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Ole🤍's avatar

i think you described perfectly why relationships are so consuming to me, they always eventually lead to a performance

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lina's avatar

I felt like this for the longest time and still do sometimes, but i think I’ve begun to realise real intimacy isn’t the absence of performance.

it’s when we notice we’re performing

and slowly begin to let that soften.

with the right people,

you start forgetting to perform at all

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Ole🤍's avatar

yeah, i think i may have found someone who has seen more sides of me than everyone else and still stays

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Monique's avatar

Absolutely incredible. I'm in awe of this piece. And I feel seen. Thank you for writing this.

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lina's avatar

thank YOU for reading <3

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r <3's avatar

ive felt this way for so long and youve put it perfectly with gorgeous writing <3

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lina's avatar

you and me both haha thank you for taking the time to read this ! <3 <3

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Fi Reyes's avatar

Incredibly thought provoking while also being devastatingly beautiful, what a piece!!

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lina's avatar

thank you so much!! :)!

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Lulu_B's avatar

This has been a thing I’ve been wondering often about; that comes to mind whenever I mention the wrong interest to the wrong person and they look at me as if realizing they don’t know me completely.

You articulated it so beautifully, thank you for this beautiful piece.

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lina's avatar

I experience that all the time,, so happy this resonated the way it did thank you for reading ! :))

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Amanda Tobin's avatar

You are a startling writer Lina, love your work and it resonates so much

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lina's avatar

thank you so much amanda ! <3!!

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persephone's avatar

girl wow is u me

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lina's avatar

is u me girl <3!

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Aarti's avatar

This had me floored, every line had so much depth and truth. Just, wow.

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lina's avatar

thank you so much <33

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San's avatar

stunning - loved this piece

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lina's avatar

🫶🏼🫶🏼

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El's avatar

I think this is the best thing I’ve ever read. Thank you for making me feel wholly seen in a way I never have before. 💗

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lina's avatar

oh my gosh wow!! thank you !🫶🏼

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shravani's avatar

i have a feeling ill be rereading this piece for years

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lina's avatar

🥹🫶🏼

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Artsy Rival's avatar

You put together the pieces of a puzzle that have been floating around my brain and created an articulate art piece. Thank you for taking the time to write this, I will be rereading it!

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lina's avatar

thank YOU for taking the time to read this <33!!

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Maryam's avatar

Words can't describe how AWESOME this is, TRULY ABSORBED BY YOUR EFFORT

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lina's avatar

ahhh thank you thank you!!

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hailee bella's avatar

“love isn’t a still frame. it isn’t fidelity to an image. it is motion. it is recognition that survives the blur.” this is such a lovely line

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lina's avatar

ahhh thank you so much!:))

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lianthes's avatar

This changed me, wow.

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lina's avatar

<3 so thankful to think my writing could impact you in anyway !

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josh’s world's avatar

THE ENDING OF THIS PIECE IS GORGEOUS. IM MOVED

SHARING MY LATEST AS WE WRITE ABOUT SIMILAR THEMES. I POST EVERY SUNDAY + HOPE YOU ENJOY

https://open.substack.com/pub/joshuaedmunds/p/an-argument-for-burning-every-photo?r=5b7r0&utm_medium=ios

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