reflections

“You guys know about vampires? … You know, vampires have no reflections in a mirror? There’s this idea that monsters don’t have reflections in a mirror. And what I’ve always thought isn’t that monsters don’t have reflections in a mirror. It’s that if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves. And growing up, I felt like a monster in some ways. I didn’t see myself reflected at all. I was like, “Yo, is something wrong with me? That the whole society seems to think that people like me don’t exist? And part of what inspired me, was this deep desire that before I died, I would make a couple of mirrors. That I would make some mirrors so that kids like me might see themselves reflected back and might not feel so monstrous for it.” -Junot Diaz

links and love

just thought i'd peek back into the blog world to share some things that i'm loving right now. [most of which is this ahhh-mazing weather!]


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jonathan safran foer. i know i've mentioned him before but i'm reading "everything is illuminated" right now and i can't get enough.

this tumbler. ohmygosh. my coffee has stayed hot for hours and hours.

spotify. do you not have it yet? do you realize that you can play almost any song ever for free??

this design blog. i love everysinglething she does.

reading the psalms in context. [as in, reading them in light of the psalms surrounding them.] it's blowing my mind. why haven't i done this sooner?

new[ish] music from bon iver, feist, jaymay, and new-to-me music from fleet foxes and beirut. [again, spotify!]

watching football with my dad.

re:sound on NPR. good listening while you're cleaning/driving/cooking.

and, of course, fall in general. so glad that my last few weeks have involved pumpkin bread, an apple festival, and sweaters. :)