The Pav of Despair

Oversized squid wearing a human trenchcoat. He's just this guy, you know?

[The Pav of Despair @MattiePav]

You are not your follower count, or your likes or RTs. You are not your word count or your pile of rejections.

You are the ink stains on your heart, the fingers curled with writer's cramp, the breathless turning of every page.

Focus. Persevere.

#WritingCommunity

[Vivid Void @vividvoid]

There is, and it's closely related to a genera, which is the opposite of trauma. It's an event so intense it ruptures your sense of self and makes your old identity impossible to sustain. But instead of the difference between old and new you becoming a whirlpool of pain and rumination, the rupture becomes a wellspring through which your soul pours into the world.

Examples include: Near-death experiences, finding the great love of your life, helping deliver a baby, meeting a hero and finding that he admires something in you that he doesn't have. Being forgiven by someone you once harmed and still carry immeasurable guilt for. Creating a work of art so beautiful you can't believe it came through you. Finding you are still loved after a nervous breakdown. Meditating until reality dissolves into indescribably beautiful vibration. Leaving a lover better than you found them. Loving someone unconditionally for long enough that you see them completely transform.

Because we are so resilient, and because the spirit naturally moves toward coherence and growth when it is in a safe and healthy environment, there are many more ways to rupture the self in generative ways than there are to traumatize it. It's one of the most beautiful things about being human.

[The Pav of Despair @MattiePav]

@HedgeHermes Dawgs all day.

[The Pav of Despair @MattiePav]

Imagine opening your mouth to say anything at all about the purpose of the post-menopausal female.

Imagine actually letting those words exit your speaking apparatus and not thinking "maybe I should just not, here"

[.:RiotGrlErin:. @RiotGrlErin]

for every 50 likes i’ll photoshop a muppet into a popular horror movie.

[The Pav of Despair @MattiePav]

It *does* look like a blunt tho

[The Associated Press @AP]

U.S. rapper Snoop Dogg was one of the final torchbearers of the Olympic flame hours before the Games' opening ceremony. https://t.co/IUKrB9C7iN

[Captain Disillusion @CDisillusion]

As you can hear in this full recording, the Wilhelm scream guy was doing a bad job until the recordist told him to do it better, resulting in the iconic sound effect.

So everyone, give your supervisor a li'l kiss on the cheek this Friday.

[The Pav of Despair @MattiePav]

@natwrotewhat I picked up "I Hope This Finds You Well" off my library's "New Authors" shelf and devoured it.

The wordplay and banter is delightful, the characters are intoxicating, and the protag's internal struggle is so real.

Keep doing what you're doing. I adored it.

[Steve Martin @UnrealBluegrass]

While I always believed Trump and the MAGAteers would lose I now think they know it as well.
November will be a landslide pushing them off the map ,leaving them all a dark blip in American history.
America is where authoritarians run to be crushed into oblivion.
Women voters will pile on to make his ilk go away.
Vote Blue.
Vote for Kamala Harris
#VoteKamalaHarris2024
@KamalaHarris
#TrumpIsNotFitToBePresident

[Space Dragons Guild @SpaceDragonsGld]

Hahaha

[Lilith @Lilith_Atheist]

Morning, everyone.😊

[The Pav of Despair @MattiePav]

Can we please pay attention.

[Allan Lichtman @AllanLichtman]

If Democrats hope to retain the White House in November, they need to support Joe Biden!

[The Pav of Despair @MattiePav]

If you don't know about Project 2025, you need to be paying attention.

[Max Burns @themaxburns]

Here are just a few of the nightmares contained in Project 2025, the @GOP's far-right extremist vision for a second Trump presidency:

[The Pav of Despair @MattiePav]

Damn.

[Zero @zerowontmiss]

#TheBoys

The America The America
we want we are getting