All modes of communication are miraculous. Humanity is a miracle. I do personally believe we were put on Earth to translate and tell its stories, above all else.
I danced, if only for a second
Still with no one to watch me, I felt kinda silly
Obsessed with living in the present
And with no one around me, I come alive
All successful art has an element “melancholy,” Adorno says, for “it achieves an unreal reconciliation at the price of a real reconciliation.” This is no doubt part of what Schubert meant when he questioned if there were such a thing as happy music.
Goodnight now, my dearest girl, be true to me, provided it doesn’t do you too much harm, and understand that I belong to you as much as any object in your room.
Franz Kafka, 1912.
Got my color match done at the beauty store for the first time ever (the kind ex Hollywood makeup artist said “oh honey, no, that is not your color, come to my chair”) and did me incredibly well. He pulls the concealer he used— it’s the exact shade I always wore in high school.
✨ August 2026 Transits ✨
Aug 1: Venus in Virgo
Aug 2: Mars in Gemini
Aug 5: Mercury in Cancer
Aug 12: New Moon/Solar Eclipse @ 26° Cancer (ashlesha nakshatra)
Aug 17: Sun in Leo
Aug 22: Mercury in Leo
Aug 28: Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse @ 11° Aquarius (satabhishak nakshatra)