my friends
freedom came to me today
prayers answered beautifully
released from my prison
i no longer abide
your rules don’t fit me
they’re way too tight
and way too mild
”tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
-Quote from My Friends by Fredrik Backman
“You’re an artist if you create something! You’re an artist if you don’t see the world the way it is, if you hate white walls! No one else decides what art is, no one can stop you loving whatever you like, the cynics and critics can have control of all the other crap on the planet...but they can’t decide how hard your heart beats. Become whatever you want, but don’t become one of them. Art is fragile, enough light as it is. It can be blown out by a single sigh. Art needs friends, with our bodies against the wind and our hands cupped around the flame, until it’s strong enough to burn brightly with its own power. Until it’s an inferno. Unstoppable.”
