Despair Is Easy, Hope Is Hard. And Brother, I Like To Stay Hard

I found out that my gloves had some dark stains on them, so I decided to refresh them a bit :D It was fun! Used alcohol-based marker for drawing.

Rest in Peace David Lynch (1946–2025)

Female Bodybuilder, NYC,  Photo by Barbara Alper, 1995

RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH as Pinkie Brown in BRIGHTON ROCK (1948) dir. John Boulting 

The Third Man 1949 | dir. Carol Reed

"Now is not the time for fear. That comes later."

Tom Hardy as Bane || The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

i think if people are to become actually accepting of disability they need to radically rework what they consider to be tenants of a fulfilling life. independence and self sufficiency can be nice but they're not required for a fulfilling life. neither is having a partner and children, having a job, or getting out of bed every single day. sure they can be enriching but so can other things. we need to stop considering the lives that disabled people live to be inherently subpar. inability and struggle is also a part of life, it doesn't devalue it. and acknowledging the difficulties of disabled people doesn't make their lives inherently unfulfilled either. we're here living life too.

Robert De Niro, left, and Martin Scorsese on the set of “Taxi Driver.” / Columbia Pictures/Getty Images

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Chaka Khan, Live in New York City. 1979.