"Be not conformed to this society — nor kill yourself to make it love you — but be transformed in it, against it, by the renewal of your mind, body, and spirit. No matter the cost." Believe this more now than when I wrote it 5 years ago. 🖤 nymag.com/intelligencer/2019…

I want to introduce you to Steve. He’s 83. His wife died a few months ago and he comes to this lodge in Spring Mill, Indiana and draws. He taught art in Terre Haute, IN his whole life. He also did courtroom sketches in court cases. In the comments I’ll share some pics from his sketchbook. He was excited when I said I was going to share his sketches with the world.

Building something new. Need an experienced comrade (or two) ASAP. (Paid)   Maybe you’re a showrunner. Maybe you run political campaigns. Maybe you saved Tech Week once, while your actor friends were freaking out. I don’t care what you’ve been, just what you’re feeling called to now.   If you’re like - omg yes - email me: casey@caseygerald.com. Tell me something you had to do but had no idea how to do — but did anyway, and very well. Talk to you soon okok. 🫶🏾💫

Italo Calvino - “Only if poets and writers set themselves tasks that no one else dares imagine will literature continue to have a function”

Write down every fear that keeps you from being the leader your community needs right now. Write down every habit that distracts you from your own power. Write down every mistake you still hold against yourself. Then, under tonight’s Aries Full Moon, burn what you’ve written. Watch the smoke rise as your doubt dissolves into light. Thank the Moon for helping you release what no longer serves. Thank her for reminding you that you are a warrior, and you’ve already survived too much to ever doubt your power. Àṣẹ

i love old Black ppl so much. ran into unc getting on the elevator, i greet him. “whatupdoe?” he talmbout, “mane i cain’t kill nothing & ain’t nothing dying” idk what the fuck that mean, but i definitely feel the og fasho.

This is really something. A memorable moment with Gene Hackman from Inside the Actor’s Studio.

So this is happening:

not to spoil the ending, but you will win at the end, remember that.

Roadtrips with someone who likes intervals of yapping and intervals of silence, and intervals of blasting music, and intervals of podcasts >>>>

RT @mayascade: KILLER OF SHEEP ON CRITERION. OUT MAY 27. It was an honor to be a consulting producer on this release. I am grateful to be…

All I want is a 4 page handwritten letter expressing your undying love for me w the edges burned to symbolize how intense and consuming your love is for me. Romance!

For anyone in New Haven: Grey Matter Books has James C. Scott’s personal collection on sale (donated by his children). Many are about rivers

Literature in translation. Literature in translation. Literature in transition.

Real Tears. This is a moment. Thank you @TIME for featuring me on the cover of THE CLOSERS. My parents would be overjoyed. I am my ancestors wildest dreams.

RT @aliner: Such a haunting film.

a common misunderstanding i see when it comes to embarking on some sort of endeavor is assuming that a low probability event will likely never happen, rather than it being near-inevitable if you can persist long enough to take enough shots on target

CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE. THAT THING YOU PRAYED FOR IS COMING.

this was, understandably, the last time they invited me to Morning Joe 😂 [2019] . I wasn't trying to be nasty but i had realized how the media is invested in our ignorance -- the less we understand, the more "complicated" things seem, the more we tune in -- or, rather, the more we tune out from our inklings and our own histories, and trust their "expert" guidance instead. don’t fall for the okiedoke y’all . so, what are you gonna do with your Black genius? ❣️