Ari 🌼

"I've got an analogy for that" is essentially my catchphrase at this point.

Business casual swamp ass on the train

I finally saw lightning hit the sears tower from my balcony I feel so alive

Full moon rising over the sears tower

i literally gasped when I saw the moon out my kitchen window

I love that feeling when you're actively aware that the memory you're creating is going to be played in your greatest hits memory reel.

Seeing all these Lolla people on the train and I must say, I really love how slutty straight boys are dressing these days.

Gendering single stall bathrooms should be illegal

it feels like I am walking through soup outside

I'm so excited for all the weather small talk this week. Anytime someone mentions how humid it is, I will absolutely be making sure they know that it's coming from corn.

It's really cool to live somewhere that not only has awesome library programs, but also has the support of the community in the masses.

Truly Chicago is the first city I've lived where people are this active with the public library system. It rocks.

Is it unethical that I bought a shot for the person I overheard at the bar talking about how hot I was even though I have no intention of hooking up?

Painted my partner's Owala so they'll stop stealing mine

The day I give up all hope for humanity is the day that I cannot access a burger and fries combo for under ten dollars.

Ugh writing scholarship essays is soooooo embarrassing omg

Like pls just give me the money I promise it's hard being poor and trans and I will do good things with my education I swear

A list of things in which my love has gone from ironic to authentic so far in the year 2025, presented in alphabetical order:

- Addison Rae
- And Just Like That
- Millennium Park
- Playboy Shirts
- Releasing My Inhibitions (Feeling the Rain On My Skin)
- Taco Bell Loaded Nachos
- Tator Tot Hotdish

I have reached the state of DIY delusion where I can't find a bookshelf I like enough to rationally spend money on so I'd rather just learn to make one myself.

Guiding Light - Artist Statement Guiding Light Ari Dorshkind This is a metaphorical self-portrait, containing who I was, who I am, and who I aspire to be. Who I Was - TV Glow Cardboard, paper mache, hot glue, crepe paper, preserve...

Artist statement if you're curious to read about it :)

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Paper mache sculpture of a blue and white lighthouse coming out of an old tv, surrounded by moss and paper flowers. There is a disco ball as the light, and a paper landscape inside the broken tv. The whole thing is sitting on the edge of a counter.

Same picture setup as the last photo, but with the light on.

Sorry ignore the precarious counter placement and look at this sculpture I made.

walkable cities and suckable titties

I always forget how good we have it on the Blue Line with our new cars and our frequent trains until I have to ride literally any other line.

Good news, my voice has gotten so deep that my Google dot no longer recognizes it's me speaking when I ask it for something!

Bad news, my voice has gotten so deep that my Google dot no longer recognizes it's me speaking when I ask it for something 😔

Living on the Blue Line is such a bittersweet blessing during tourist season.

Like I hate commuting home in cars packed with suitcases, but I love having trains consistently come every 7 minutes on a Sunday.

I'm so glad Dave is the Franco in Seth Rogen productions

THERE ARE TOO MANY PARTIES AND EVENTS I cannot go to all of them I am so tired pls give an introvert a break goddam

I think the cool part about surrounding yourself with people who truly see you and love you is that you get to affirm parts of yourself you didn't know existed.

Like, I always knew I was a good writer, but I only recently discovered I'm a good storyteller too.

Ariana Grande levitating into oblivion

How it feels after a professor looks me dead in the eye and tells me I asked an excellent question.

Hi I'm the idiot who is too far removed from sports to realize that I bought tickets to a movie at Alamo Drafthouse during the Cubs vs Sox final game.

I am overstimulated and have regrets.

People watching/eavesdropping at the farmers market is my favorite sport.

The way that four different friends have messaged me that Lorde "I'm a woman except for when I'm a man" news like BABY I know this journey !!

I'm so excited to tell my therapist how well my party went lol