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“Life is an experiment in which you may fail or succeed. Explore more, expect least.”
― Santosh Kalwar
― Santosh Kalwar
~rae
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So, he showed me a love for all things aerial and my heart followed in the same pattern.
~rae
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"The imagination is the golden pathway to everywhere." - Terence McKenna
~rae
The Pessimist's Negatives . June Roll, 26.
"I've walked these streets
In a carnival
Of sights to see
All the cheap thrill seekers
The vendors & the dealers
They crowded around me
Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside myself and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?"
-- Natalie Merchant
Of sights to see
All the cheap thrill seekers
The vendors & the dealers
They crowded around me
Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside myself and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?"
-- Natalie Merchant
~rae
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A lonely street lamp.
“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.” - Margaret J. Wheatley
“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.” - Margaret J. Wheatley
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Little octagons.
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P.A.R.K.
~rae
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So there was this half of a building...
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The Pessimist's Negatives . June Roll . Twenty
Gold on the ceiling.
~rae
The Pessimist's Negatives . June Roll . Nineteen
River run.
~rae
The Pessimist's Negatives . June Roll . Eighteen
Imperfections can be quite pleasing.
~rae
The Pessimist's Negatives . June Roll . Seventeen
A view not far from the Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, GA. It suits my city loving heart.
~rae
The Pessimist's Negatives . June Roll . Sixteen
The Springer Opera House.
Creative South was held there. The design convention was wonderful. But during the whole thing, this very deep, very passionate part of me felt sad as I couldn't help thinking of how I wished I could have been singing on that stage. Sometimes, I wish I had followed the path of singing opera even though at that time, it didn't feel like the right choice. Every so often I feel a slightly painful ache that I chose the way I did. But, I trust the Lord had other plans for me. And, life's not over yet.
"In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came. That voice which calls to me...and speaks my name."
~rae
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Ruins rare my favorite. Something so gothic and emotional to them.
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"I can't wait one minute more
The sun will shine...
Just think of the destination
I'll be your transportation
We'll find there's a kind of place
That can only be seen with a naked mind
Unleash your imagination
Two stars, one constellation
Bright lights just to guide the way
Can you see what I see in you?"
~Capital Cities
For you, my dearest. Ever pushing me to be true to myself. Ever loving.
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A bird perched on a bird. Here's to Creative South 2014.
~rae
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Easy feeling.
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#parkinggaragelove
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"I need not to need
Or else a love with intuition
Someone who reaches out to my weakness
And won't let go
I need not to need
I've always been the tower
But now I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in snow
I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in the snow
The danger and the power
Friend and the foe"
- Vienna Teng
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I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Memories of Columbus, GA.
The Pessimist's Negatives. June Roll, 6.
I suppose an airplane will be the closest I ever get to flying. I have always envied each animal that gets to experience that sense of freedom for even just a moment. Maybe it is my inner reaction to conflict or maybe it's simply a need for freedom that I brought with me upon birth. But David Foster Wallace once said:
“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.”
And I think that is a calling to face conflict and ignore the lie that freedom comes only with being alone. I am not sure even the greatest loner of loners want to be "lonely". I think they want most to be understood for their need of space and to not hurt others with that need.
~rae
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"I hate this wretched willow soul of mine,
patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands."
- Karin Boye
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200 Peachtree.
"That I've got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
before I sleep
But there'll be no warm sheets or welcoming arms
to fall into tonight
They say that I am crazy
my life wasting on this road
that time will find my dreams
scared or dead and cold
But I heard there is a light
drawing me to reach an end
and when I reach there, I'll turn back
and you and I can begin again"
- The Cowboy Junkies (w/ Ryan Adams)
"That I've got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
before I sleep
But there'll be no warm sheets or welcoming arms
to fall into tonight
They say that I am crazy
my life wasting on this road
that time will find my dreams
scared or dead and cold
But I heard there is a light
drawing me to reach an end
and when I reach there, I'll turn back
and you and I can begin again"
- The Cowboy Junkies (w/ Ryan Adams)
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My future house. Clearly.
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After doing some research I discovered this mural was done by the artist REMED and part of Living Walls, an organization that promotes street art, which I think is pretty nifty.
