wild thing.

-where the wild things are (trailer)

notes.

remember: twitter.com/feelgoodrevolt
we’ve been busy little bees (as you’ve probably heard) so if you’ve been waiting for addresses they’ll be coming soon. also coming soon, new lists, new love, new things to delight your heart. we love you.

we are.

we’re alive. we’re lost. we’re lonely & it’s going to be okay. the friends we’ve lost, they’re not gone, they’re simply part of us now. can can you hear her infectious laugh in your heart beat? can you see his smile on the back of your eyelids? it will be okay. everything is beautiful.

love & beauty with Gala Darling.

Gala Darling

what makes you feel wonderful?
Writing, creating, plotting & planning, loud music!

 what makes you feel beautiful?
A strategically-dropped compliment from someone I have a crush on. 

 if you are having a sub-par day, what do you do or say to make yourself feel good again again?
I turn up good music & either dance or hoop around my living room; I do a nice, long ashtanga yoga session; I write; I sing; I talk to my friends or I use EFT (a self-healing technique).  Sometimes I do a combination of these things.  & when I’m home in New York City, I throw on shoes & sunglasses & go for a long walk.  Walking around the city is an amazing antidote to a day that’s dragging.

where do you think love hides?
In the pockets of strangers.

 when do you feel most loved?
When I share a real connection with someone.

what do you think is the most beautiful thing about being a girl?
Everything.  Really, everything.

what is your favourite rainy day activity?
Sitting really close to someone I really like & doing anything.  Talking, dreaming, laughing.

 if you had to make your friend a cheer-up box what are 5 items you would put in it?
1. A fortune — maybe from a cookie, maybe from a mechanical fortune-teller, maybe one I made myself.
2. A letter telling them exactly why I love them.
3. A copy of one of my favourite books.
4. Snacks.
5. Cute knickers. 
Everything would be colour-coordinated, of course.

when you hear the word “beautiful” what image immediately pops up in your mind?
The light that shines out of people.

 when you hear the word “love” what sound resonates in your ears?
A delicious menagerie of all my favourite musicians, spun together.

let them know they’re loved.

1.) each week, write a letter to at least one person you love. this letter can be to a friend, a relative, someone you admire, anyone. make sure you tell them your favourite things about them. why you love them so. tell about your favourite time with them.

2.) tell the people you love that you love them EVERY DAY. it may feel a bit trite after a while but tell them. even if you’re angry, & even if they may be on your nerves, take a second from your day to let them know you love them.

MAKE SURE THEY WILL KNOW HOW MUCH YOU TRULEY LOVE THEM. you never know when they may be taken from you.

spring cleaning.

spring is the time of life. the time of new starts. let’s start this year by letting go. letting go of grudges, letting go of insecurities, letting go of everything that is holding us back. free. we can be free.

beautiful creatures.

i love you & everything will be okay & i know it might hurt so bad now but we’re strong (we are strong) & we will be okay. & yes things will change but that’s okay. & yes we’ll change but that’s okay. if i could hold you in my arms & whisper beautiful things into your ears i would. i would hold you so tight you’d feel safe. if i could change this all i would. reverse 4 months & change it from the start. i can’t, you can’t, we can’t. so here is my shoulder you can cry all you want. i’ll never let you go. everything will be okay. we are beautiful creatures.

upset.

the more you know who you are, & what you want, the less you let things upset you.
— lost in translation

something to be learned from everything.

“Say… J,” said the Rat, eyes sill on the glass, “here I’ve lived twenty-five years, and it seems to me I haven’t really learned a thing.”
J said nothing, but stared at his fingers. Then he gave a little shrug. “Me, I’ve seen forty-five years and I’ve only figured out one thing. That’s this: if a person would only make the effort, there’s something to be learned from everything. From even the most ordinary, commonplace things, there’s always something one can learn. I read somewhere that they say there’s even different philosophies in razors. Fact is, if it weren’t for that, nobody’d survive.”
-Haruki Murakami, Pinball, 1973

spring is coming soon.

please: i know these winter days go on and on and on but know, spring is coming soon. spring is tempting us, sometimes, with spots of heat to warm our cold limbs, melts the snow away until night falls and the snow storms blow through, but never fear. no, wake up and breathe the fearless changing air. and please: believe in beautiful things. believe in the sun coming up, believe in a warm hand, believe in the future and believe in this very second. things are horrible, things are cold, but you are alive and living and breathing and constantly changing. and everytime the air feels stale, please, remember to breathe: continue the cycle of feeding the trees and keeping your heart going. because what else is there to do but continue? please. believe in good hearts. believe in your own good heart, strong and beating, restless and sound; believe in the rest of humanity, thousands and thousands and thousands of tiny heartbeats and sets of lungs slowly rising and falling. this life, it hurts sometimes, and you cry to sleep and you wake up heavy-hearted but remember: the earth does not stop. your heart keeps going and your limbs keep moving and you sleep it off, you wake up new, and you face the day with eager, shining eyes, and you love with a full, full heart.

if you received a letter…

IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO DID, encourage them to take a picture with the letter &/or write about how they felt when they received their little gift of love. have them email their story to the.feel.good.revolt@gmail.com their response will be featured here.

strong.

LISTEN LISTEN!!!
I AM BORN OF STRONG, BEAUTIFUL BLOOD
& SO ARE YOU.
SO ARE YOU!!!
EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T FEEL IT
YOU HAVE SO MUCH POWER COURSING THROUGH YOU
E.V.E.R.Y. SECOND
YOU ARE STRONG
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY.

je t’aime.

i love you also means i love you more than anyone loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, & also, i love you in a way that no one loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, & also, i love you in a way that I love no one else, & never have loved anyone else, & never will love anyone else.
— j.s. foer

“found” love.

I didn’t find this, I made it so that I can find it first thing every morning. You can’t really tell from the picture, but this is taped to my ceiling, directly above my pillows so it will be the first thing I see every morning. (When I grabbed my Sharpie, I had originally intended to write “good is dead,” as a reminder of my incessant perfectionism, but this seemed like it would be ultimately more productive than shaming myself.)
-Meep

postcards.

you are remarkable postcards now for sale.
$10 for a set of 5.

this is just a little trial:
there are only 5 sets currently for sale.
there are another 5 sets in if the demand calls.
& if you little birds & bees would like more
we wil meet your demand.

risk.

i believe that we are put here in human form to decipher the hieroglyphs of love & suffering. &, there is no degree of love or intensity of feeling that does not bring with it the possibility of a crippling hurt. but, it is a duty to take that risk & love without reserve or defense.
— allen ginsberg

i know you might roll your eyes at this…

…but i’m so, glad that you exist.
-the weakerthans.

revolution!!!

the postal revolution has certainly caught on!!! let’s never stop!!! we will be forever accepting addresses & sending them out so don’t stop don’t stop don’t stop!!!!

questions that have come up
return address: youareremarkable.wordpress.com or your own or both!!! or blank if you prefer.
can you just send me people in ____? if you make a special request  to receive addresses only in your country we will try to comply although it may take a bit longer to assign someone to you!
can i nominate myself? OF COURSE!!!!
do you still need people to send letters? always!!!
IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO DID, encourage them to take a picture with the letter &/or write about how they felt when they received their little gift of love. have them email their story to the.feel.good.revolt@gmail.com

love & beauty with DAVID HORVITZ

david horvitz is a dreamer, blogger, adventurer, artist, book maker, polaroid taker, extraordinary person that you really must know. we came across him when he was touring with xiuxiu & could not get enough of the beautiful simple way his brain works. so ahead: get lost in his words & ideas. join his mailing lists. fall in love. we dare you.

what makes you feel wonderful? I think the world and being is itself wondrous. It’s easy to forget that. But there is a moment when you wake up before you fully enter “reality” when your mind is still dreaming, and conceptualizing life and death is such an absurdity and everything is weighted down in a kind of wonder. That feeling should be sustained at all waking hours.

if you are having a sub-par day, what do you do &/or say to make yourself feel good again? I try to accept all things as things that exist, and that I should not deny or reject anything. Like, if I’m feeling sad, I don’t try to deny it. I just accept it as a way of viewing and interacting with the world. However, if it is stress, or if I am really hectic in my head, I feel that is something I generate myself, and then I try to clear my head and ease things.

where do you think love hides? It hides under rocks and behind clouds, and on the back sides of islands that you can only see from airplanes or boats. And also on the top of people’s heads, inside a bowl of rice that’s been in the refrigerator for a few weeks, and on the tail of dogs. And sometimes on trains when you are lost, or in the sun when it sneaks into your eyes.

when do you feel most loved? When someone yawns and puts their head on your arm.

what do you think is the most beautiful thing about the city? Millions of lives living at once.

what is your favourite rainy day activity? The rain.

what do you think is the most beautiful thing about people? They are alive.

when you hear the word “beautiful” what image immediately pops up in your mind? I will close my eyes. Now I will ask who is across from me (Ooxe) to say the word beautiful out loud and I will write exactly what I see. Here it goes: It depends on who is saying it. I hear a song with the word beautiful in it. What comes to mind is in the context of the song. It is the context that beautiful is used. So it is always different.

when you hear the word “love” what sound resonates in your ears? The voice of who said it.

anything else you’d like to share? A cup of tea to slow down the world while you are going as fast as you can.

FIND HIM: website, flickr, tumblr, xiuxiu blog

postal revolution.

you are remarkable started out as secret notes left for strangers telling them everything would be okay, secret notes left for lovers telling them they had your heart. let’s bring it back to being a tangible thing. let’s create miniature pieces of art & love & wisdom & send them to strangers from all over. sometimes someone needs to hear from a complete stranger miles & miles away that they are special, or loved, or appreciated.  if you know someone who you feel needs a note, please send a short email to the.feel.good.revolt@gmail.com including:
*first name
*address
*anything special you think they need to hear or a brief story of why you think they deserve a message.

if you have some spare time & would like to be the person to craft such a letter, postcard, note, etc please email youareremarkable & say that you would love to send some love. youareremarkable will in return send you one, two, five, twenty (however many you would like) addresses & information so that you can brighten up a heart miles & miles away. sometimes, all you need to know is that someone somewhere knows you exist & is glad that you exist.