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missturman:

nezua:

thismonkey:

likeafieldmouse:

Late Bloomers of the Arts

For all of you who’ve felt even for a second that it’s ever too late: 

1. Charles Bukowski had his first book published when he was 49

2. Leonard Cohen was 33 when his first album was released

3. Marina Abramovic’s career as an independent artist wasn’t solidified until she was 42

4. Julia Child’s career started when she was 36

5. Van Gogh started drawing when he was 27

6. Monet painted Sunrise when he was 33, but wasn’t producing his best work until his early 40s

7. Kazuo Ohno started dancing when he was 27

8. William S. Burroughs had his first novel published when he was 39

That at least takes care of some of that anxiety welled up inside me.

america is so weird with all its rush rush vacuous notions about being superstars by 22. how on earth can taking time to live and cultivate your mind and heart be anything but good for your development? if you put out your best work by 30, then you peaked way too early.

I’d also add that Toni Morrison didn’t publish her first novel until she was 39, but let this country tell it, most, if not all, great works (of all sorts) are youth-driven. So we have young folks trying to achieve “fame” before they can legally drive, drink or vote — dedicating so much time to “careers” and not enough to their humanity.

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shakirramae:

tristyntothesea:

“Leonardo DiCaprio is probably, I think, our finest actor since Marlon Brando.” - Mia Farrow

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nevver:

Open all night

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tress-fess:

I’m always conflicted about Megan, because on the one hand I feel a deep and abiding sympathy for anyone who gets themselves entangled in the toxic web of Don Draper, and I love her teeth and her soap opera job and that time she threw a fit over orange sherbet because she had come to the realization (however fleeting it was, or, at least, how presently repressed) that her husband is a terrible person, and I feel tall girl solidarity, and, like, shit, look at this makeup, but I just don’t know that I can truly forgive her for being the kind of asshole who makes their friends watch a slideshow of their vacation pictures.

perfect, spot on.

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