620 Loft & Garden, Rockefeller Center, New York City
“And It’s been a while but I still feel the same.
Maybe I should let you go.”
Ed Sheeran - Give Me Love <3
Pavement Art (by Kurt Wenner)
Kurt Wenner started doing chalk paintings in the streets of Rome to finance his studies and eventually invented an art form all his own known as Anamorphic or 3D pavement art. His new geometry allows his compositions to rise from or fall into the ground, correcting specific distortions caused by viewing the images at an oblique angle.
When I wake up, well I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who wakes up next to you.
When I go out, yeah I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who goes along with you.
If I get drunk, well I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you.
And if I haver, yeah I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who’s haverin’ to you.
But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles
To fall down at your door
When I’m workin’, yes I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who’s workin’ hard for you.
And when the money comes in for the work I’ll do
I’ll pass almost every penny on to you.
When I come home (when I come home), oh I know I’m gonna be ‘I’m gonna be the man who comes back home to you.
And if I grow old, well I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who’s growing old with you.
But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles
To fall down at your door
Da da-da da (da da-da da)
Da da-da da (da da-da da)
When I’m lonely, well I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man whose lonely without you.
And when I’m dreamin’, well I know I’m gonna dream
I’m gonna dream about the times when I’m with you.
When I go out (when I go out), well I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who goes along with you.
And when I come home (when I come home), yes I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who comes back home to you.
I’m gonna be the man who’s comin’ home to you.
But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles
To fall down at your door
Da da-da da (da da-da da)
Da da-da da (da da-da da)
And I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles
To fall down at your doorthis song… ♥
Ten Relationship Words That Aren't Translatable Into English
Mamihlapinatapei (Yagan, an indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego): The wordless yet meaningful look shared by two people who desire to initiate something, but are both reluctant to start.
Yuanfen (Chinese): A relationship by fate or destiny. This is a complex concept. It draws on principles of predetermination in Chinese culture, which dictate relationships, encounters and affinities, mostly among lovers and friends.
Cafuné (Brazilian Portuguese): The act of tenderly running your fingers through someone's hair.
Retrouvailles (French): The happiness of meeting again after a long time.
Ilunga (Bantu): A person who is willing to forgive abuse the first time; tolerate it the second time, but never a third time.
La Douleur Exquise (French): The heart-wrenching pain of wanting someone you can’t have.
Koi No Yokan (Japanese): The sense upon first meeting a person that the two of you are going to fall into love.
Ya’aburnee (Arabic): “You bury me.” It’s a declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person, because of how difficult it would be to live without them.
Forelsket: (Norwegian): The euphoria you experience when you’re first falling in love.
Saudade (Portuguese): The feeling of longing for someone that you love and is lost. Another linguist describes it as a "vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist."
Oomox (Ferengi): the closest English translation would be 'a stroking of one's earlobes to demonstrate affection' but is much more complicated.
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.
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| — | Kahlil Gibran (via forestofvoices) |
I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.
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| — | Kahlil Gibran, The Madman (via cartographe) |
Seven times have I despised my soul:
The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.
The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.
The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.
The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.
The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.
The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.
And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.
The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.
The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.
The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.
The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.
The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.
The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.
And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.
“
| — | Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam (via aer0phanesorceress) |
Winter Bucketlist?
- Guyanese dance party with my cousins <3
- More videos, more photos, more documentation
- Play day in downtown LA
- Hiking with the Fink in Corona
- Camp or Cabin for a weekend?
- Go sledding and have a snowfight
- Curl up in front of my fireplace with some chai
- Make a Christmas card for everybody
- Decorate a Christmas tree
- Finally print those pictures of the family for my dorm
- Remind my loved ones how important they are
- Re-focus myself on my future, and on reaching my goals
- Throw a winter party for my friends
- Be nicer to my mom and dad
- Treat Bhavani to something special, like Jab Tak Hain Jaan
- Go to Hawthorne and Simi for a few days to hear my grandparents stories
- Hike in the Simi mountains
- Get presents for the family.
- Curl up on my couch at home with blankets and my brother and watch movies
- Come to terms with everything…in time for New Year’s.
