do you ever think about how if you dive into the ocean and go deeper and deeper you will pass through layers of darker and darker blue until everything is black and cold and the pressure will be so intense that it will kill you without protection but if you keep going you will find little glowing specks of light, and if you go up into the sky and go higher and higher you will pass through layers of darker and darker blue until everything is black and cold and the pressure will be so intense that it will kill you without protection but if you keep going you will find little glowing specks of light

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Draw me from the scabbard of my unworthiness, Warrior God, And whirl me unswerving in the forefront of hosts! Break me in the first thrust of your advance And throw the shattered steel of my strength to the     ground. Draw tougher blades, draw them with your might— I shall have over me the great tread of your marching men And dust for my sheathing.

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Sword Prayer

H. MacKnight Black  

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Graphic - Aaron Nagel  (B.1980)

Dark Fairy Tale Photography of Mothmeister

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““How can you be the Goddess of Love?” asked Hermes, his words sharp like knives, “When you love War so much?” Aphrodite smiled easily, her eyes cold as she regarded him, “You must have love confused with peace. Love and War have more in common than you could ever understand. Both can make you either the most courageous of warriors remembered through history… or the cruelest of villains that the world ever did see.””

— Nikita Gill, Excerpts from Maidens Myths and Monsters

“Hector loved Andromache so much, her fate was why he fought as hard as he did. The fall of Troy only terrified him because her destiny and his son’s were attached to it. His greatest fear was the ruins of the woman he loved and his child because there would be no one left to protect them. Achilles loved Patroclus so much, he would have burned the entire world to the ground just to avenge his death. His grief was so mighty he would have ended the war single handedly had the Gods not intervened to stop him. Two loves that powerful clashed in the worst sort of way and only one of them could survive while the other died - and this is the devastating tragedy. The only lesson is look, look at what love can do. It can make you a hero or make a monster out of you.”

— Nikita Gill, Hector and Achilles

Angelina Jolie as Kate Libby / “Acid Burn”  in HACKERS (1995).

Warning Signs of Narcissistic Abuse:

They have a sense of superiority, for example being highly critical, often judgmental about others.

They have a sense of entitlement, sometimes this comes off as confidence, but can manifest in subtle ways, like cutting through a service station rather than wait at the traffic lights, or deliberately leaving rubbish for someone else to pick up.

They give out back-handed compliments, such as “she has a figure like yours, you know, slim but no muscle tone.”

In a romantic relationship, the relationship moves quickly, for example they will shower you with attention, compliments or gifts, and say “I love   you” very early on in the relationship.

They will start to subtly ignore you. They may appear to lose interest/get distracted or check their phone while you’re talking.

Their seemingly innocent words are often contradicted by their body language and tone of voice.

Their stories don’t quite add up, and you start to see the little white lies. You may even tell yourself, “I just heard them lie to their friend, it was   just  a little white lie. But s/he wouldn’t lie to me.”

They have two sets of rules. Rules that apply to them, and rules that apply to everyone else. They may have unrealistic expectations of love and nurturing from others, but don’t hold themselves to the same high standards.

They have a lack of empathy, and are unable to put themselves in the shoes of others.

They have poor boundaries, and may regularly invade your privacy, go through your belongings, or expect that you mind read their wishes and needs.

They may be highly sensitive to criticism, or any suggestion that they are not in the right.

They have a “my way or the highway” attitude. They believe that they know best, and that their way of doing things is the correct way.

Initially they can come off quite charming and charismatic, always knowing the right thing to say.

FINAL HOME Parachute Bondage Parka designed by Kosuke Tsumura / Issey Miyake

One Night in Miami (2020)

fucking orange filter on Tunisia ??????!!! 🤬🔪

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If you are feeling sads, I think Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry is a good movie to watch for survival mechanisms. I think about his absolute determination quite often when I feel like lying on the floor and giving up. It’s on Netflix Instant. 

Seeing yourself in a new light: Recalling memories from a third-person perspective changes how our brain processes them

Adopting a third-person, observer point of view when recalling your past activates different parts of your brain than recalling a memory seen through your own eyes, according to a new paper.

“Our perspective when we remember changes which brain regions support memory and how these brain regions interact together,” explained Peggy St Jacques, assistant professor in the Faculty of Science’s Department of Psychology, member of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, and co-author on the paper.

Specifically, the results show that recalling memories from an observer-like perspective, instead of through your own eyes, leads to greater interaction between the anterior hippocampus and the posterior medial network.

“These findings contribute to a growing body of research that show that retrieving memories is an active process that can bias and even distort our memories,” added St Jacques.

“Adopting an observer-like perspective involves viewing the past in a novel way, which requires greater interaction among brain regions that support our ability to recall the details of a memory and to recreate mental images in our mind’s eye.”

Adopting an observer-like perspective may also serve a therapeutic purpose, explained St Jacques. “This may be an effective way of dealing with troubling memories by viewing the past from a distance and reducing the intensity of the emotions we feel.”

This work builds on St Jacques’ previous research on visual perspective in memory, which found that the perspective from which we recall a memory can influence how we remember them over time.