critic kate bush via whirligirl of myself. of others. you'd think it was hatred. and it could be that, but not in any angry way. it's just too much mindpower and too much intuition, too much sensitivity. it's the kind of thing that brings forth artists. and suicides. but i'm saved by withstanding confusion and remaining far from desire. i'm purposefully far from perfect. and other people are probably the same. i don't know what matters! maybe i should just clean my room!!! "See the light ram through the gaps in the land." 031026 ... tender_square grandma makes a comment in dream_conversations that she will not marry the man beside her (he is middle eastern or muslim) because her “children do not approve.” i roll my eyes and say “grandma, you’re a grown ass woman. marry whoever the fuck you want,” and i look to my aunt to see her reaction. my aunt tries to play it off like she doesn’t have a problem. “you do what you want,” she encourages her mother. and to me she says something like, “you’ve only been married 10 years.” “what’s that supposed to mean?” i ask. “nothing,” she claims. i feel like she’s insinuating that i can’t speak to marriage when i am twice divorced, and when nothing has made it past this ten-year mark. i don’t push it further. i remember my analyst’s advice: the comment only lands if there’s a target you have within already bearing this criticism. 230723 what's it to you? who go blather from