May 2012
108 posts
Northern Death Cult: A conversation //Inward... →
sataniclovemachine:
Smoke. (Ten packs and used matches)
Ten pounds lighter, a bit more fragile, a little less talkative. But street lights and passing cars still illuminate the downtown roads late at night. Just like the last bus stop, I am a heavy sigh of relief.
Awoke. ( Bed of nails and dim lights)
I am next…
“I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as...”
– T.S. Eliott (via cityyandcolour)
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“I believed that I wanted to be a poet, but deep down I just wanted to be a poem.”
– Jaime Gil de Bieda (via bearbearpdx)
“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder ‘why, why, why?’...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
I actually tried this. It made me smile.
Touch the part of your body you feel insecure about. Just place your hand on it. Don’t squeeze, pinch it, or poke it. Just touch it. Keep this physical contact for a while and mentally send positivity and love to that part. You spend so much time over analyzing it, accusing it, and shaming it, so take a moment to just love it for what it is, at this very moment in time. It is a part of you and...
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What do you wish you spent more time doing five...
Five years ago I was 19. I spent a lot of time drunk, at shows I didn’t like, smoking in alley ways and dating guys I didn’t connect with. I was lucky to have Derek as a friend, that is the brilliant highlight of that year. I was also just getting in to modelling.
I wish that I’d spent less time reading self help books, and more time exploring with paint and dance. I...
An Existential Life: In the beginning, God created... →
fuckyeahexistentialism:
In the beginning, God created the earth, and he looked upon it in His cosmic loneliness.
And God said, “Let Us make living creatures out of mud, so the mud can see what We have done.” And God created every living creature that now moveth, and one was man. Mud as man alone could speak. God…
Bokonon.
“I’m here because Calgary is a city whose best stories haven’t been told too many...”
– Chris Turner (via artblogponysnobinternetlog)
“When someone says they love a city - or hate it - they are often telling you...”
– Chris Turner’s article “Calgary Reconsidered” in the current issue of The Walrus. Highly recommended read. (via artblogponysnobinternetlog)
This may explain why I love Calgary so very much.
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What life lesson did you learn the hard way?
I learned the power of intent, the danger of unwatched thoughts, and of my own wholeness. Bored and confused, I embarked down a dangerous path as a teenager. With full intent, I naively made myself sick. I spent hours programming my mind to hate. I wish now that I’d chosen a different creative project, had continued my interest in the super natural or astral projection. Those topics had none...
“When people realize they’re being listened to, they tell you things.”
– Richard Ford, whose dyslexia forces him to listen more closely when people are talking (via austinkleon)
“When you feel overwhelmed, you’re trying too hard. That kind of energy does not...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via sageandrosemary)
“A healthy relationship keeps the doors and windows wide open. Plenty of air is...”
– (via eletheowl)
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“Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of...”
– Noam Chomsky (via themarsupial)
“We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which...”
– Alan Watts (via sageandrosemary)
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What gets your excited for life?
Surreal experiences, connections and dances through the dawn. I get excited with every bit of self another exposes to me, every time I face a well ingrained fear, and any time I surprise myself with brilliance. Typically, I don’t allow myself to get too excited, too worked up, about much. I try to keep flowing on an even keel. Every so often, something intangible unfolds, mysterious and...
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What's the most sensible thing you've ever heard...
One ideal that was introduced to me by my mother was of eating foods as close to their natural state as possible. Four years the ideas and attitudes accumulated from her studies in nutrition and holistic healing have been seeking in to my stubborn mind. It doesn’t occur to me how sensible it is to eat a salad for lunch until I decide to eat something….else. The quick deterioration in...
“I say that intentionally.
I am not a lesbian. Not bi. Not straight. Not pan....”
– Femmes and Family: I am Queer Intentionally (via spiritd3sire)
“Consumer culture is best supported by markets made up of sexual clones, men who...”
– Naomi Wolf - The Beauty Myth, “Sex”, page 144. (via bprost)
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Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?
I have a strict aversion to comparing myself to friends unless it is in a mutually beneficial light. I’ve seen both jealousy and self importance destroy relationships. Comparison narrows perspective. Still, I habitually compare my present self with my past and future incarnations. It is certainly not the best use of my time, but I feel compelled to do it out of a fear that my integrity has...
the-cunt-crystal:
Why do so many boys grow out their armpit hair?
What are they trying to prove?
And the leg hair? SERIOUSLY?
“I’m for abortion. If you can’t love your kid, don’t have it because it will grow...”
– John Waters (via ikenbot)
Oh John Waters. Such a classic.
(via sataniclovemachine)
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“(trigger warning: rape, rape jokes)
Here is why I refuse to take rape jokes...”
– Why Rape Jokes Are Never “Ok” (via twofish)