Wisdom - Blog Posts
High School Art Project #1 "Self Deterioration"
High School Art Project #2 "Paradigm Shift"
I want more people to be aware of disabled joy. The freedom of getting the right mobility aid. The sense of victory and accomplishment when doing a task you thought you would never succeed at. The smug superiority of zooming ahead of your walking friends on a downhill slope. The relief of a proper diagnosis answering your questions. The peace of learning how to radically accept yourself and your body. It ain’t all bad, folks.
glory or wisdom? love or power? violin or piano? fire or water? air or earth? forest or river? black or white? left or right? heads or tails? theatre or cinema? give or take? dawn or dusk? gold or silver? art or music? morning or night? venus or mercury?
'Sometimes the scariest answers are the scarier questions.'
-Abraham Lincoln, age 12, 1942
online ceramics
I am reminded day in and day out that just because someone's older than you, doesn't mean they're wiser than you.
My mind has been blowwnnn
So earlier in art class today, someone drew a characters hands in their pockets and mentioned that hands are really like the ultimate end boss of art, and most of us wholeheartedly agreed. So then, our teacher went ahead and free handed like a handful of hands on the board, earning a woah from a couple of students. So the one from earlier mentioned how it barely took the teacher ten seconds to do what I can’t do in three hours. And you know what he responded?
“It didn’t take me ten seconds, it took me forty years.”
And you know, that stuck with me somehow. Because yeah. Drawing a hand didn’t take him fourth years. But learning and practicing to draw a hand in ten seconds did. And I think there’s something to learn there but it’s so warm and my brain is fried so I can’t formulate the actual morale of the lesson.
Being logical and kind is both painful and refreshing—it stabs the heart when you deal with some kind of people but frees the soul. Life feels lighter when you choose wisdom over conflict. I love life. 💆🏻♀️
great wall of china. june 2016. there’s wisdom even in the cautionary signs.
"love is like an open sea. and i wish you were here with me, on the beach in hawaii"
-Ziggy Marley
this song doesn't seem deep but when i hear it i think about how happier i have become since i have realized the infinite power of love and i see people i love deeply and become sad because i wish they could see the same beauty i am seeing. i try to explain it but i know i can't force them to see it. it hurts to see them hurt when infinite love and beauty is within reach...
I mean seriously?!
*tastes potion like a chef testing the soup* hm. needs more eye of newt.
They sure do!
😇😉
Truth!
Start checking things off your bucket list now! You won’t have time later.
The more we debate with self-righteous people who think they are the ones that are making the world spin, the more we sink down in their hell! Leave them aside, live your life! Paint, write, make science, make art, MAKE something! And really, really enjoy it.
This is the only way to be wise. It's the only way we will ever really make a change in the world too.
The Triangle
Growing up is realizing that Riley, Maya, and Lucas should have been a throuple.
The most unrealistic thing about those senior mirror of the triangle (Thor, Nikki, and Francesca) is that they didn’t come in and say. “Triangle? Ya, we’ve been there, but then we realized that we (Nikki and Francesca) like each other too. It all just kinda fell into place after that.”
Considering that they both tried to give the other their happiness (“he’s like my brother” both times) and the fact that the triangle has lasted so long, mostly without major jealousy, (they talk in out like a functional poly relationship) they should’ve. And they didn’t. Because it’s Disney.
“To be poor but content is actually to be quite rich. But you can have endless riches and still be as poor as anyone if you are always afraid of losing your riches.”
Othello, William Shakespeare
Original quote: "Poor and content is rich, and rich enough, / But riches fineless is as poor as winter / To him that ever fears he shall be poor."
#vsco #vscoua #vscocam #university #colour #stainedglass #window #wisdom
"Let me tell you something about nature. Nature never allows you to fall on your face if you take risks - never. It goes like this;
if you laugh you risk appearing to be a fool.
If you weep, you risk appearing to be sentimental.
If you reach out for another, you risk rejection.
If you love, you risk not being loved in return.
If you place your dreams in front of the crowd - as we do - you risk ridicule.
If you go forward in the face of overwhelming odds, you risk failure but risk must be taken for the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, has nothing, does nothing, is nothing. That person may avoid suffering, pain and embarrassment but that individual will not learn, grow, feel, love or change. Only the person who takes risks is truly free."
- Chris Eubank
The desert has no answer.
"It only asks"
**Berber wisdom**
You all need to hear this:
1. You probably dont suck at your craft as much as you think you do, I bet a lot of people are amazed at what you can make, and
2. If you actually are the Literal Worst In The Whole Wide World at your craft... who the fuck cares? What are they gonna do, call the police on you? Keep making your shitty little things, youre the boss of you, fuck the haters.
Less Envy More Contentment
Help others. Happy people are known to not only be content with their lives but to love improving the lives of others.
Love yourself. This is an important factor in how you can sustain the contentment in your life.
Try something completely new. Doing something completely new and out of your comfort zone will make you open up your mind and have a less rigid view of how confusing life is and lean more into being creative.
Enjoy failing. That's right. If you want to be content with your life, then you have to completely fail at something to learn and grow.
Hang out with people who are content with their lives.
Stock up on value for self. To eliminate the feelings of insecurity, stop focusing on what you think you do not have. And realize there's no competition in your world. You are unbelievably powerful and full of light already.
Stay independent. Sure, you may feel that your life is nothing without your partner but that does not mean that you should be overly dependent on them.
Have faith in your love as a couple. Do you think your guy was flirting with the girl at the restaurant yesterday? Maybe it happened, and perhaps it did not.
Find out why you are jealous. Statistics show that most people are jealous and insecure in their current relationships because of what they went through with their previous partners.
Never play games. Most jealous people will try to make themselves feel better by finding ways to make their partner jealous.
Identify When the Change Happened. The first step in getting back to happiness is to determine what really makes you happy in the first place.
Don’t Fake it. The next step is to not try to fake happiness. Fake it ‘til you make it is not real life. Let yourself respond authentically to each moment as it arrives, without bound to the narrative of who you think you are!
Take Responsibility If you’re unhappy, will you take responsibility for turning this around? I think taking responsibility is the most powerful attribute we can possess in life.
What’s Standing in Your Way? To discover your happiness and allow yourself to experience the full gamut of being human, you need to determine what is standing towards being your greatest self.
Be Kind to Yourself. As you carry on throughout this journey, you need to recognize the points in which you can be kind towards yourself.
In judging yourself, your life, your body, and your belongings as 'not as good as' or 'better than' (the only two verdicts in a comparison!), you limit yourself and your capability to appreciate change as life goes on. We grow as life changes. Our experiences shape us into a new person. Its beautiful ♥