Monuments and Melodies

china log by spacedog studios on Flickr. “In the end,...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:26:00 -0500

china log by spacedog studios on Flickr.

“In the end, I’ve come to believe in something I call “The Physics of the Quest.” A force in nature governed by laws as real as the laws of gravity. The rule of Quest Physics goes something like this: If you’re brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting, which can be anything from your house to bitter, old resentments, and set out on a truth-seeking journey, either externally or internally, and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue and if you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher and if you are prepared, most of all, to face and forgive some very difficult realities about yourself, then the truth will not be withheld from you.”

Let the chips fall where they may. What if my chips are not falling in the right places? What if...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:15:37 -0500

Let the chips fall where they may.

What if my chips are not falling in the right places? What if they are scattered and don’t fall gracefully? What if they fall shattered and broken? What if they just don’t fall right? It seems so difficult to enter a world of indifference and simply “let things fall.” I hope that one day I can stop worrying about how things are going to workout and embrace a “let the chips fall where they may” kind of reality.

Why does uncertainty rule us over? Why does it enter our minds, and create a hole? It creates a tiny crevice that simply lingers there until it is filled and simmers away. These crevices cloud the mind, thirsting for a solid, firm, strong mind. A mind of confidence and certainty. And maybe this is impossible, but I do admire some people who adhere unknowingly to this peaceful state of mind. Yet worry drives us. Maybe a little too far, (well, most of the time), but it can drive us to the extreme and reach almost a state of indifference. Where the worry becomes “too hot to handle.” So maybe I should just let it build up and recognize that life is too short to worry about where the stupid, damn chips will fall. They will fall. and they will fall ok. and if they don’t fall ok, they can be sorted so that they are arranged ok.

sensible advice for bad runs

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:25:00 -0500

sensible advice for bad runs

All I Need- Mat Kearney

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:01:23 -0500

All I Need- Mat Kearney

This music makes me live.

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:42:26 -0500

This music makes me live.

Sometimes, i think, you just have to accept limbo. Accept that you are in a different stage of life....

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:32:10 -0500

Sometimes, i think, you just have to accept limbo. Accept that you are in a different stage of life. One you didn’t entirely see yourself moving to. One you didn’t expect. One that comes at you like a 12-foot wave, pulling you under, taking away your breath, until you find yourself in the air again. Its that stage that is necessary. No one likes to be in limbo. This intermediate stage kills you as you try to move onto the next. You constantly wait. and wait. Until you can redeem yourself with surpassing past failures. Failure is a strong force. It shapes, distorts, and transforms people. Without failure, we would be flat space. This curvature explains the cycle of life. You can’t have life if you can’t bend once and a while. And as much as you want things to run smoothly. They don’t. The grass isn’t greener on the other side and you have to accept it. But- what you can do is use this failure. Use it as a powerful tool. Use it to fuel you. Use it to make yourself rise upon high mountains. Let the wind take you. See where you go. Stop predicting and let life take you. Realize what is important and what is not. So maybe we should all desire failure? Its a good thing. As much as it stings, constantly.

Your time will come if you wait for it, if you wait for itIt’s hard, believe me…...

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:37:54 -0400

Your time will come if you wait for it, if you wait for it
It’s hard, believe me… I’ve tried
But I won’t wait much longer ‘cause these walls they’re crashing down
And I won’t wait much longer ‘cause these walls they’re crashing down
And I keep coming up short

-imagine dragons

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (by Conceicawo)

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:00:48 -0400

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (by Conceicawo)

Its like looking in the distance so far your eyes can barely make out the place you are trying to...

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:35:19 -0400

Its like looking in the distance so far your eyes can barely make out the place you are trying to go. as you float down the river, everything just seems so far. the time feels like forever. As you wait and wait and wait. But you keep paddling as hard as you can. And you think you are there and you tried as hard as you could. but your not. not there. It still lies ahead in the distance. Serving as a motivator yet a intimidator. At some moments you feel you will reach it, others you just want to go to the shore and rest there. because it feels like forever. and you hope you can do this. But only time will tell.

Walk The Moon - Anna Sun [original version] (LYRICS in...

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:27:28 -0400

Walk The Moon - Anna Sun [original version] (LYRICS in description) (by ThePhilliePhanatic)

"We see that it can be as false to create a politics-free fictional universe as to create one in..."

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:33:36 -0400

“We see that it can be as false to create a politics-free fictional universe as to create one in which nobody needs to work or eat or hate or love or sleep. Outside the whale it becomes necessary, and even exhilarating, to grapple with the special problems created by the incorporation o political material, because politics is by turns farce and tragedy, and sometimes (e.g. Zia’s Pakistan) both at once. Outside the whale the writer is obliged to accept that he ( or she) is part of the crowd, part of the ocean, part of the storm, so that objectivity becomes a great dream, like perfection, an unattainable goal for which one must struggle in spite of the impossibility of success. Outside the whale is the world of Samuel Beckett’s famous formula: I can’t go on, I’ll go on.”

- RUSHDIE

Another Cynthia - Push Back lyrics (by DumDumLyrics)

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:08:34 -0400

Another Cynthia - Push Back lyrics (by DumDumLyrics)

Guilin, China River by Michelle Garthe on Flickr.

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Guilin, China River by Michelle Garthe on Flickr.

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and maybe getting lost is a good thing, maybe it helps you find yourself.

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