chalk mood

::  image source :: 

as strange as you

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 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. 

:: words:: frida kahlo

:: image :: hospital for souls

gracefully dancing in the waves

She was 

gracefully dancing 

in the waves.

She finally understood 

how you could feel

so detached

from the world,

yet be at one

with it.

:: image :: source unknown
:: text :: author unknown 

crossing the sea

#30dayjournal

Would you take a leap of faith into the unknown?
How often in your path are you faced with such decisions?
As some of us are faced with such challenges more than often, what makes us jump?

It is true that staying ashore, in the comfort of what we know, it builds our roots, our sense of security; the unknown however, just outside the boundaries of our safety zone, will involve some courage, and whichever the result with it comes experience, builds character, knowledge, self-development and awareness... it predicts growth.

It is also true that sometimes all you need is just to stand there, staring at those waves, taking in the immensity of the ocean against the horizon line just there, to make us feel whole. 

Sometimes all you need is just to breathe.
Stand, breathe and just be in the company of 'you'.

If you are to leave solid ground and cross the sea, then make sure you give it your all.

Nothing is worth if you only give half of your heart, half of your soul, half your body... after all, lukewarm water does not make tea, does it?!

Some seas are harder to cross than others.
Even though they are all fearful unknowns, some are terribly and horribly harder to face.

Love is one of them. You would not think so... but it is! 

Love is to risk, to risk it all. Therefore, to cross that sea wholeheartedly and with intention takes bravery.

You have to break down the waves (your walls, no matter how high and deep), expose your soul, become vulnerable, trust your insticts, and harder even...trust the Universe. 

You have to remember, half-hearted-half-souled is not an option.

Love is bravey.
Only the brave can reach it, it is the ultimate reward for exposing your vulnerabilities.

And so exposed, you are in touch with your truer self, with your essence (away from chains and covers), you are now truly following and listening to the language of your heart... in touch with the 'wild' in you.

If it was not to take a good amount of courage and bravery then we all would easily 'cross' this sea. You need to be brave, you need to be wild. Keep that in mind!

:: image source :: all images by me from Praia da Areia Branca, Portugal 

wild winds

she brought out the storm in people,
because she knew wherever there were dark skies and wild winds,
lied a truth.

a truth that described
how much love one can leave behind
the moment they accept all the pain they have lived.

and that is all she ever wanted.
for everyone around her to embrace their storms
and make them fall in love
with their own violent winds.

:: image :: source unknown
:: text :: r. m. drake 

all the golden lands

But why think about that

when all the golden lands

ahead of you and all kinds

of unforeseen events await

lurking to surprise you and

make you glad you're alive

to see?

:: image :: rookie mag
:: text :: jack kerouac

leave your worries to the sea

leave your worries by the shore line

and run your bare feet through the sand

let the water be a soft bed

when you cannot bear to stand

make friends with flying seagulls

and hold the sun up on your palm

before you duck beneath the water

where the world is mute and calm

tell the fish all of your problems

as they all come swimming past

when your lungs are close to bursting

swim above the waves and gasp

let the water hold your sadness

and wash it right out to the sea

so like a message in a bottle

all your worries are set free

and the sea might make you feel alone

but the world has troubles too

for how else do you suppose

that the ocean got so blue?

:: text source :: unknown 

:: image source :: iceland by andrew gallo 

abandoned love

Abandoned Love is a project by Peyton Fulford, who transforms private thoughts, random messages and diary entries that people send her via tumblr into banners and places them on abandoned buildings in the city of Columbia, Georgia - that way those heartfelt words are everyone's, those feelings of abandonment belong to all of us who have ever felt like that before.

Fulford states: 

"With this project, I wanted to materialize a private moment by sharing it publicly. I think it is interesting to transform the intangibility of the internet into a tangible creation that is viewable not only online but also in the real world."

:: image source :: peyton fulford

...and then one day

You've been in darkness
loneliness, and nothingness
for so long. 
And one day,
without you really noticing it,
you'll be moving into
the sun, and in love 
with the world, and you'll be
glad you're still here.


:: text :: unknown 
:: image :: via tumblr

perfect

she wrote 'lonely'
on her body
because that's
what she was

and 'ugly'
on her mirror
because that's 
what she saw

but she never once
felt my lips writing
'perfect'
on every single
inch of her.


:: text :: k.p.k.
:: image :: by villa h.

all she ever wanted

All she 

ever wanted

was unpredictable 

kisses

and

unforgettable

laughter.

:: image :: by heather on flickr
:: text :: by brandon villasenor

how you became immortal

I loved you
Until you became
Words and stories,
Poetry and dreams;

Immortal in every
Book and
Every sunrise.


:: image :: Double Exposure Photography by Antonio Mora
:: text :: d.j. (unknown)

strong is the new pretty

a unique project by photographer Kate T. Parker

A female photographer has taken a series of incredibly moving images of her daughters, depicting girls as anything but the fairer sex, proving they have guts and that Strong is the new pretty.

Read more about this project and see all the other images at the photographer's website (here).

overpopulation, the effects in images

Trash wave - Indonesian surfer Dede Surinaya catches a wave in a remote but garbage-covered bay on Java, Indonesia, the world’s most populated island 

'Overdevelopment, overpopulation, overshoot' is a project by a group of talented and enrivonmentally-oriented people who decided that the best way to show awareness of the great problem that is overpopulation and its consumption was through photography.

You know me, I am a bugger for great pictures. I also have got a few very strong feelings about a few causes, being them environmental or social. Although, for the sake of good and impartial blogging, and without any intention to take any sort of political view (much less cram into you a fully formed opinion), please take a look at these wonders as they are.

Feedlot - Industrial livestock production in Brazil

Oil wells - Depleting oil fields as seen at the Kern River Oil Field in California

Waves of humanity - Sprawling Mexico City rolls across the landscape 

Greenhouses grow greenhouses - As far as the eye can see, greenhouses cover the landscape in Almeria, Spain

Hill-side slum - Slum-dwelling residents of Port-au-Prince, Haiti 

British Columbia clear-cut - Sometimes called the Brazil of the North, clear-cut logging on Vancouver Island

  

To get more information about this project and to order the book just follow the link (here).

my own soul

'Never have I dealt with
anything more difficult
than my own soul.'



:: text :: unknown
:: image source :: photo by nottotrust on flickr

this is for me

This is for me

This is for the breaths I have yet to take,
for the memories I have yet to unfold,
for dreams I have yet to discover.

This for the struggles I faced in the past,
to which I will part ways with comradeship,
for they gave bruises to my knees and made me realise
that falling down does not mean it's the end.

This is for my passions and strength,
seemingly lost beneath the shadows of myself.

This is for the sunshine in my laughter,
the constellations in my eyes,
the flowers beneath my skin,
and the moon in my heart.

This is for me,
This is for who I was,
This is for who I can be,
This is for who I've become,
This is for who I want to be,
not who you want me to be.


:: text :: unknown source, by n.j.
:: image source :: photo by jeroenmylle on flickr

a beautiful mess

'She is

delightfully 

chaotic,

a beautiful mess.

Loving her 

is a splendid

adventure.'

:: image source:: via tumblr
:: text :: steve maraboli

world press photo winners

massimo sestini, italy

You have probably seen (and heard) the world press photo winners of this year have been announced. Here are some of my favourites.
To see all the winning photos please follow the link {here}.

mads nissen, denmark

ronghui chen, china

tomas van houtryve, belgium

sarker protick, bangladesh

anand varma, usa

yongzhi chu, china

a star is born

"For a star to be born,
there is one thing that
must happen: a gaseous nebula must collapse.

So collapse.
Crumble.
This is not your destruction.

It is your birth."


:: image source :: tumblr
:: text :: n.t.

distortion

"we are here

to laugh

at the odds

and live our lives

so well that

death

will tremble

to take us"

:: image source :: pinterest
:: text ::charles bukowski