this is so hard to believe: it was a whole year ago that I was just getting settled in in London and adjusting to life abroad.  and now I'm back in America and that particular adventure is over for me.  and regardless of where my life is now, that just feels weird.

shortly after taking a matter of minutes to ruin a painting I spent three weeks sketching out, I started a long thought reel that sort of stewed in my brain all day ( Read more... )

if I had a time machine, I'd go back and figure out how to be who I was and who I am all at once.

strange lesson I learned in college #39:

when you feel like shit, playing dress-up makes you happy =)


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( a series of memories that hit me in the woods )

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funny how memories are becoming like dreams to me so easily of late.

take all the photos you want; hold all the memories you can. my friend was wise. food for thought:

I will never again live in this moment without having to think about it.
-- gwen loudermilk

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oh me, oh my, how fun the past 24 hours have been! oh, there's dirt beneath the paint. but the paint is so colorful. sometimes, you just have to appreciate the picture and forget that the paint can't stick and the picture's going to peel away in a matter of days. I felt guilty for feeling so good, but my mind just kept compensating by feeling ( Read more... )