Mel
@pagemelt
I'm a writer and video essayist who focuses on books, art, and internet culture.
Mel
pagemelt.neocities.org
“The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light. Gentle work. Steadfast work. Life-saving work in those moments when life and shame and sorrow occlude our own light from our view, but there is still a clear-eyed loving person to b... See more
pagemelt
(what's the point of) making things
James Baldwin
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
I know we are supposed to be euphemistic about suicide but someone I love deeply has killed herself and I'm sorry if that sounds violent but it is, it was
Emma Szewczak • Tweet
everything, absolutely everything, and it's everywhere, and it's me
Joan Didion, "On Keeping a Notebook," Slouching Towards Bethlehem
(what's the point of) making things
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón