November 30, 2015
As we head into the dark winter months, GUTS is launching a new series about the things that bring joy and light into our hearts. We want to know your Top 5: What are your go-to things when you need to cheer yourself up? “Things” can be anything—a nailpolish colour, a Vine, or a dog on the street (pics, please).
Pitch us your Top 5 at submit@gutsmagazine.ca.
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To start us off, here are some favourites from Natalie, a GUTS editor.
1. Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment: SURF
“Tryna break bread stop beggin’ my pardon/
My lead is astray, let’s get an apartment/
With a dog and a song that I wrote you this morning”
Eileen Myles is a human genius and she writes precise words in an order that makes me smile. This poem, though, is the one that I want inscribed on my (very long and skinny) tombstone.
And
I am an enemy
of change, as
you know. All
the things I
embrace as new
are in
fact old things,
re-released: swimming,
the sensation of
being dirty in
body and mind
summer as a
time to do
nothing and make
no money. Prayer
as a last re-
sort. Pleasure
as a means,
and then a
means again
with no ends
in sight. I am
absolutely in opposition
to all kinds of
goals. I have
no desire to know
where this, anything
is getting me.
When the water
boils I get
a cup of tea.
What makes YOU feel good? Let us know – submit@gutsmagazine.ca!
Image: I imagine it as the kitten being like “hey, cheer up, buddy!”
