tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76813905764974168192024-03-12T20:28:51.670-07:00house of avalonavalon; noun.
an island, represented as an earthly paradise. also the name of my home.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-90382397469521092042014-09-21T08:25:00.000-07:002014-09-21T08:26:00.226-07:00The Hungry Few.<div style="text-align: center;">
This is for the hungry few.</div>
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The dirty, thirsty, truth in you.</div>
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The information overload.</div>
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The rhetoric call to those who know.</div>
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The inner sense to search & sew.</div>
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For deeper cause, a many foe.</div>
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Civilian soldier plays Simon said.</div>
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A heavy heart, goes armed with led.</div>
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Watered down, trickery.</div>
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Expose the worst in those who lead.</div>
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And leave it to the hungry few.</div>
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For whom knowledge is the inner food. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-23843829061826003522014-08-21T18:05:00.002-07:002014-08-21T18:05:37.367-07:00OMOTE - The Futue Is Now.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/103425574"></a> Imagine theater where performers can change their makeup—and essential their character—in real-time without going off stage and applying a new layer of eyeliner. In a new video by Nobumichi Asai called Omote, such a future is imagined as a model's faced is morphed on the spot with makeup made of light.<br /><br />In the two-minute clip, the subject's face is immersed in transformative visuals, a kind of "digital makeup," using motion capture technology and projection mapping. With impressive accuracy the face is scanned before becoming a series of stunning masks that work even as the face moves around. The visuals range from makeup, rouge and some eyeliner, to a full-on cyborg face with amazing animated visuals that turn the model's face into a reflective surface. <br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-53956022952020548022014-08-14T00:36:00.001-07:002014-08-14T00:47:05.124-07:00THEUNSEENAIR.<div style="text-align: center;">
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This is next level garment. The future is here.<br />
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Ink stains. Muddled chains.<br />
Changing hues. Instant muse.<br />
It morphs within the subtle wind. <br />
A contact painted on so thin.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The air is made up of many different components that are products of our environment, including pollution, moisture, and more. London-based artist Lauren Bowker and her material exploration studio THE UNSEEN have developed a form of ink that’s reactive to the different fluctuations in the wind as well as our own body. It’s demonstrated in a couture capsule collection entitled Air, which was designed for Swarovski and presented during London’s Fashion Week 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">The biological and chemical technology is integrated into
layers of fabric and transforms its color in response to pressure
change. Air’s nano compounds, inks, and dyes are capable of sensing up
to seven stimuli: heat, UV, pollution, moisture, chemicals, friction,
and sound. Each element has a different color-altering effect;
pollution, for instance, can change between yellow to black. The result
is that it translates our environment into a stunning visual
representation, where a multi-faceted garment is reminiscent of an
insect’s iridescent exoskeleton.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-1067824800541845412014-06-03T18:52:00.001-07:002014-06-04T05:40:22.825-07:00Kinda Neat .<div style="text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-86046703378965679982014-06-01T05:54:00.002-07:002014-06-01T05:54:23.633-07:00what is a Ta-Ku?<div style="text-align: right;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-73917034900112971122014-06-01T05:44:00.001-07:002014-06-01T05:45:52.911-07:00DNT 'SK DNT TLL.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />
We're going on a don't ask, don't tell basis here.<br />
But i'll let your imagination colour it in. <br />
Don't worry, I'm well outside the lines aswell.<br />
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photos by Maleika Halpin<br />
styling; Tamzen Holland</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-19529126168747540042014-04-21T05:25:00.004-07:002014-04-21T05:25:55.611-07:00deception & magic.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-67744384032240870802014-04-21T02:14:00.001-07:002014-04-21T02:14:55.933-07:00ain't nobody gettin in to Alice Mcall.<div style="text-align: center;">
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photo edits by Maleika Halpin</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-37045160766659805772014-03-12T09:01:00.001-07:002014-05-28T22:07:02.780-07:00post it.the heat is buried deep within,<br />
the noble mess of lovers sin.<br />
the heavy weight of paper thin,<br />
an ideal, painted, skin to skin.<br />
a subtle silence stuck on two,<br />
a neutral rope which ties but few.<br />
the woven nest of those who queue,<br />
a humble fight to win or loose.<br />
a naked stroke of humid blush<br />
a guiding hand, more than lust.<br />
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for the sphere that has a spout<br />
a symbolic means to shape your doubt.<br />
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M .<!--3-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-87304179979092668302014-03-05T03:46:00.005-08:002014-03-05T03:46:54.196-08:00Ballet in the sky..<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="421" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/58291553" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-39222761816466111062014-02-25T04:28:00.005-08:002014-02-25T04:28:45.245-08:00dead fish.<div style="text-align: center;">
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"Dead fish can be surprisingly beautiful. Hiding beneath their scales is an elegant, skeletal architecture, a complex biological scaffold that with some skill, can become art.</div>
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Adam Summers, who studies vertebrate biomechanics at the University of Washington, takes photos of the insides of fish as part of his research. But the process is a lot more involved than snapping a pic with a cellphone. His pictures can take days to produce, and they reveal the intricate bony or cartilaginous infrastructure inside marine creatures like rays, skates, and fish. Summers’ work is now featured in an exhibit at the Seattle Aquarium that pairs each photograph with a poem."</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-45714207929136075552014-02-05T05:33:00.001-08:002014-02-05T05:33:12.093-08:00you can dance.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-85079266159027206492014-01-31T16:40:00.002-08:002014-01-31T17:08:22.239-08:00no technique<div style="text-align: center;">
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whose to say a long exposure can't manifest the qualities & hues of culture & dance.<br />
i took to the street, let my fingers do the dancing, and allowed my focus to run wild. </div>
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I'm off to keep shooting, moving, changing. Less Chat. M</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-65042230091072266522014-01-29T15:16:00.005-08:002014-01-29T15:16:58.004-08:00THE GAP.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-26080148524713116662014-01-19T16:05:00.001-08:002014-01-28T23:28:36.300-08:00Ms. Betty.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-61836749243495112212014-01-09T06:14:00.000-08:002014-01-09T13:55:40.233-08:0041022014Here is my unsweetened, malt free, gluten free, no carb, low carb, source of new years literary protein. certified organic.<br />
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Whilst I know you're all making lists and plotting your plan to rid your existence of everything pre-31.12.13. - waste-lines, wardrobes. Wishing emphatically that 14 will be the antidote to your 13, leaving you with a +1 for life and everything in it.<br />
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I come hard pressed to really truly devote my life to living in compartments, 365x365. Boxes, that leave your day to day to be ruled by schedules and un-ticked lists. It's awfully rational. Tirelessly grammatical. And ever so slightly boring.<br />
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Time is a concept far more abstract than anything we can surely consider. Far more powerful than one can surely measure by the arms of a ticking clock.<br />
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Birthdays have been marked with seasonal milestones, of which we should meet so that we can progress successfully forward.<br />
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While there are biological milestones of time we certainly can't ignore; your voice breaking like a pig with tourettes syndrome, missing your first, but not last, flight out of vegas, children, convertibles & eventually the supple mash of easy-chew food.<br />
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Time giveth - and time taketh away.<br />
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Im starting to wonder if the cardio-vascular sys<span style="font-family: inherit;">tem needs to have more of an influence on how we live life, rather than a watch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In yoga and meditation, we concentrate heavily on the breath. <span style="background-color: #fffef5; line-height: 18px;">Pranayama.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fffef5; line-height: 18px;">In which our actions work parallel alongside our breath. The key however, is to find our breath first, before making any movement, and constantly return to our breath throughout the practice, to make sure that our actions are guided by our breath. Rather than our actions defining our breath.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fffef5; line-height: 18px;">Were constantly living off of our environment, trying to be on time, make deadlines, and stay up to date. Looking outward to find our interests, and trying so hard to sync in with an environment. Any environment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fffef5; line-height: 18px;">For most, this is a groove they will never find in a coffee shop, in an online forum, or VIP guest list. </span></span><br />
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For most, they will spend their lives chasing fleeting moments of acceptance and success. Which in laymans terms, feels a little like #winning !<br />
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But any less than that? Moments of unsuccessful, awkward, mishaps? And we're suddenly not "ourselves".<br />
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Facebook, is literally a great picture for how many construct the image of their lives. Somehow we sticky-tape this morbidly happy timeline together. Carefully selected moments of joy, passion, opinion, and love.<br />
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This virtual reality, has become the benchmark for what we strive for in our actual reality.<br />
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Our search for happiness is also the bane of our existence. <br />
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Alan Watts discusses the importance of grounding yourself in your existence & feeling incredibly proud and entitled to your connection that you have with the earth and your life.<br />
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The answers my friend, are simple, I'm sure.<br />
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Our job is simply this; find your base beat. sync in with yourself.<br />
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Find your breath first, then move.<br />
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Once you realize that sitting back & sinking allows you to see the roads with a much wider perspective, you'll be able to navigate the vehicle with ease.<br />
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So sit back, stop trying so damn hard to fit in, and realize the perfect schedule is gifted in two simple intentions.<br />
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Inhale, Exhale.<br />
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M<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-7699848425487145882013-11-13T04:12:00.002-08:002013-11-13T04:37:35.499-08:00Chill Chill Doe.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Stripping off, stripping down</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For liquid hues, the dumbest sound</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The fever glow, The dive below</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Burry deep with all ten toes</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Give it up, Give two thumbs<br />Give your breath up to your lungs</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The flippant curl, the oysters pearl</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mother's sea, her remixed roar.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-44870848118177662542013-11-10T19:42:00.001-08:002013-11-10T19:49:58.823-08:00good on paper.Running write till your hand crawls.<br />
Till the biro falls, till the bic stalls.<br />
Till the literal heart of your ink smalls<br />
& the heavens call on your dream walls.<br />
Roll like the stories, short & tall<br />
The literal prose of lucid trawls.<br />
The liberation of a timely pronunciation<br />
Beyond the realms of high tech stimulation.<br />
Beyond the high-vis conversation<br />
The smoking art of communication.<br />
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The scribbled stains of meditation<br />
Obliteration V Contemplation.<br />
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MUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-69874346085831602512013-09-26T15:35:00.001-07:002013-09-26T15:35:09.609-07:00BOX.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-63230934816046721572013-09-25T19:56:00.002-07:002013-09-25T19:58:08.623-07:00TRYING TO PLAY SOLITAIRE: with sartorial.<div style="text-align: justify;">
You see to me, fashion is an extension of who we are.</div>
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Yet here we all are trying to pull off the perfect sartorial style, with the attempt to appear effortless and coordinated, as if we ourselves are in fact effortless and coordinate. </div>
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I pardon my rebut, but i will not beg to differ. i will simply, differ. </div>
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To me those who accept their quirks and short comings as part of who they are - and dress accordingly... they are the true style icons.</div>
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Dita Von Teese, Iris Apfel, Anna Dello Russo, Michael Jackson, Bjork, just to scratch the surface..</div>
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The elusive '<i>It</i>', that <i>it</i> is, cannot be replicated or ever done quite as well, for the act of imitation does not come from within, it is merely an attempt to attain the image of someone else for ourselves. an ideal.</div>
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I'm going to go right ahead and make an outlandish statement followed by no justification and say: </div>
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My dear friends, this is why suits and uniforms are so dangerous.</div>
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This is why trying to play solitaire with sartorial can become incredibly self righteous and vain. </div>
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For the love of double breasted tailoring, you can imagine why trying to convince yourself of innovation whilst simultaneously starring back at a pin-up, cut-out, instagrammed version of yourself can become quite exhausting.</div>
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To me, someone who is unapologetically themselves, unattainably, irreplicably perfect and accepting of all their facets & on top of that brave & humble enough to translate that through their outerwear has truly attained the impalpable <i>'It'</i>.</div>
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That is why it cannot be pin-pointed or boxed and you will be hard pressed to find someone who can actually describe what <i>'it'</i> is. </div>
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I will attempt..</div>
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Style that leaves an ink stamp comes from a place of absolute truth. </div>
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It is indescribable and irreplicable because it is totally unique to every person.</div>
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Truth of style can not exist without truth of person. </div>
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And truth of person cannot exist without self exploration, understanding & acceptance.</div>
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w love,<br />
M<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-40730199245659814172013-09-23T02:45:00.000-07:002013-09-23T02:45:07.190-07:00The Sweetest Thing.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-27977516772283841342013-09-07T06:06:00.002-07:002013-09-07T06:19:45.075-07:00spring, sprang, sprung.<div style="text-align: center;">
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following the announcement of my project #nonewclothes going on recall<br />
which is, given my meek amount of mute minute fans, more or less an announcement to myself.<br />
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i would have to re establish this & say<br />
the project is going spring clean,<br />
as to, does it seem, every facet of my livelihood.<br />
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& i must remain on my toes from here on out.<br />
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i'm still not shopping, this has become an incredibly vital 'erb to my existence.<br />
so please keep me on my toes & keep in toe as things start to unfold.<br />
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spring, sprang, sprung. this is lifes solemn kick up the bumb - M </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-36977083459742247302013-09-02T04:27:00.001-07:002013-09-02T04:29:03.420-07:00how to live an intrinsically honest & lovely existenceaccept emotion as 'a motion', it comes & goes, receive it, embrace it, release it.<br />
resistance to pain is perhaps the most painful part.<br />
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align your goals with your morals & values. for every action has a reaction.<br />
in this way we can simply draw a line in the sand before every action occurs; & ask..<br />
does this action bring me closer to my truth or not?<br />
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never make an exception of yourself.<br />
never excuse your own laziness if you cannot fathom laziness in other people.<br />
recognize those flaws as a basis to understand & unite, rather than divide & destroy.<br />
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accept that there may be more than one truth.<br />
every persons reality is built off of their very own unique history.<br />
& does not make it any less valid than yours.<br />
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never lie. not even a white lie. for even a white lie taints what is reality.<br />
a tainted reality is the beginning of the shadiest gray areas.<br />
the truth will liberate your destiny & set you free.<br />
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celebrate what you have. the more you celebrate your life, the more there is to celebrate.<br />
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M xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681390576497416819.post-37955567099254467402013-08-27T23:18:00.004-07:002013-08-27T23:23:59.496-07:00how to run your world.<div style="text-align: center;">
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