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“She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to…”

“She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.” – Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell (via moaka) via tumblr http://tumblr.guyjames.com/post/54107144088 published on June 28, 2013 at 06:29PM

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“Earth, isn’t this what you want? To arise in us, invisible? Is it not your dream, to enter us…”

“ Earth, isn’t this what you want? To arise in us, invisible? Is it not your dream, to enter us so wholly there’s nothing left outside us to see? What, if not transformation, is your deepest purpose? Earth, my love, I want it too. Believe me, no more of your springtimes are needed to win […]

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“What is necessary, after all, is only this: solitude, vast inner solitude. To walk inside yourself…”

“What is necessary, after all, is only this: solitude, vast inner solitude. To walk inside yourself and meet no one for hours – that is what you must be able to attain.” – Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet (via loveage-moondream) via tumblr http://tumblr.guyjames.com/post/52698661932 published on June 11, 2013 at 11:53AM

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biscodeja-vu: “Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve…

“Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.”  ~Rumi via tumblr http://tumblr.guyjames.com/post/50651844353 published on May 17, 2013 at 04:01PM

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“The now is our self. We are not present in the now. We are the now. The now is not a container that…”

“The now is our self. We are not present in the now. We are the now. The now is not a container that contains our self along with everything else. It is our self, eternal presence.” – Rupert Spira (via colordesignlife) via tumblr http://tumblr.guyjames.com/post/50572734410 published on May 16, 2013 at 02:25PM

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“If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from…”

“If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise.” – Anaïs Nin (via graceandcompany) via tumblr http://tumblr.guyjames.com/post/48928726714 published on April 26, 2013 at 04:01PM

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“Everything in art must spring from the movement of our whole life-stream, of our whole being —…”

“Everything in art must spring from the movement of our whole life-stream, of our whole being — including the unconscious.” – Marc Chagall (via artpropelled) via tumblr http://tumblr.guyjames.com/post/48914027455 published on April 26, 2013 at 08:00AM

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““Is the spring coming?” he said. “What is it like?…” “It is the sun shining on the rain and the…”

“ “Is the spring coming?” he said. “What is it like?…” “It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine…” ” – Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden (via litverve) via tumblr http://tumblr.guyjames.com/post/48677641919 published on April 23, 2013 at 08:00AM

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