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#despair

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"We have recently been talking about poems of joyful accumulation—poems that begin with some small affection, which leads to a sort of snowballing of pleasure, of happy revelation, even if the revelation begins with a slight ache, a memory of someone who is no longer here, or a place that is not what it once was." —Hanif Abdurraqib for The New Yorker

newyorker.com/culture/essay/in

The New Yorker · In Defense of DespairBy Hanif Abdurraqib
#HanifAbdurraqib#Poetry#Despair
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Farhad

Displaced children living in a camp set up next to a landfill in the Yarmouk area of Gaza City on 22 March.
(📸 Omar Ashtawy / APA images)
From the Palestine in Pictures: March 2025 feature, a monthly digest of key developments in Palestine showcasing powerful images by photojournalists. Read here: electronicintifada.net/content

#Gaza #Children #Despair #Orphans #Hunger #Catastrophe #Genocide #Israel #Politics

@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

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Farhad
Displaced children living in a camp set up next to a landfill in the Yarmouk area of Gaza City on 22 March.
(📸 Omar Ashtawy / APA images)
From the Palestine in Pictures: March 2025 feature, a monthly digest of key developments in Palestine showcasing powerful images by photojournalists. Read here: https://electronicintifada.net/content/palestine-pictures-march-2025/50566

#Gaza #Children #Despair #Orphans #Hunger #Catastrophe #Genocide #Israel #Politics
#politics
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Giuseppe Michieli

#Despair in #Gaza as #Israeli aid #blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’ theguardian.com/world/2025/apr

The siege has left the Palestinian territory facing conditions unmatched in severity since the beginning of the war as residents grapple with sweeping new evacuation orders, the renewed bombing of civilian infrastructure such as hospitals, and the exhaustion of food, fuel for generators and medical supplies.

The Guardian · Despair in Gaza as Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’By Bethan McKernan
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moonlightmyst
"I Dreamt of Brighter Days", 2012

I continue to transition my #art from #deviantart to #Pixelfed. #AIhasDestroyedArtPlatforms such as Deviant Art for me. And unlike most other platforms, I greatly appreciate the freedom of the #Fediverse, including the lack of data collection, or the lack of algorithms dictating what we see, think or feel. #HelloPixelfed. #GoodbyeDeviantArt.

This is more of a #photomanipulation than a #digitalpainting - though there are touch ups. Originally, when I created this, it was meant to represent how I was feeling at the same, particularly during February, one of the most #depressing months. And now I reflect on how much has changed. Though I have experienced #dark days, I have also learned the value and necessity of finding meaning (i.e., finding #alifeworthliving). This can be anything from arts, nature, crafts, activities, hobbies, meditation, relationships and so on. Reflecting back on 2012, I am happy to say that life is much more bright nowadays. However, life would not be so bright without those dark days.

"Suffering should be creative.
Should give birth to something
good and lovely." -Chinua Achebe

#art #digitalart #death #depression #mentalhealth #despair #sadness #emotionalart #medieval #womeninart #womenartists #vultures

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CREDITS:
#Woman - https://www.deviantart.com/faestock
#DeadTree and background - https://www.deviantart.com/the-night-bird/art/Dead-Tree-BG-262525390
#Vulture - https://www.deviantart.com/piratelotus-stock/
#Rats - https://www.deviantart.com/harpyen/art/rats-147716090
#Skull - https://www.deviantart.com/aleuranthropy/art/Skull-Stock-Photo-05-41426441
#Bones - https://www.deviantart.com/mjranum-stock/art/Bones-2-66682764
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