Post by pennysbestsuitor on Dec 15, 2015 11:55:55 GMT -5
i say this a lot, but i think it really needs to be said again, maybe in all caps.
LIFE IS NOT A STORY.
life is not something that was created and manipulated by the gods, or some incredibly groundbreaking epic poet who will go on to define novel genres, and life doesn't have to make sense in a story-way.
sometimes i think that when we were in our towers, we spent so much time imagining how life would be when we finally got out. thinking about how we were distressed damsels, or super beautiful against the sunset, or going to be some prize to some prince at the end of a quest. because we all know these stories, and they make sense.
it's important to give that up. when we left out towers we gave up being these absent authors. BUT that doesn't mean we get demoted to supporting character. just because you're not an author doesn't mean you lose agency in your own life, okay?
but remember that you can be part of things without losing yourself and you can love people without being their Love Interest and you can create art without having to distance yourself and you deserved to come down out of that tower not because it makes a good story, but because you JUST DO, okay?
xxoo
Penny
LIFE IS NOT A STORY.
life is not something that was created and manipulated by the gods, or some incredibly groundbreaking epic poet who will go on to define novel genres, and life doesn't have to make sense in a story-way.
sometimes i think that when we were in our towers, we spent so much time imagining how life would be when we finally got out. thinking about how we were distressed damsels, or super beautiful against the sunset, or going to be some prize to some prince at the end of a quest. because we all know these stories, and they make sense.
it's important to give that up. when we left out towers we gave up being these absent authors. BUT that doesn't mean we get demoted to supporting character. just because you're not an author doesn't mean you lose agency in your own life, okay?
but remember that you can be part of things without losing yourself and you can love people without being their Love Interest and you can create art without having to distance yourself and you deserved to come down out of that tower not because it makes a good story, but because you JUST DO, okay?
xxoo
Penny
