February 2012
2 posts
wabi-sabi
"if an object or expression can bring about, within us, a sense of serene melancholy and a spiritual longing, then that object could be said to be wabi-sabi."—asymmetry, asperity, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes
January 2012
2 posts
December 2011
4 posts
Good advice... →
“Write and read, and things will happen.
If you’re a poet, consider making something in addition to poetry. You need to be making something all of the time, whatever it is. Poems, collages, pancakes.
Be humble. Don’t romanticize being humble. Don’t be so easily impressed.”
Exciting fellowships in India... →
November 2011
9 posts
Remembering by Rilke
aperfectcommotion:
And you wait. You wait for the one thing that will change your life, make it more than it is— something wonderful, exceptional, stones awakening, depths opening to you. In the dusky bookstalls old books glimmer gold and brown. You think of lands you journeyed through, of paintings and a dress once worn by a woman you never found again. And suddenly you know: that was enough....
“We thought we were being mature when we were only being safe. We imagined we...”
– The Sense of an Ending- Julian Barnes
I reminisce and all that comes to mind is- Paradise by the dashboard light!
“That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”
– Arundhati Roy; The God of Small Things (via wordpainting)
October 2011
13 posts
“Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life,” he said. “If you cannot...”
– Elsewhere
for Nico Miller and also me and also everyone else
(via ronenreblogs)
So Sunday is when all the big questions come to me, unasked!
Champagne Candy: veganatheist: Thirteen... →
pictures-of-things-on-earth:
veganatheist:
Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance
1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn’t mean…
well, this is a bit delightful.
September 2011
10 posts
3 tags
August 2011
29 posts
