May 2012
31 posts
“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are...”
– Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934 (via ohmothernature)
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“Fill your bowl to the brim
and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife
and...”
– Lao Tzu
Currently;
Had such a gooood time in Wisconsin. I went on a date with a cute boy named Aaron who plays the sax. Got to vibe and kick it with old and new friends. Saw a breakdance competition and clubbed with bboys til 5am afterwards, had some yummy tea and jam sessions with poet friends. Lots of heart to hearts. Shared a free banana cupcake. Sat by Lake Michigan and listened to choir boys sing a Backstreet...
Currently;
I can’t believe it’s been 11 days already. I leave Georgia to go to Wisconsin tomorrow. One thing I’ve learned is that traveling is super expensive. I didn’t think I’d be able to get from Chicago to Texas because a bunch of things kept going wrong but I lucked out and found a ticket for $149 ( the other tickets started at $211). Everything so far has reassured the...
April 2012
86 posts
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It...”
– Rumi (via lovepassiton)
“I keep telling everyone whenever I get a chance that it took 60 million years to...”
– Toni Morrison, my shero (via ancestryinprogress)
A few hours ago
I’m in Philly waiting for my flight to Atlanta. A white family lines the chairs infront of me. The father has an app on his iphone that mimics the sound of a whip licking the air when shaken. “Behave,” he says and brandishes it towards his middle child. The boy laughs joyously. He does this a few more times and a chorus of laughter erupts from each individual belly. This is my...
Musings From This Morning
I’m at the airport right now. I have this pressure on my chest. I’m afraid. It hasn’t seemed real until now. Well until this morning as my mom helped me carry my luggage downstairs and she didn’t come with me into the cab. That’s the part I didn’t realize was happening. She always comes with me to the airport. I guess I was relying on her being here and it made...
Currently;
I just spoke to my grandmother and father in Texas. They’re so glad that I’m coming. They’re excited to finally meet me and spoke about all of the graduations and birthday parties they want to bring me to. I mentioned that I look different from the last picture they’ve seen of me. Before I had a shoulder length bob. Now I have a fro. My grandmother told me not to cut my...
“We’re all scared we’re too weird for each other.”
– Jessica Johnson
How do you get over
the feeling of being too honest in your work when you’re an artist? Is there ever an end to the discomfort or are you always going to feel that way when you’re pushing your boundaries?
