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advice wasted on the young

In quote on 27 July 2008 with no comments

I remember I was in High School when the Baz Luhrmann video came about Everybody’s Free to Wear Sunscreen.  It was one of those weird cheesy things thats great because of its truthfulness and its mass appeal. I watched the video again last night and it still brings a smile to my face (and a […]

simplicity

In quote on 23 July 2008 with 1 comment

A nice reminder.
“Simplicity in conduct, in beliefs, and in environment brings an individual very close to the truth of reality. Individuals who practice simplicity cannot be used because they already have everything they need; they cannot be lied to because a lie merely reveals to them another aspect of reality. An attraction to simplicity is […]

at days end

In quote on 17 July 2008 with 1 comment

“At day’s end, what honest effort do you look back upon?
Did you express one thought that was not in defense?
Did you look at your self from another person’s perspective?
Did you understand the why behind another person’s actions?
Did you laugh at your self?
Did you remember you will die?
How long till you experience one night utterly alone, […]

the problem with thinking

In found things, quote on 14 July 2008 with 1 comment

“The thing that blinds us and deafens us is the ceaselessly moving mind, the preoccupation we have with our thoughts. It is the incessant internal dialogue that shuts out everything else. That is the problem with trying to take a preconceived photograph. Before you even walk out of the building, you blind yourself. All day […]

restless artists

In found things, quote on 13 July 2008 with no comments

“Had they paints or clay or knew the discipline of dance, or strings; had they anything to engage their tremendous curiosity and their gift for metaphor, they might have exchanged their restlessness and preoccupation with whim for an activity that provided them with all they yearned for.  And like any artist with no artform, they […]

i like this

In poetry, quote on 11 July 2008 with no comments

So you’ll know me
The one thing I will tell you
So you’ll know me
Precisely
When you look for me in the
Crowd of all those faces
Those many, many faces
Which always move back and forth like
The Sea,
Is that I will look nothing like
What you expect me to
Look like.
Do not doubt it, it will work
You will find me, just as […]

written on the body

In books, found things, quote on 7 July 2008 with 3 comments

I always recommend this book and have been known to carry it around in my purse for sometimes months at a time, sharing passages with random people whenever I have the opportunity, its fantastically well written and it always speaks to me. I picked it up again because I loaned it to someone to use […]

to love at all…

In found things, quote on 18 June 2008 with no comments

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; […]

the prophet: on joy & sorrow

In found things, philosophy, poetry, quote, writers on 16 June 2008 with 2 comments

Then a woman said, “Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.”
And he answered:
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that hold […]

the prophet: on love

In found things, philosophy, poetry, quote on 16 June 2008 with no comments

Then said Almitra, “Speak to us of Love.”
And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with a great voice he said:
When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among […]