arts producer-type / firmly lost in the right direction and somewhat devastated I’ll never read all the books / same @ on IG / @elisebarton.bsky.social ✌️
‘The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.’
Tom Stoppard 1937 - 2025
The most vulnerable people on earth, trapped with no electricity, food, access to their own sea or any means to escape are being bombed by the most powerful army in the region armed by most powerful military on earth.
There’s never been a war just a medieval type slaughter except with drones and fighter jets.
And these cunts smile and talk about human rights…
the cult of maximum efficiency is one of the worst things to happen to society. I can’t defend studying Latin or reading for pleasure or spending an hour at the park with my niece in a way that will satisfy shareholders. but they’re worth doing because they’re beautiful and good.
people who say “why do we need [fine arts, humanities degrees, mid-budget films] when they don’t make a ton of money?” are insufferable. why do we need chrysanthemums? why do we need bonfires or baleen whales or the color blue? we just do. we just do.
more i think about it more it's blowing my mind that we got an actual real deal class-struggle political assassination in america in 2024, and not only was the assassin not killed or apprehend in its immediate aftermath, he left a crime scene which functioned as ideology critique
It’s a stunning evening in Melbourne and someone in Carlton is taking the opportunity to teach themselves the hand drums as loudly as they possibly can….