forever thinking about every word that sylvia plath has ever spoken and written
girl what's wrong? are you experiencing the sylvia plath fig tree in your head again?
we are a reflection of all that we see in this world
you don’t look the same when I look at you now
for journaling duh!
30 THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU BECOME MORE SELF-AWARE
❦ how much self-control do i have with things that i know are bad for me, but tend to indulge in?
❦ how do i respond to someone who is different from me or whose ideals and beliefs i don't agree with or understand?
❦ how do i deal with being misperceived or misunderstood?
❦ how do i respond when someone judges me, makes fun of me, or calls me names?
❦ how do i deal with other people's mistakes and unpleasant behavior?
❦ how do i deal with people who have hurt me in the past?
❦ how do i spend my free time?
❦ how do i deal with negative people?
❦ how do i deal with stressful situations? do i tend to worry a lot? what else do i do?
❦ how do i deal with inconvenient life situations?
❦ how do i respond to situations that i have no control over?
❦ how do i deal with negativity in my environment?
❦ how do i deal with challenges in my life?
❦ how do i respond to situations that force me to get out of my comfort zone?
❦ how motivated am i to change my life for the better?
❦ how much do i follow through on what i preach and talk about?
❦ how do i deal with uncertainty, the unknown or a future event that i have no control over?
❦ how do i respond to obstacles, hardships, and "bad" things that happen in my life?
❦ how do i respond when i don't get what i want?
❦ how fulfilling is my everyday life?
❦ how do i respond to new ideas and new ways of thinking?
❦ how do i respond to bad or inconvenient news?
❦ how do i deal with the violence, hate, and suffering in the world?
❦ how do i recharge, rejuvenate, and replenish my energy?
❦ how much do i prioritize spending time and energy on myself and on my passions?
❦ how do i deal with change? new job, new house, new lifestyle, new people, new rules, new technology...do i tend to avoid it, welcome it, fear it, like it, complain about it, stress out about it, worry about it?
❦ how do i deal with emotional pain?
❦ how do i respond when plans change or plans get cancelled without my say so?
❦ how do i respond when i make a mistake or when i fail at something?
❦ how do i deal with rejection?
iris wildros, 2023
Sylvia Plath, aged 23, in a letter to Jane V. Anderson (dated Wednesday, 21 March 1956)
Rinko Kawauchi, Halo (2017)
i love you visible brushstrokes. i love you glue warped scrapbook pages. i love you awkward poems. i love you junk journal with faded receipts. i love you poorly composed journal layout. I love you unintentionally blurry photographs. i love you asymmetrical beading. i love you curling freeform crochet. i love you fingerprints on pottery. i love you reused materials. i love you improvised instruments. i love you mistakes. i love you bravery to make it anyway. i love you creativity that hasn't been wiped clean of every drop of humanity and sanitized and commodified.