Holly. 21. Canada and California
Lover of people and this beautiful planet. Be kind to this earth.
Last week, I learned that the English language has more euphemisms for death than any other language. I learned that the ancient Greeks had no word for the colour blue and that the Hawain alphabet has only twelve letters. I spent last week hollowing out a little place in my heart and filling it with worry. What does that say about us? Do we really go out of our way to avoid death like that? How did the Greeks describe the sea? Are twelve letters really enough? Does every language have a word for love? Every language should have a word for love. And compassion. And gentleness. And figs and snow and that soft sensitive part on the inside of one’s arm. We should have words for everything so that we don’t feel alone. We need very very very specific words for all of the different kinds of sad and even more specific words for the kinds of happy. What if we were able to talk about everything? I want to tell you how I feel and I want to be precise. Sometimes ‘good’ just isn’t enough and few understand what I mean when I say that I feel ‘like lightning.’
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“While the Beatles were recording the White Album, George wrote a song called ‘Something’, which he released as his first single. He told me, in a matter-of-fact way, that he had written it for me.
I thought it was beautiful –and it turned out to be the most successful song he ever wrote, with more than a hundred and fifty cover versions. His favourite was the one by James Brown. Frank Sinatra said he thought it was the best love song ever written.
My favourite was the one by George Harrison, which he played to me in the kitchen at Kinfauns.”
Pattie remembers that George wrote Something for her. George and Pattie at Kinfauns 1968. They are gorgeous.
Natalie Miller weaving
My DREAM. I really want to learn how to weave!
(Source: nataliemillerdesign.com, via fashionfever)
Deconstructed Nature Portraits, Vicki Rawlins
Chicago-based artist Vicki Rawlins constructs whimsical portraits of enigmatic, legendary women using flowers, greenery, sand and other organic objects. These unconventional works of art are captivating not only for their creativity but also for their ephemeral journey to creation and destruction. Rawlins has prints available of her works at http://sistergolden.com.
my girl. buenos aires, argentina
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From Chicago to DC to Boston to St. Louis to Malawi to South Africa to New Zealand to Antarctica to Paris. Over 3 million people marching around the world.
(via deborahsvance)