"But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:

To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.

To know the pain of too much tenderness.

To be wounded by your own understanding of love;

And to bleed willingly and joyfully."

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

With thanks to Dustin, this is the most startling and beautiful thing I've read in a while. Wonderfully written. Respectful, even when it's somber.

It isn't enough to talk about something; you have to also do something about it.

Thank you. I already know that, but maybe if I hear it enough, it'll finally sink in.

I know that time of the month's rolling around not because I mark it on a calendar--as if my body could be any more dependable than I am--but because things like this get me teary-eyed.

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Also recommend "In the Waiting Line."

Dar Williams came and went as I expected. However, I don't feel that anticipated pang of regret that so often accompanies choosing laziness and general flaking over something potentially interesting. No, more interesting possibilities arose, and I pursued them without hesitation ( Read more... )

The world needs more of this.

So, you all probably know well enough by now that I don't meme much. This, however, piqued my interest ( Read more... )

Some interests have been excluded, but I'm not telling you which...

( Vast Strangeness. )

I helped save a little bird today. Ice cream for breakfast for me!

We're having a kind of meeting tonight on artwork for the DoA races. This line was actually spoken by someone other than me:

[01.10.20] [identity protected]: I never knew goats had such beautiful breasts.

I love my friends. I love my projects. I love the things that happen when the two meet.