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Lisa Bennington-Love

@prettywhenitbreaks

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"All the poems have wolves in them. All but one."
I am both dumber & smarter than you think I am—don't estimate me.

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I had an amazing day a weird one but an amazing day. I did not account for people stopping on a bridge over the Kentucky River to ask me if I was going to jump. I said no I'm just here taking pictures and manifesting my future!

#manifestation by @prettywhenitbreaks

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7 days ago

I don't have the energy to speak 1-on-1 to others, nor to personally help someone at this point in my life—but as a writer it is my obligation to share my experiences so others don't feel alone. Which is what I have done with my poetry for the last 30 years. I have had to step back from DV/SA advocacy, which I did with PDs, non-profits, and as a friend, to protect my own peace but it's still my obligation to be transparent and speak up. Someone reading this needs to see it.

Please do not comment with sympathy etc...that's not the point of this. The point is YOU should be angry that this has to be addressed in 2026. YOU should be angry that this didn't just happen ONCE, but multiple times in multiple environments. If you're a man who cares about and protects women YOU SHOULD BE PISSED that we don't feel safe.

#advocacy #speakup by @prettywhenitbreaks

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16 days ago

Found a box of memories this morning! Ozzfest 2004. My pride & joy. The world is a darker place without Ozzy 🦇

There are moments I miss that world but the more I'm in Kentucky and living a peaceful life, I'm grateful for the time— but I just want to get old in a gen x cardigan, sit on my porch, drink sweet tea and maybe one day have some grandkids to tell crazy stories about "the old days" to. They'll look at me like I have 3-heads and lost my marbles but I'll know....kind of like my son does to me now 🤣

Yeah, that's the dream!

#ozzy #memories #tourlife by @prettywhenitbreaks

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17 days ago

#butterfly by @prettywhenitbreaks

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18 days ago

#cemetery #Monday #goodmorning by @prettywhenitbreaks

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19 days ago

All my preciouses! If I don't get out and mingle with the animals I become very bitchy. I also need to be watered every 30 to 60 days. Aries life.

#kentucky #horsesofinstagram #relax by @prettywhenitbreaks

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20 days ago

Frankendeer in progress. $erious collectors only I still have a lot to do, stitches are individually put on, it is hand-painted on a beautiful, vintage buck. DM if interested in a price to hold.

#finearts #darkart #taxidermy by @prettywhenitbreaks

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22 days ago

Happy birthday Tom Hansen. You'd be 65 today. I haven't wished you a HB since you passed, but you've been on my mind lately. I've been stuck creatively. Full stop. So I reread our texts in hopes of finding some advice.

Tom wrote a beautiful, brutally honest, memoir called "American Junkie." His life was anything but normal but he persevered. I did find advice but not to create, to just be. Seeds get planted, in hindsight you can always connect the dots and see where the seeds bloomed. If it wasn't for @marklanegan I wouldn't have met Tommy. Mark was the sun people orbited around. If it wasn't for ML I wouldn't have met the people that I have, the bands, the beautiful creatures who live in the shadows. I would not be on the path I am without having connected with Tom Hansen and reading "American Junkie."

What I found in those old texts with Tom was to remember. It's in moments of stagnation where the new seeds are beginning to bloom and I need to trust the process — but I can't stare at it constantly or over water it out of fear that it won't survive. Tom was a mentor, despite his aversion to being called that 🤣 I came with questions, he gave me answers. I'll never forget him.

"𝘐𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘦, 𝘛𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘦, 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘹-𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱, 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴."

#bookstagram #readersofinstagram #memoir by @prettywhenitbreaks

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25 days ago

Life lesson learned ✔️ I quit my job this morning, I physically could not leave the house and spend another day in an abusive situation. This past week my PTSD flared up so badly it made me ill. I don't know what I am going to do in the mean time but I know the universe will provide, as it has been. No more fight-or-flight for me, the next time I see red flags, I'm walking away immediately.

Wish I learned this before I married my ex-husband 🤣 by @prettywhenitbreaks

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a month ago

I found my first jumper! He was chillin' in my car. 😍

#jumping #spider #spiders #adorable by @prettywhenitbreaks

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a month ago

Sure, why not.

#poetry #darkart #words #gospel by @prettywhenitbreaks

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