Secrets

It is myself I have never met whose face is pasted on the underside of my mind. - Sarah Kane

Red-Heads Have More Fun

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Still

There was a time when my world was filled with darkness, darkness, darkness
And I stopped dreaming now
I'm supposed to fill it up with something, something , something
In your eyes I see the eyes of somebody i knew before long long long ago
But I'm still trying to make my mind up
Am I free or am I tied up

I change shapes just to hide in this place but I'm still, I'm still an animal
Nobody knows it but me when i slip yeah i slip
I'm still an animal
--Miike Snow

Inhabit Habitat

Images found HERE.

My Doorbell

Today Feels Like

Information HIGHWAY

"A human being feels fulfilled when you’re creating and you’re adding, not just consuming. There’s nothing wrong with consuming, but what are you adding? That’s the question I ask myself and that keeps my integrity higher every single day. When I can’t give myself an honest answer, I know my ego is going to do its dance. I think that’s what ego does - it allows us to lie to ourselves when we don’t want the truth.”
--Jey Van-Sharp

Did I mention that my favorite website is Style Like U ?? Cause it totally is!

Star Stuff

“…an extraterrestrial visitor examining the differences among human societies would find those differences trivial compared to the similarities…
Our lives, our past and our future are tied to the sun, the moon and the stars…
We humans have seen the atoms which constitute all of nature and the forces that sculpted this work…
And we, we who embody the local eyes and ears and thoughts and feelings of the cosmos, we have begun at least to wonder about our origins — star stuff contemplating the stars, organized collections of ten billion billion billion atoms, contemplating the evolution of nature, tracing that long path by which it arrived at consciousness here on the planet earth…
Our loyalties are to the species and to the planet. We speak for earth. Our obligation to survive and flourish is owed not just to ourselves but also to that cosmos ancient and vast from which we spring!
We are one species. We are star stuff harvesting star light.
” – “Who Speaks for Earth?” Carl Sagan, 1934-1996

HOLLA

All images from The Sartorialist.

Creature Comforts

Keep 'Em Close

Something to Think About

“And so onwards along the path of wisdom, with a hearty tread, a hearty confidence! However you may be, be your own source of experience! Throw off your discontent about your nature; forgive yourself your own self, for you have in it a ladder with a hundred rungs, on which you can climb to knowledge.”

— Nietzsche (Aphorism 292 - Human, All Too Human)

This is pretty much my life philosophy. And I've tried to explain it to somebody before but he said it best.


Also, I'm writing a paper on existentialism right now so I've been doing a lot of research. Another really interesting book I just read related to this quote is "Existentialism Is a Humanism" by Sarte.

:"Man...is nothing to begin with. He creates his essence--his self, his being--through the choices he freely makes. Were it not for the contingency of his death, he would never end. Choosing to be this or that is to affirm the value of what we choose."

Color Theory

Marvelous

“Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous.”

— Anais Nin

The Mask

What keeps us from seeing the beauty and humor of humanity dressed up in personality masks is that we interpret through our mind. The mind adds dialogue of descriptions and interpretations about what we see. Most come from the voices of the inner judge and victim. We then hypnotize ourselves by believing what we think about what we see. Our attention fixates on these descriptions and we perceive our descriptions instead of perceiving the world directly.

(I don't know where this came from)

Meredith Dittmar

Dittmars human-animal-plant-energy amalgams contain threads of common elements and colors to express deep levels of union across themes of biology, technology, and consciousness . Her characters are frequently involved in quiet expressive moments, or lounge facing their audience so they can share their inner space. Dittmar believes it is this space we recognize in ourselves, and through convening in that space, the interconnectedness of all things is revealed. She sees the act of spontaneous artistic creation as part of a larger practice of being present, and a way to better understand herself and reality.