Wild Geese
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting–
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
--Mary Oliver, Dream Work
Tuesday, February 21
Here come the tears, but like always I let them go
Acquired new Polaroid film the other day. Spectacular! In a bit of a creative rut though, in other news. Can't stop listening to Bon Iver. His old stuff, the depressing stuff.
Tuesday, February 7
i love sleep
i have a word block sometimes. mostly, actually. and i'm supposed to be an aspiring writer? utter codswallop!
it's 9.28pm and i'm tired as a dog. who has been running a lot. i don't really understand that expression. like, most dogs are really energetic, actually. especially my dog.
anyway, i quite literally can't keep my eyes open. here is some inspiration.
baggy jeans, a bike, and idle days? show me the path to this existance!
it's 9.28pm and i'm tired as a dog. who has been running a lot. i don't really understand that expression. like, most dogs are really energetic, actually. especially my dog.
anyway, i quite literally can't keep my eyes open. here is some inspiration.
Thursday, February 2
ten things thursday
new feature? ha totes.
photos to get us in the mood:
let's get on with this!
Ten Things that (vaguely) happened (or random thoughts about..) this week
1. i don't appreciate 40 year olds who act like they're 14. death stares whilst holding your 3 year old child in your arms? really? didn't you grow out of that in like the 80's? no? ok then.
2. i actually don't like the word 'appreciate'. it just sounds so pretentious. speaking of pretence, how the eff do you spell P R E T E N T I O U S* ? anyone? ted?**
3. Lana Del Rey - just freaking release your album already! (in Australia that is .. i know it's out everywhere else.. actually..) REVISION : Australian itunes, sort out your release dates and make them the same as all the other countries. kthnxbye. i know it's probably way overrated - this is why i should listen to it and get it out the way!
4. working all the time makes me want to utilise my time better. this is a good thing. thank god, after all those negative points i thought we'd never make it.
5. whoops, back to negative again. my dog has the worst wind ever. and i mean ever people. the kind where you have an internal debate about whether or not to leave the room.
6. yeah, um, this is a doozy. finding maternity clothes on ASOS and buying them because they're nicer than the others. also, you'll be able to wear them out to dinner because your bloated stomach from overeating won't be as noticable. phew, glad i got that off my chest! how embarrassing!
7. crying at work (another doozy) in only your second week there. this one sucks a big one.
8. crying at work because of said 40 year old death starer-er-er (not sure how many er's there should be in that. because she is a BIG death starererer).
9. ok these two just have to be positive points, non? numero novo is paying off your debt. it makes you feel so good once you start! and you only have to start to notice a noticible difference to your mood/stress levels.
10. ok that one was kinda neg/pos combined. (debt + paying off the debt.) this one will be good, i promise! BLOGGING! this is a 'specially good one. because it's kinda something i don't do as often as i should. yay for actually committing - writing things in your diary - and doing them. awesome.
* i totally just googled this. hello smarty-pants. ahem, 3 years out of school and counting.
** how i met your mother reference. only cool people will understand this.
photos to get us in the mood:
(ok yeah it's just one. and it's flowers. i've been lacking photographic evidence i actually have a social life lately [becuase i, ahem, don't] but i promise i'm going out tomorrow night. social life here i come!)
you have to admit though, my mum's floral arrangement ability to colour-block using australian natives is pretty sweet. am i right?
let's get on with this!
Ten Things that (vaguely) happened (or random thoughts about..) this week
1. i don't appreciate 40 year olds who act like they're 14. death stares whilst holding your 3 year old child in your arms? really? didn't you grow out of that in like the 80's? no? ok then.
2. i actually don't like the word 'appreciate'. it just sounds so pretentious. speaking of pretence, how the eff do you spell P R E T E N T I O U S* ? anyone? ted?**
3. Lana Del Rey - just freaking release your album already! (in Australia that is .. i know it's out everywhere else.. actually..) REVISION : Australian itunes, sort out your release dates and make them the same as all the other countries. kthnxbye. i know it's probably way overrated - this is why i should listen to it and get it out the way!
4. working all the time makes me want to utilise my time better. this is a good thing. thank god, after all those negative points i thought we'd never make it.
5. whoops, back to negative again. my dog has the worst wind ever. and i mean ever people. the kind where you have an internal debate about whether or not to leave the room.
6. yeah, um, this is a doozy. finding maternity clothes on ASOS and buying them because they're nicer than the others. also, you'll be able to wear them out to dinner because your bloated stomach from overeating won't be as noticable. phew, glad i got that off my chest! how embarrassing!
7. crying at work (another doozy) in only your second week there. this one sucks a big one.
8. crying at work because of said 40 year old death starer-er-er (not sure how many er's there should be in that. because she is a BIG death starererer).
9. ok these two just have to be positive points, non? numero novo is paying off your debt. it makes you feel so good once you start! and you only have to start to notice a noticible difference to your mood/stress levels.
10. ok that one was kinda neg/pos combined. (debt + paying off the debt.) this one will be good, i promise! BLOGGING! this is a 'specially good one. because it's kinda something i don't do as often as i should. yay for actually committing - writing things in your diary - and doing them. awesome.
* i totally just googled this. hello smarty-pants. ahem, 3 years out of school and counting.
** how i met your mother reference. only cool people will understand this.
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