Ramblings of a Dreamer

"i think about holding close to me a woman that has been hurt in a very real way. i don’t know why i am always trying to save other people. even in the dream i was being for her, the man no man could ever be for me. i am just a body begging anyone and anything to hold me. quick while i am still soft to touch and easy to impress, tell me that all this love i carry by default belongs to someone worthy."

Warsan Shire (via rarararambles)

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john-chrostek:

There is something flawed
in the way I love.

I fail, time and time again,
as red tides rise
and nothing remains
but fears and furies
that what little goodness
I can light
stands no chance
of keeping back.

I am a man of straw,
I am no thing of stone,
see, I am sheathed
in spider-cracks
and seconds from
a last quick shatter.

Things I Have Learnt in a Tiny Little Town called Ansonia

moderateclimates:

1. The world is terrifyingly large and the people in it are even bigger.
2. Fear is something that we ourselves create.
3. The past doesn’t have to mean anything if we don’t want it to.
4. The other side of the world is a long way away.
5. The person who thinks the worst of us is always ourself. 
6. The most terrifying and most wonderful feeling is never letting go.
7. Love is one of the hardest things and one of the most natural phenomenons we will ever encounter.
8. Abandoned buildings and cracked windows are endlessly sad.
9. Sometimes you don’t miss the people you thought you would.
10. Guilt weighs heavier than sadness. 
11. Secrets are a thing of legend.
12. Honesty is more thrilling than a rollercoaster. 
13. Sitting by a river and breathing will always make you feel better. Always.
14. Sometimes holding hands is more intimate than making love.
15. It’s okay to laugh and cry during sex.
16. If you want to make the world your own, go out and do it: no matter what the world says.
17. Sometimes you need to cry onto someone’s shoulder in the middle of the street. That’s okay. It will only make them love you more.
18. A broken heart doesn’t mean the pieces can’t be glued back together.
19. Every town is always the same, even when they are completely and strangely alienatingly different.
20. Love.

deafmuslimpunx:

exquisitedialectics:

takealookatyourlife:

Aiya Van Kooten everyone

When Aiya Van Kooten stood face-to-face with a burglar in her bedroom, her left eye twitched, then she went into “predator mode”.

“I screamed at him… jumped off my chair, leaped over my bed and sprinted after him down the stairs,” she said.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8626910/Predator-mode-scares-off-burglars

This is the best story of my life

“Although she was the only one home, Van Kooten said she had no regard for her safety - instead, she said she was just overwhelmed with “rage“….. ummmmm Hero!!! 

Haha, badass Muslim woman. Love it!!!

(via sheiswolf)

litlm:

relevant! 

odditiesoflife:

Recycled Animal Art

Driven by a combination of her passion for fitting odd shapes together and a sympathy toward discarded objects, Japanese artist, Sayaka Ganz creates animals from thrift store plastics. She only select objects that have been used and discarded. She believes the best way for artists to help reduce waste is to show how beautiful the materials can be and what can be done with them.

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notesonascandal:

alexandraerin:

Say I’m 32 years old and you’re 22 years old.

In how many years will we be the same age?

…

Silly question, right? If you define aging as a process that stops at death, the only way we’ll ever be the same age is if I die first. If you don’t, then we’ll never be the same age. Every time you age a year, I also age a year. Since our ages increase at the same rate, you will never catch up to my head start. We have achieved a total equality of aging, but that does not change the permanent inequality of our age.

Okay, say I have a million dollars and you’re completely broke. If we both get a dollar a day, how long will it take you to catch up with me?

Now, this one’s even sillier, because if you have no other resources, your dollar a day is going to be eaten up by basic living expenses that it doesn’t quite meet, and I have an excess of money that can be spent on money-making opportunities that pay off far better than an additional $365 a year. I could literally burn the dollar I’m getting as part of our Totally Equal Income and still make more money in a year than you do just by sticking my money in the bank. 

But still: both of us getting a dollar a day is totally equal, right? It means we’re being treated exactly the same.

And now, final problem:

If we have a world that contains structural inequalities, systemic imbalances, disproportionate danger faced by some, and unequal access to resources and opportunities, is “treating everyone the same” really going to result in equality?

Show your work.

(via sheiswolf)

awyeahavatar:

sw0rd5:

tokyotelephone:

INAISCE A/W 2012

Simply fantastic and good on them for having fun with the styling.

I see Jedi.

Or warrior-monks.

Either monastic order works, really.

I see the four nations, living together in harmony.

(Source: kian0538, via keyboardsmashwriters)

sougwen:

OSCURO Day 4 installation in progress @ Musée d’Art Modern et Contemporain Genève

site: sougwen.com

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"There’s really no such thing as the ‘voiceless.’ There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard"

Arundhati Roy (via socialinertia)

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