complete Works: “Thus Spoke Zarathustra,”

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@ the other anon!! anon pls don't have a baby if you don't want one! this sounds harsh but children grow into adults & they know when they weren't wanted <3 i wish more people knew it was ok not to have a child simply bc they don't want to! tell your partner how you feel xx

yes! this 100%!!

hi, im 24 and i got married 5 months ago, my husband reaaaly wants a baby but to me it feels too early for me to have one... and somehow i dont get the point of having babies they cry almost all the time and having one will simply end my life forever... but i want to understand WHY people wants that thing in their lives.... can you tell me pls?

firstly i want to say, don’t ever let your partner pressure you into having children! i know you didn’t say that he is, but please don’t feel pressured by anyone to have children for any reason. some people never feel those feelings of wanting a baby, and that’s ok!!! there is absolutely nothing wrong with anyone who decides they don’t want kids.

now, to answer your actual question of “why do people want kids”.. honestly? who knows! for many people, there’s a combination of basic biological drive, wanting to feel fulfilled in the very specific way that raising a child is rewarding, and probably a certain amount of social pressure to follow the “life script”. for some people, it turns out great! my baby hardly cries (and i think it’s safe to say for most people that hearing your own baby cry is a lot different than strangers’ babies). i absolutely love being a mother, but there’s plenty of unhappy parents who regret their decision to have kids too. it’s a life that you truly don’t understand until you live it, and it’s an appealing life to some people!

Lil Nas X by James White and Benjamin Ford for OUT Magazine August 2021