I think I found some really interesting and varied ones this time. :)

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1. Consume, by Dusty. This one really got to me. Every time someone opens up about something like this, it gets to me. It so perfectly describes the one mirror I keep in my house (solely for the purpose of making sure there's nothing stuck in my teeth before I go out the door. ;D ) The last point Dusty makes is the truest: It seems unfixable. I'm of two minds about this "disease" though, for myself. Like, I see people who actually have this illness, who are perfectly within the perimeters of "beauty" (in quotes for a reason) and still think there's something wrong with them. Then I think of myself, and it seems less like a pathology and more like the plain ugly truth. It can't be a disease if what you see is real, and acknowledged by others, right? Just so.

Onto stuff that is more fun. :)

2. The Prospect of Lightning by J. Harv - It's probably pretty easy to guess why I love this. "perhaps, that we are at some quantum level connected should suffice?"

This is so often how I relate to people things I want but can't have. ^_^;;

Images:

1. A Message by Danah. It seems I've hearted tons of her stuff lately. ^_^ I love how smooth and delineated the waves look. And the expression is so poignant.

2. Painty Stains by Attilee (and yeah I have to be real careful not to misspell that, haha. ^_^;; ) I thought it looked like the Death Star while they were still building it. :)

3. HitRECord light painting by geeksweetie. I love love love anything that looks bright and glowy. This was pretty.

SOUNDS:

1. L.T. Daly's guitar music to go along with Chig's reading. HOW DID I MISS THIS? This is so awesome.

2. Metaphorest's My Friendly Skeleton. It seems like eveyr week she does some terrific new song that I have to rec. I am particularly partial to all sorts of mergings of cute and dark. I think that cute and dark go well together and Metaphorest always seems to fall right into this sensibility that I love. :)

3. When The Sunshine Comes Around by djnamelis. GORGEOUS. This is the coolest sound ever. It sounds like it's from a different era. I love the melody, I love the rawness, and the strage echo. It's so beautiful! I wish everyone would listen to this. I definitely want to figure out some project for which I could steal this!

Video:

1. Paper Spider animation by LydiaSaskia - I love spiders, I love this sort of animation. Again, it is that meeting of dark and adorable that I love.

And there you have it! My treasures for this week. ❤