me & my friends are watching theEmpire State Couple's Netflix documentary

me & my friends are watching the Empire State Couple's Netflix documentary & there's a part where Vanya is talking about him making her feel safe while they're doing all these crazy things climbing together, and he says… “the safer she was, the more creative she became”

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i don't want AI-created things… i want poetry & art & music that comes from

i don't want AI-created things… i want poetry & art & music that comes from love & passion & pain. i want something that came from someone overcoming something they didn't think they'd survive… it lets me know that i can do the same. i want something that started i

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but you're so butterfly-shaped… so why are you not being a butterfly?

but you're so butterfly-shaped… so why are you not being a butterfly? tell me why are you not stretching out your wings? – butterflies rising

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there she was… so beautiful and free - butterflies rising

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there's a certain trauma in the girls whose dads cheated on their mamas…

there's a certain trauma in the girls whose dads cheated on their mamas… especially if you knew it in some way when you were young… you got trust issues before you even had a chance to try to love, and from the man who was supposed to show you how to be loved… there's just a certain trauma

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let's lose time. it's maybe one of my favorite

let's lose time. it's maybe one of my favorite feelings ever… my friends and i call it “suspension.” it's when an experience you're in creates an energy between you and another person, or a few friends, or a whole group… and that conversation, or that night, or that experie

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when you love passionately, and you're fiercely...

when you love passionately, and you're fiercely loyal, and you believe in soulmates… but you're also fiercely independent, and love being on your own journey, and one of your biggest fears is losing yourself in a relationship. – butterflies rising

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it's always and ever only you. - butterflies rising

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they say, “be realistic.” but, i've got dreams… ones that are drenched in art

they say, “be realistic.” but, i've got dreams… ones that are drenched in art and taste like adventure… ones that feel like being kissed until my heart bursts… ones that open up my whole soul like a wildflower on fire. - butterflies rising

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my friends & i have always felt sad about how, as girls, it's not safe for us

my friends & i have always felt sad about how, as girls, it's not safe for us to take late-night walks… when all we wanna do is go look at the moon. but a few nights ago, a woman left the earth, on her way to be the first woman to go to the moon, in a rocket named after a goddess… an

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don't you know? you are a golden thing in this heavy, heavy world

don't you know? you are a golden thing in this heavy, heavy world – butterflies rising

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misogyny is a weak man's crutch

misogyny is a weak man's crutch. – butterflies rising

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on your own is where your wildflowers grow...

on your own is where your wildflowers grow, there’s no one else here to block their sun, but no one else can water them but you… so trust your time on your own, it's where you'll learn your biggest love story is… you. – butterflies rising

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just because they haven't been accountable...

just because they haven't been accountable for what they did to you… it doesn't mean the energy of what happened is yours to carry – butterflies rising

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in february… i want to be the most passionate

in february… i want to be the most passionate version of myself… to feel and feel… and follow what i feel, and inhale love and be love, and exhale any fear… and this version of me won't apologize for having a heart on fire - butterflies rising

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i don't know if our nervous systems are made for

i don't know if our nervous systems are made for social media… to have so much noise over our own inner voice trying to influence who and how we should be… but i'm learning to say things like… “who and how i want to be can't be shaken by what's outside of me. i need to like

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i miss what it feels like to believe in sunrises

i miss what it feels like to believe in sunrises. to wake up feeling like… today will be good, beautiful things will happen, and nothing will hurt. but the world just keeps breaking my heart again and again and again. – butterflies rising

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i spent all that time haunted by the ghost...

i spent all that time haunted by the ghost of someone you never really were – butterflies rising

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when the world is loud… i lean into the feminine

when the world is loud… i lean into the feminine energy in my life, within myself, in my soul, in my connections with women & girls… my friendships. and in nature… the way it's in the flowers, but also in the moon, just anywhere i can feel it… it's where things are beautiful and

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we are not halves of each other… we come here to

we are not halves of each other… we come here to love the whole of one another – butterflies rising

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