JP does it again. @jpbrammer.bsky.social What a powerful essay. Hard to choose but these two grafs have moved in rent-free in my head — they’re squatters!

this thing picked me up and slammed me against the wall this morning and i’m still dazed

A text message from God that says “Abraham!” and the reply “Here I am”

I’m still reeling from how good this piece is

bored. gonna test my Creature.

Abraham Tested: Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied

this was cracking me up at 2 am

two extracts from this. i'm in too deep for a tuesday at 8:34 am 🥺💓

CRANK is going to tangible, physical harm to people this summer and I will be doing some of the harming

the gays keep discovering louder songs

I'm in a group chat where I was defending Ride the Sky with my life dslksdjflkjdf

i feel pinned like a butterfly under glass by this, it's so fucking good

Sometimes crying a little just hours into the workweek is a great way to start

"Why does it hurt so much to tell the truth? It doesn't. What hurts is the option."

didn’t know what to expect going in but i left in tears.

“I look for affection where I know it isn’t. When I’m invited closer, I start to push. I welcome the bad faith of strangers and distrust the praise of friends. I crave the approval of people I don’t like and the love of people who don’t love me.”

This is truly beautiful and I’m feeling so seen.

I was an original MIA fanboy I was a teen playing her youtube deep cuts on a loop I know what's happening here.....

Many great lines, but this...shivers...

"Every thought I have is a heaven or a hell, because for a moment that’s where I live."

Pitchfork calling MIA's new album an "ecstatic testament to personal salvation," which, like, is it?? No. a project being Jesusy doesn't make it immediately spiritual lol the album is very much Bible as Blunt Object megachurch vibes

What a heartbreaking and beautiful way to start the week.

sorry

this is a beautiful reflection Why It Hurts that I felt in every line straight down to whatever is left of my soul

there's also apparently a pretty recent (and bad?) horror film starring Amanda Seyfried marketed as a "Swedenborgian thriller" lol

I keep saying, I’m about 85-90% convinced that I died in that car wreck in 2014 and everything after it has been me being in Hell.

Swedenborgianism - Wikipedia

for those interested there are multiple Christian denominations based on the writings of Swedenborg

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedenb...

JUST BE HAPPY Suffering, Swedenborg, and the hells we choose

I wrote about the possibility that we live in hell and what it means to "choose happiness" johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/just-be-ha...

Google searching this was humiliating like “my candle is on fire”

I know 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

girl whatever……..