vera, a woman of few words but strong actions. i like to think she would have liked the same things as me.

Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (by fosterthepeopleVEVO)

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The long awaited first recorded single from Buffalo. woot! woot!

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this cd reminds me of the spring time. im in full spring mode these days. that includes wearing loud, floral dresses to work from here on out.

The Notorious B.I.G. vs. The xx - Islands Is The Limit by wait what (via SlimeAA)

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How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.
Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams. Thank you, hungryhearted, randomlottery & saturnrising (via crashinglybeautiful)
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Wait - what ?: Ashes

dreaminginthedeepsouth:

The Liberation Of Giving Up

09 Mar 2011 

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This meditation on the Lenten season we enter today is worth reading in full. Money quote:

Ash Wednesday should be seen as standing guard over Lent, reminding us at its start of the core truth of Christianity: we must give up.

We…

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May I be filled with loving-kindness,
May I be well,
May I be peaceful and at ease,
May I be happy.”
–Jack Kornfield

If I ever had done ballet, I would have looked like this

The tragedy of first position (via oneilann4)

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Exterior detail of the dome of the Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran; photograph by Robert Byron, 1933-1934. Thank you, touba. (source).
catherine willis: highly recommanded reading: his book  Travel to Oxiana, a favourite of Bruce Chatwin.

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Exterior detail of the dome of the Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran; photograph by Robert Byron, 1933-1934. Thank you, touba. (source).

catherine willis: highly recommanded reading: his book  Travel to Oxiana, a favourite of Bruce Chatwin.

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