& so it begins.

the weather is getting cooler
& the trees are starting to dress up in their autumn colours.
school is starting, jobs are starting, new adventures are beginning.
everyone is on their toes waiting.
twiddling their thumbs & tapping their toes.
change is good. change in scenery, change in friends, a change in self.
don’t be afraid. it’s your life, rule your [...]

I.

found love, the beginning.

towson, md

baltimore, md

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it’s time to take a stand.

MTV is casting for a new show. they are casting what they perceieve to be overweight BUT beautiful girls who they will put through extreme dieting & exercise so they can obtain a model body & make their dreams come true. “Women come in all shapes and sizes, but models don’t.” excuse me mtv?
http://www.mtvmodelmaker.com/
the girls [...]

again & again

“we sat still and held our breath. for our face and our body were beautiful. our face was not like that of our brothers, for we felt no pity when looking upon it” –anthem, ayn rand
—
(believe that you are a beautiful beautiful creature. and that you are an important part of life. that you are [...]

love is

love is by martha everads
shhhh found here.

write!

step 1: find a picture drawn by a child. the younger the better.
step 2: grab a pen & paper & get comfortable.
step 3: look at the picture. look closely & inspect it with your owl eyes. soak it in.
step 4: write a short story/poem/piece about the picture.
step 5: run outside & twirl 3 times [...]

invincible.

1. if you’re a loud person accept it. it’s okay to yell. someone will hear you & smile. someone will love you know matter how loud you are as long as you yell & you mean your words. someone will accept you at whatever decibel you choose!!!
2. the right people will accept you for your [...]

you exist & it’s extraordinary.

I think what Elephant 6 meant for us is very simple: there’s something pure and infinite in you, that wants to come out of you, and can come out of no other person on the planet. That’s what you’ve got to share, and that’s as real and important as the fact that you’re alive. We [...]

because you are beautiful, always

“Eve, look at that tree. Now look at this tree. Do you hate that tree because it doesn’t look like this tree? You’re a tree. I’m a tree. You’ve got to love your body Eve. You’ve got to love your tree!”
-excerpt from The Good Body

beautiful things.

summer rain. love. my life. your life. our life. equality. parents. catching the first snow flake. old love letters. siblings. phone calls. quiet nights. letters. making music. second, third, fourth generations. cupcakes. secret codes. chirp, hoot, to-wit to-woo. watching them grow. mornings that are alive. old photographs. secret leg touches. tree houses. pretending your five [...]

beautiful life.

1. Try to say nothing negative about anybody.
a) for three days
b) for forty-five days
c) for three months
See what happens to your life.
-yoko ono