illustration by lisa congdon
good one.
(thanks pema chodron for always saying it just right. and thanks lisa congdon for making the words jump off the page so that i hear them.)
stepping back, away
Not all those who wander are lost,
at least i think that’s how it goes.
i’m pretty sure old Tolkien was right.
i’ve been wandering for a while now,
i’m still not all that sure where i’m going,
but i’ve never felt so certain,
so found.
taking to the skies,
gonna meander me some miles.
who knows what roads will rise to meet me,
i just know one will lead me home.
Madeleine L’Engle
“Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.”
― Madeleine L’Engle
image credit: ken lewis
Frida Kahlo
“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you.”
- Frida Kahlo
image c/o Lucienne Bloch
Louise Bourgeois
“Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said.” – Louise Bourgeois
image by Erica Freudenstein
why we are here.
“Go be that starving Artist you’re afraid to be. Open up that journal and get poetic finally. Volunteer. Suck it up and travel. You were not born here to work and pay taxes. You were put here to be part of a vast organism to explore and create. Stop putting it off. The world has much more to offer than what’s on 15 televisions at TGI Fridays. Take pictures. Scare people. Shake up the scene. Be the change you want to see in the world. You’ll thank yourself for it.”
- jason mraz
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