Self Known

40,000 words deep on a collab project. Pastel paints coat my knuckles. Books are being read - slowly, meticulously. I got a job. I resigned from the job. I attended a writers conference and made a friend. Camp starts on the 25th and I'm excited yet terrified. I know of a group of creatives preparing to launch something big. I know Anna  is prepping her novel for ebook publication (eeeep!). What are you doing? What are you making? Where are you going? Where are you with your projects? What are you creating? What have you learned? Who are you with? How do you feel? When will you start? Where are you with your creativity? 

“I'll be your mess, you be mine That was the deal that we had signed I bought a hazmat suit to clean up your waste Gas masks, gloves, to keep us safe But now I'm alone in an empty room Staring down immaculate doom” Gayle Forman

“The days that make us happy make us wise.”  John Masefield

[think this picture has anything to do with the quote...] "As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once." John Green Thank you SW from A Free Mind for tagging me. <3 Rules: 1. Thank the person who tagged you 2.  Post a new quote every day for three consecutive days 3. Tag three new bloggers every day. I tag: Hannah @ Fantasy Gypsy  // Elly @ Serenity  // Olivia @ summer of 1999

I wore six inch heels and won limbo.

Dream. Wish. Be. Do. Experience. Make art. Change your blog design every two weeks. Dance with your hair in your eyes. Pretend you can rap. Stay inside all summer. Find what works best for you. Say "no". Not know the right answer. Learn from your mistakes. Sing at the top of your lungs. Drive without a destination. Miss your turn. Smile at strangers. Know everyone's name. Say "hi". Have your own aesthetic. Make something for yourself. Keep everything private. Dye your hair. Hoarding downloads. Cry. Stomp around. Respect yourself. Support. Scream. Make money. Spend money. Exercise. Treat everyone nicely. Think about the past. Daydream about the future. Live in the moment. Whip your hair. Laugh too hard. Take goofy photos. Disagree. Have a different point of view. Change your perspective. Wear make-up. Embrace laziness. Watch 18 episodes in one day. Stay positive. Do things differently. Get your own results. Purs...

So. It's May. 14th. Wow. I don't even want to get into that right now. So I won't. Let's talk about life. Life is great. Big. Scary. A big huge pressure chamber, if you think about it. We worry. All of us. About the little things, the big things, nothing, and everything. I would list my worries for you but I don't want to depress anyone right now. I'd rather we all become so joyful we're bouncing on the balls of our feet (maybe not in the same time though - could you imagine standing beside me and all your other favorite bloggers [wink wink] and just giggling and hugging but wiggling on the balls of our feet IN THE SAME TIME with our heads all bopping and ah... That sounds lovely. But the idea of being out of sync with one another is wonderful too.). Do you ever recognize something (about yourself or your views) and then you see it everywhere? You see it in the blogs you read, the exhaled cloud of what's supposed to be summer air, the ...