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"Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on..."

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:45:46 -0400

““Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.” Susan Sontag”

- A Swan’s Wing Dyed in Red: Quote

"People should be careful because we are losing the creativity. The beauty of cities was that they..."

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:16:05 -0400

“People should be careful because we are losing the creativity. The beauty of cities was that they were edgy, sometimes even a little dangerous. Artists, poets, and activists could come and unify and create different kinds of scenes. Not just fashion scenes, scenes that were politically active. When I walk into a cafe these days with my notebook to write poetry, it is so stressful that I just leave. Big cities are getting so high-end oriented, business corporate fashion, fashion not in an artistic sense but in a corporate sense. I don’t know, for me that edgy beauty of cities is lost, wherever you go.”

- Patti Smith | The Talks

Gorgeous video: beet cake (by tiger in a jar)

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:12:30 -0400

Gorgeous video: beet cake (by tiger in a jar)

"there is my mother, the eccentric artist. often wearing midriff shirts and falling in love with..."

Wed, 18 May 2011 22:53:27 -0400

“there is my mother, the eccentric artist. often wearing midriff shirts and falling in love with strangers on public transport. her stories of her youth, as free and inspired as any, give me purpose and a sense of self. she has inspired me to love fully, travel everywhere and to never shave my legs. my young, half-sister is boyish, with long sun-blonde hair and a strong naivety. refusing to let go of her true self. she hides her gentle heart behind many layers of tough skin so that only a few know how selfless she is. my brother was diagnosed with aspergers and never finished primary school. he has never said hello to love, let alone gotten to know love, so his obsessive nature (that i share to an extent) feeds into gaming. lands and battles he talks about with wild passion, him the leader of a gaming cult. his skin has seen little sun and his chest sinks down past his ribs. but he is content.”

- // love this writing somehow //

*WE LIVE YOUNG*

*WE LIVE YOUNG*

"I’m SO MUCH more beautiful in my imagination."

Mon, 09 May 2011 16:07:44 -0400

“I’m SO MUCH more beautiful in my imagination.”

- Me again. - [i] LoveLife

Seriously inspired by Louise Jennison’s work: elsewhere

Mon, 09 May 2011 11:53:53 -0400

Seriously inspired by Louise Jennison’s work: elsewhere

I’ve always been a tomboy. Oh yes. (via Tomboy Style)

Fri, 06 May 2011 22:01:56 -0400

I’ve always been a tomboy. Oh yes. (via Tomboy Style)

“Just imagine what love might have in store this...

Fri, 06 May 2011 20:04:11 -0400

“Just imagine what love might have in store this year”: To Mama With Love 2011 (by EpicChange)

"Awakening In those days, we finally chose to walk like giants & hold the world in arms grown..."

Tue, 03 May 2011 19:45:31 -0400

“Awakening
In those days,
we finally chose
to walk like giants
& hold the world
in arms grown strong with love
& there may be many things we forget
in the days to come,
but this will not be one of them. –Brian Andreas”

- jen lemen

A thing that makes everything better: listening to Pam Houston...

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:11:59 -0400

A thing that makes everything better: listening to Pam Houston read from her new book (via Pick of the Week » Pam Houston « Litseen)

so lovely…(via Misty Mawn:)

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:11:38 -0400

so lovely…(via Misty Mawn:)

WE LIVE YOUNG

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:37:37 -0400

*WE LIVE YOUNG*:

suddenly something snaps in my mind. suddenly i realise this is my youth. this is the young me i will remember when i am old and longing. these are all memories i will tell my children and grandchildren and myself. i take a mental photograph like i often do and i close my eyes tightly while it develops.

"Rain is ruthless with poetry, that great cleansing of history."

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:30:19 -0400

“Rain is ruthless with poetry, that great cleansing of history.”

- one paragraph at a time: unpublished work

Marieaunet: Andre Petterson

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:03:25 -0400

Marieaunet: Andre Petterson:

Heart.

How my brain feels right now:

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:02:26 -0400

How my brain feels right now:

feed us please. (by karly.p)

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:22:12 -0400

feed us please. (by karly.p)

Mary Oliver Reading "Sunflowers"

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:15:48 -0400

Mary Oliver Reading "Sunflowers":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVfeEySWIss

loving the texture in this photo (via a spot of grace...

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:18:54 -0400

loving the texture in this photo (via a spot of grace « exquisite corpse collective)

gregmelander: SKINNY LOVE “Jasmine Van Den Bogaerde (Birdy), a...

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:10:18 -0400

gregmelander:

SKINNY LOVE

“Jasmine Van Den Bogaerde (Birdy), a fourteen-year-old (!!!) singer/songwriter from Lymington, England whose self-released version of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love” has broken through on the U.K. charts.” via letmelikeit

A solitary place: (via le projet d’amour)

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:38:07 -0400

A solitary place: (via le projet d’amour)