Gemmaindia - Gemma India

I try, I try To make you cry And make you love me Oh, I would say yes Oh, I would say yes

My wait is you, my wait is you

My wait is you and I won't go on

Grimes - “Symphonia IX (My Wait Is U)”

You're Not Ready to Adopt a Guatemalan child if:

Lara from Dr. Zhivago

Blue Corn Maiden and Winter by Lynn Dobbins

Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. Elif Shafak builds on this simple idea to argue that fiction can overcome identity politics.

I LOVE YOU ELIF SHAFAK! <---favorite author!

http://embed.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction.html

December 21, 2012 aka 4 Ajpu/Sun in the long count: 13.0.0.0.0. The day represents musicians, artists, observers, communicators and writers. It's a good day to ask for the wisdom and continued memory of our ancestors. The day before (Dec 20th) will be 3 Kawoq Long Count: 12.19.19.17.19 and the day after (Dec 22) will be Long Count: 13.0.0.0.1.

Tschetan Santana Esser in Life's Blood, Hollywood, CA, 2009 by Gemma Givens.

Leslie Ann O’Dell

"Being human always points, and is directed, to something or someone, other than oneself -- be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter. The more one forgets himself -- by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love -- the more human he is."

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