at the core

i like the word core. if i were to ever write a book, open a store, start a business, create a website, i would probably name it CORE. Maybe Core with a K? Not sure about that little detail, but that's the the point anyway. So today I decided to google the phrase "at the core" just to see what would pop up and to see if any of the results were interesting, surprising, or if they resonated with me and my affinity for this word. So with that said, here's a synopsis of the search results....



sustainability at the core



neuroethics at the core



arts at the core



at the core: grasping reality with both hands



crisis at the core



solid at the core



change at the core



success at the core

saturday morning.

nothing like cramming a micky d's sausage and biscuit in your mouth on saturday morning while sitting on your front porch also while you're on a semi diet and two very health conscious people walk by with a baby who i'm sure will grow up to eat lots of vegetables. then the baby starts crying so the parents stop right in front of your house to tend to said child. meanwhile, you quickly do some mental exercises as to weather you should continue to stuff your mouth with greasy goodness. the answer is yes. who cares if the baby is crying?

that thing you do.

i'm sure there are an endless amount of strange pointless things that i do routinely, but i noticed one in particular today. and i caught myself almost laughing out loud because it really is something quite silly. so a lot of times at work i go to the bathroom (sounds normal, right?). i'm sure everyone does that at work several times during the day. but i go probably more than the average person because a lot of times i go just to walk around, look in the mirror, check my teeth, make sure my clothes are still properly aligned on my body the way i prefer, etc... well, when i go to the bathroom without the intent to actually use the bathroom, i prefer for no one else to be in there. so if anyone is in there, i fake cough and walk in the stall and fake blow my nose. pretty frequently, people will ask me if i have a cold and a lot of times i lie and say yes. i need to stop doing this. it really makes no sense and sadly it just hit me today what a senseless act it is. i've done if for at least two years. people probably think i have a permanent cold. either that or they think that i am an idiot for trying to conceal my vanity. end of today's random blurb. happy weekending.

6 years later.

"These days come and go, but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they slip as silently away. "
-Ralph Waldo Emerson



This was my senior (high school) quote. I honestly just kind of randomly picked it out late one night. My mom always liked Emerson therefore I had read some of his work. Normally, I would pine over this type of decision, but for some reason I just saw this, immediately liked it, and without second guessing myself, submitted it as my senior quote. And in retrospect, I don't regret it one bit. Maybe that's how I should approach every decision in my life. I feel like that's what I'm doing a lot of the time...not using the gifts these days bring. I see these days. I see what they offer and their worth, but am I really embracing them with everything I have? I don't know the answer to that and I am fairly certain that if the answer were yes that I would undoubtedly know it. I feel like some tiny portion of me is still waiting to get to this place in life where I am certain that I'm living the life that I'm meant to live. But I think I've come to the realization that that I probably NEVER going to happen. Not because i'm pessimistic. I just don't think that anyone ever truly reaches that point. Sure, there are times when I feel that way, but those times are fleeting. And truthfully, I guess I wouldn't want to ever reach that point. Life is a constant fight. As I face ups and downs, my persepective on life changes. Right now? I definitely see it as a fight. But definitely a worthwhile one. And definitely a fight that includes breaks. Breaks in the form of good friends, a beautiful spring day, and just the simple things in life. Okay, now I'm beginning to bore myself. But I really am serious about all this. Promise. Just time for me to go! And experience a break. I take lots of those. And I'll take all I can get. I need to work on my fighting skills....

friday's favortites: new and old

the middle.

i admit i've never read Middlemarch. It seems a little daunting at 800 pages. Neverthless, I came across this quote from the book yesterday and wanted to take note of it. It really resonated with me and how true is it? very! I was needing some inspiration and this quote provided a quiet, yet powerful type. And not to mention these paintings provided a little as well.

"But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not as ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs."
— George Eliot (final lines - Middlemarch)

Michelle Armas

no place like home?

for quite a while, there's been something lurking inside me telling me that i should get the heck out of memphis? why? well, there's several reasons. first and foremost, i've pretty much lived here my whole life and that's just not an acceptable thing to do. or is it? honestly, i can't answer that question nor can anyone for that matter. while yes there is something to be said for moving and experiencing something new, something fresh, i don't think that necessarily means that you have to move to experience life to its fullest. anyway, i'm still at a loss at what i'm supposed to be doing today, what i should do tomorrow, next year, or what i was supposed to do yesterday. but the important thing is just to keep doing, right?

anywayyy, this article was really though provoking and made me question why i want to move and whether its due to my own fears and insecurities with my current situation or because it's God's will. answers to come probably in several years or probably never ( at least in this lifetime ).

and as an extremely irrelevant sidenote, i really like this illustration of the united states that RELEVANT had with the article. pretty!

happy reading! happy wednesday! sorry for the misspelling and grammar mistakes.

RELEVANT magazine article

don't forget.

hanging out.

Bench Monday. The Cat edition.
Originally uploaded by *Simple pleasure

something to remember.

i am one
Originally uploaded by francesca-jane

recently.

new project

so i'm very excited because my new project is to re-do my sister's room. this is the first time i've actually decorated for anyone else. i already have a slew of ideas running through the brain. the problem is finding the actual items at a decent price. here's some that i've collected into the idea folder so far... all from ETSY, Target, Modcloth.

zzzzz's and wallpapers

3redapples

to die for vintage wallpapers

monday's topic: hands.

i've come across abby's work from abbytryagain time and time again. so finally here's some of my favorites from her gorgeous collection!

abbytryagain

friday--> party, hoorah

jennifer costello

nobody but you.

recent etsy art favorites.

prettylittlethieves


siiso

gwilson

movies?

This is quite a provoking article from RELEVANT magazine on why we love watching movies. Obviously the artistic medium discussed here is cinema, but I found several of the statements made in this article applicable to why I love art, photography, etc. Seeing reality through a different set of eyes. A set of eyes that transforms the mundane into something beautiful.

Anyway, just wanted to bookmark this article and share a quote from it by Paul Tillich.....“in the proximate, the daily, the apparently small, there is hidden in truth the metaphysical; the here-and-now is the place where meaning is disclosed, where our existence must find interpretation, if it can find an interpretation at all.”

yes, please.

this photo from a day that is dessert makes me very happy.

artist: Mizue Hirano

Love these watercolors from freelance japanese artist Mizue Hirano. I would love to have one of these hanging on my walls, but I don't think that is a possibility.

mizue hirano

there's no denying...

three.

3 things i want/borderline need to do... re-decorate my house, take more pictures, and maybe learn a thing or two about graphic design.

smile because it happened

jessica hische

it shines.

remember.

change.

with spring just around the corner, i'm itching for a change. not necessarily a big change. just something refreshing. i want to make some changes to my house. it's been the same for about a year and that's much too long for me. hopefully this will take place relatively soon. it seems i've recently taken to white rooms. i doubt i'll be painting any of my rooms white as my white bathroom floors already cause considerable frustration.

thought of the day

lola's room

it's spring!

well, not quite. but once March arrives, i officially say farewell to winter. and i couldn't be happier about it.

lovely sweet william

a start.

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

-Lucille Ball

kristy bee photography

quotes and spaces

darling dexter and sfgirlbybay