The Best Kind Of People Are The Ones Who Come Into Your Life And Make You See The Sun Where You Saw Clouds

“I will […] forget her, and forget everything that is not here.”

— Mahmoud Darwish, from She Has Not Come; Almond Blossoms and Beyond (tr. by Mohammad Shaheen)

Worlds enough for the both of us.

is the world really such a terrible place? yesterday i asked if oat milk was extra and the barista said yes so i said ok just regular milk then and when she gave me my chai latte she whispered “i used oat milk ;)” doesnt that make u want to live another day?

You discovered that your house is haunted, but instead of fleeing you decided to profit. Bleeding walls? Collect for bloodbank. Rodents of Unusual Size? Butchered and sold. Ectoplasm? Glowstick factory. You call a family meeting to discuss brainstorm ideas for the other manifestations.

“I’m just going to write because I cannot help it.”

— Charlotte Bronte

Follow the lives of ten kittens as they playfully pounce, bat, and swat while their mother sleeps. Buckets of paint quickly turn the kittens—and their sleeping mother—into brilliant works of art. When mama cat wakes up, playtime turns into bath time.  

Unbeknown to most, the Norse gods are still among us. Thor is a grumpy personal trainer, Freya is a successful influencer. Quite a few of the dwarves are top level sysadmins. But what about Loki?

“My memory, my bloody place, my archaic angel bitten by the wind.”

— Alejandra Pizarnik, from “All day long…”; The Galloping Hour: French Poems (tr. by Patricio Ferrari & Forrest Gander)

Ann Demeulemeester Fall 2018