“In this vacuum-sealed artificial paradise, utopia turns to dystopia, the American Dream to consumerist nightmare. It is not a new story, but Ms. Rohrer gives it a cool, acerbic bite.” - Ken Johnson on the work of Jessica Rohrer
Jessica Rohrer Bloomfield opens May 28 from 6-8 at P.P.O.W and is on view through June 27
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will anything ever make me feel as dumb as staring at a toggle that says “on” and trying to figure out if it means that the toggle is currently on or that this is the toggle you hit if you want it to be on
Part of accepting yourself completely is reframing your mind to make it about you, so that “will they like me?” turns into “will I like them?” and “did they like what I said?” turns into “did I say everything I wanted to say?” Everything you do should ultimately be brought on by what you think is important and by what you want. Not by what you think will be most accepted or most liked.
you can literally feel your brain become fully developed at age 25 btw. i was dumb as shit before then. i still am but in different ways
“When we are not allowed to grieve, the energy is frozen. One of the rules of dysfunctional families is the no feel rule. This rule prohibited your inner child from even knowing what he was feeling. Another dysfunctional family rule is the no talk rule, which states that the expression of emotions is prohibited.”
John Bradshaw, Homecoming: Reclaiming and Healing Your Inner Child
My aunts best advice to me has been that if something feels off whenever you interact with a person, trust it. Like if every time you talk with someone, you feel confused, angry, anxious, reactionary & you’re not sure why… trust that feeling. It’s not a -you- problem, your body/mind know the truth
Hope all the bad bitches are losing their attachment to the people who did not reciprocate their energy
i like staying up at unhumanly hours but i also like getting 12 hours of sleep do u see my problem
I remember reading a study once that asked people in their 90s to rank the best to worst decades of their life, and the overwhelming majority were like “my 70s were the best” and ranked their teens and twenties as near the worst, and I think about that a lot when people act like if they’re not living their best life at 25 they’ve lost their chance. like nah, the longer you’ve had to learn about yourself, the more you can love yourself. there’s no expiration date on joy until you’re dead






