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| User: | an_instinct (11738831)
Truth when it is brutal
(though no less beautiful for being brutal)
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| Name: | One of those saints |
| Location: | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Birthdate: | 1988-02-06 |
| Bio: | I'm older than I used to be.
There is a difference it used to make,
seeing three swans in this versus four in that
quadrant of the sky. I am not imagining. It was very large, as its
effects were. Declarations of war, the timing fixed upon for a sea-
departure; or,
about love, a sudden decision not to, to pretend instead to a kind
of choice. It was dramatic, as it should be. Without drama,
what is ritual? I look for omens everywhere, because they are everywhere
to be found. They come to me like strays, like the damaged,
something that could know better, and should, therefore—but does not:
a form of faith, you've said. I call it sacrifice—an instinct for it, or a habit
at first, that
becomes required, the way art can become, eventually, all we have
of what was true. You shouldn't look at me like that. Like one of those
saints
on whom the birds once settled freely.
-"Custom" by Carl Phillips-
![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) shawnsavage is my everything. I live for him.
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| Memories:: | 136 entries |
| Pictures: | fewer than 10 public |
| Interests: | 95: analyzing literature, anime, art, aspiring, astronomy, banter, bdsm, beautiful weather, being an intellectual, being introverted, bisexuality, body modification, bookstore tote bags, buddhism, carl phillips, chapstick, childcare, coffee shops, dancing, debunking, english, essays, existentialism, fanfiction, fetishes, fetishism, friendly arguments, german, grammar, harry potter, health, history, intellectual humor, journals, libraries, literature, living a solitary lifestyle, long walks, making hemp bracelets, mandarin oranges, meditation, mental health, mental health drug controversies, mla format, movies, museums, music, my sidekick, mythology, news, oscar wilde, over-analyzing, pets, philosophy, picture of dorian gray, pit bull activism, podcasts, poetry, politics, pornography, prose, psychiatry, psychology, radio lab, reading, reciting, research, school, science, scrabble, sex, sex education, sexuality, shawn savage, skepticism, so many books, so many poems, some exceptionally dorky things, some surprisingly taboo things, space, spirituality, studying, surrealism, taoism, technology, the economist, the new york times, the news, the rest of love, vitamin water, wit, woolf, writing, yo yo ma, yoga |
| Schools: | None listed |
| Friends: | | 20: | 5fivefifteen15, chatonkneels, fabmadamj, gentleindiff, kumquatcocktail, le_fetish, lechocolatchaud, lifedespitegod, midniterose63, missbettyblack, mordainlove, msmarlamae, oh_hello, paperflowers, pisss, sasori_san, self_reference, shawnsavage, smokyvelvet, thyexecutioner |  | 21: | applyingtograd, bdsm_art, bdsmphilosophy, book_icons, buddhists, budget_bdsm, consensualslave, daily_zen, dalmatians, domesticservice, excuse_me___, greatpoets, iheartxxx, living_d_s, poetryislove, sharealbums, shoebox_project, theravadins, theysaid, viewsfromthetop, youmustsubmit |  | 4: | dictionary_wotd, postsecret, sinfestfeed, xkcd_rss |
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| Mutual Friends: | 20: 5fivefifteen15, chatonkneels, fabmadamj, gentleindiff, kumquatcocktail, le_fetish, lechocolatchaud, lifedespitegod, midniterose63, missbettyblack, mordainlove, msmarlamae, oh_hello, paperflowers, pisss, sasori_san, self_reference, shawnsavage, smokyvelvet, thyexecutioner |
| Account type: | Plus Account |
