“Are you currently living the life that you want? Or is this the life that someone else wants?
You only deserve to live your own, wildest dreams. Not your neighbour’s.”
People who like rocks see cool rocks everywhere. People who like birds see interesting birds everywhere. The tree on your yard could be an exceptional specimen. The world around you could be amazing and magical, but you aren’t enough of a nerd to see it.
I gave my mum Alexandra Horowitz’s On Looking: Eleven Walks Through Expert Eyes for her birthday this year, it’s a book that revolves around this idea: the author invites 11 specialists in different things to walk around a boring city block with her one after the other so they can point out to her the things they see, that she doesn’t notice. There’s an expert in typography talking about what the variety of fonts on urban signs can tell you about the city’s history, an entomologist pointing out all the urban insects no one pays attention to, a geologist, a sound engineer…
fjord talking like vandren is Such A Character Choice and GOD it breaks my heart… fjord who’s been trying to fit in his entire life, who finally finally finds a parental figure who didn’t care what he looked like, just that he was a good sailor… fjord practicing his captain’s accent in private and feelin’ a little silly at first but the shape of the words start to feel more comfortable in his mouth. and fjord afterwards, completely alone in the world, making the conscious choice to sound like one of the only person who ever actually cared about his wellbeing. GOD travis
