In search of “flow”…
It’s a strange feeling. I dip the pen into the small ink pot and put the tip onto the paper. The ink leaves a moody trace and I watch its shape until the streak weakens. I dip the pen into the ink...
View ArticleCome Alive ~ Howard Thurman
Come Alive ~ Howard ThurmanDon’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.~ Howard...
View ArticleMade by Hand ~ [No. 5] The Bike Maker
“For me it always has been a real struggle to get past the point where I’m pretty good for a beginner, to get into the point where I’m actually good.”It probably has been Ezra Caldwell’s attitude and...
View ArticleSpark of Madness
Spark of Madness | #in160charactersBurning ambition, daring, staring, a glow in the eyes.Dance with the flame, flaring, caring, the fire within.Praise the blaze, eventually, the ashes of life.The post...
View ArticleHægt, kemur ljósið (Slowly, comes the light) ~ Ólafur Arnalds
It has been a while since the last time a music video cast a spell on me. Within a few moments I immersed myself in a different world. Following the pace of the first piano tones my eyes seemed to...
View ArticlePainting the path ~ the vibrant hues of autumn
“falling leaves hide the path so quietly”― John Bailey~I remember a conversation which must have occurred pretty much a year ago. A conversation about the change of seasons, or better say the season of...
View ArticleThe Laughing Heart ~ Charles Bukowski
The Laughing Heart ~ Charles Bukowskiyour life is your life don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. be on the watch. there are ways out. there is light somewhere. it may not be much light but it...
View ArticleConcrete Memories
Concrete Memories | #in160charactersA string of light, reminiscent of a crack through time;stony silence, obstacle for clandestine thoughts.Nostalgia for this distant day in the future.The post...
View ArticleUnconditional
L-if-e | Don’t build your life around a giant “if”The post Unconditional appeared first on Coffee-Stained Journal.
View ArticleInternal monologue ~ William James
Internal Monologue ~ William JamesSeek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, “This is the real me,”...
View ArticleOne year, ten months, eleven days
1, 10, 11 … I keep looking at these numbers in disbelief. It seems almost incredible that it took me 681 days to hit the publish button again. Ironically enough the last post was called “internal...
View ArticleNative
Like a lone pine facing a furious avalanche of iron horses. Hope taking root, take a stand, peaceful resistance. The solid manifesto named Standing Rock. ~ Native | #in160characters The post Native...
View ArticleBetter things
“You’ll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and old songs, but people more than anything else. You will need other people and you will need to be that...
View ArticleYear-long moment
How much wonder a place reveals? How many stories a face conceals? Traces remaining in the valley of the mind. Memories that once have been moments. ~ year-long moment | #in160characters The post...
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