mittu ravi

the individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. if you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. but no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

─────── ⌕ 𝐌𝐘 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐒 ──────

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『 ᴇᴘɪɢʀᴀᴘʜ 』

"𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴? 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦
𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘴
𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴
𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨,
𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴?" 

- Ocean Vuong,
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

『  ᴀᴄᴛ ɪ  』

after being stuffed into a metal
cylinder & flown from tamil nadu,
south india, to singapore, i figured
out i hated how tiny
airplane toilets were.

『 ᴀᴄᴛ ɪɪ  』

at 10 i read edgar allen poe &
understood nothing
apart from the fact that poetry
would make me cool.

yann martel's life of pi followed at
the age of 12, & i, again,
understood nothing except that if i
told people i wanted to write a
novel, they feigned surprise.
that made me feel pretty smug.

『 ᴀᴄᴛ ɪɪɪ  』

at 19 i'm supposed to know why
my pen name's mittu ravi, why one
can call me with both names, &
why i write contemporary lit
& poetry,  -- but
honestly, i can't even operate a
toaster.

🏆 best authors: Ocean Vuong, R.K
Narayan,  Khaled Hosseini, Ocean
Vuong, Gabriel Garcia Marquez,
Ocean Vuong.

[do not dm me requests for covers  or advertise on my story board/pms. thank you.]