February 2012
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For my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic...
– D.H. Lawrence
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I have realized that I am
more optomistic
more forgiving
friendlier
than I generally give myself credit for.
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When they called my name I had this feeling I could hear half of America going,...
– Meryl Streep, in her acceptance speech for Best Actress
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Colin Firth is such an above average human being.
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Like the nation we were trying to improve, we became backward. Instead of...
– Nnedi Okorafor, Hello, Moto
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A short interlude from studio for microwavable mug cake, apple cider, and a mini dance party is always appreciated.
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Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live...
– William Faulkner
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There is so much value in being able to define why you dislike something.
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Sometimes the most mundane subject matter is the most telling because what gives...
– Stephen Shore (via secondhandhuman)
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I feel so sure of who I am and what I like and what I want to do and the sort of work that I want to make, and while I’m very happy with and confident of that, and that certainty is great and reassuring, sometimes I worry that I’m closing myself off from other possibilities. I’m not restless in my own skin but perhaps I am too complacent.
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Why did he write to her,
“I can’t live without you”?
And why did she write to...
– Carl Sandburg (via copperoranges)
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me in the bulk candy section
peachy penguins
apple o’s
sour cherries
blueberry sour belts
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We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are...
– Kalu Rinpoche
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second semester is treating me right
I like all my classes better, am making art I actually like/care about, and am experiencing the wonderful combination of both meeting a lot of interesting new people, and growing a lot closer to friends I made last semester. I feel so comfortable in my life right now.
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double edged sword
Brutal honesty is both my best, and my worst trait. I’m entirely sincere in my appreciation for things, but if I hate something, I’ll let that be known too. Sometimes I forget that people don’t have as thick of a skin as I do.
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I wonder if things can happen too early or too late or if everything happens at...
– Simon Van Booy, The Secret Lives of People in Love