the eyes that see so sharply

Skinlessness…makes a poet. One must have the gift of language, but even a great gift is useless without the other curse: the eyes that see so sharply they often want to close.
-Erica Jong, about Anne Sexton via Mythology of Blue

(image: Stella McCartney)

(old) school map

our own warm breath

Parts of the poem "Tidings" by Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz.

holiday

Can't wait to see my Thanksgiving crew. xo

like crazy

everything

Everything else remained the same.  This is why, you said, there was no fiction.
-Rosemarie Waldrop, Feverish Propositions 

Image: Royal Quiet Deluxe

a year in New York

A Year in New York from Andrew Clancy on Vimeo.

just hug

In an ideal world no one would talk before 10am. People would just hug, because waking up is really hard. 
-Zooey Deschanel

(both via i just might)

block island

where it was

All water has a perfect memory & is forever trying to get back to where it was.
-Toni Morrison, spotted on the side of the corner church at 110th & Amsterdam

(image via aubreyrd tumbrl)

understand

Understand, I love you, even as I turn from you like this, stumbling breathless down a dim and disappearing street behind a man who squints at house numbers, bewildered, about to say something I can almost hear.

- Marie Howe via Royal Quiet Deluxe

possibility

This is what you learned in graduate school: In every assumption is contained the possibility of its opposite.
- Pam Houston

Photo by Justin Farrar

to the waves

West Side Gathering
Hurricane Earl, 2010
Block Island

like fire ants

you are the blood flowing through my fingers, all through the soil & up in those trees.
- Buck 65 & Sufjan Stevens - Blood Part II

Image by Amanda Marsalis

chill(y)

Burlington, Vermont
2010

love: animals

I'm completely in love with The Animal Print Shop by Sharon Montrose.  Her photography of animals is simple & clean which highlights their individual intricacies & beauty.  All of the animals she photographs are either rescued or owned by loving animal caretakers who ensure their well-being throughout the photography sessions.  Through her work, Montrose supports animal welfare programs such as animal rescue & wildlife education.  

Her prints are available in a variety of sizes so they range in price from the very the affordable to the more expensive.  Be sure to check her site out! Her animals are a sight to behold.