14873 - ITS ALL OK

YOURE NERVOUS BUT ITS OK

YOURE NERVOUS BUT ITS OK 

YOURE NERVOUS BUT ITS OK

YOURE NERVOUS BUT ITS OK

YOURE NERVOUS BUT ITS OK

YOURE NERVOUS BUT ITS OK

YOURE SINGING LIKE THE OJS

BUT ITS NO LONGER LIKE THE OLD DAYS

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14869 - Flight Lights

A man offered me a free pair of shoes and asked what size I wear. I asked him how they run.  He said like they’re free. 

Water Lillies, Claude Monet

Water Lillies, Claude Monet

14863 - Desert Sands

HERE I STAND ERECT. I SHED MY CLOTHES LONG AGO. YOU SEE HOW THE SUN DANCES OFF MY WEATHERED SKIN. IM LIT FROM WITHIN. IVE LIVED THROUGH WARS ALL STORMS TIME AND AGAIN. HERE I STAND. STILL. LIKE THE SANDS OF TIME. MY PRESENCE SO EVIDENT IVE LOST ALL TRACK. I CANT LOOK BACK.

A.P.C., Cairo, 2019

A.P.C., Cairo, 2019

14861 - NO filter

ONE DAY A LARGE PORTION OF THE POPULATION WILL LIVE ENTIRELY IN A VIRTUAL WORLD. THE REST WILL BE “LEFT BEHIND” TO APPRECIATE ALL THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS TO OFFER IN REAL TIME.  THOSE OF US WHO APPRECIATE THE SHOW WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE A PART OF NATURE AND AS SUCH CONTROL VERY LITTLE.  THE OTHERS WILL STRESS OVER EACH AND EVERY DECISION AS THEY ATTEMPT TO OPTIMIZE THEIR LIVES. THERE WAS TIME BEFORE US AND THERE WILL BE TIME AFTER.  WE ARE THE LUCKY FEW WHO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE LUXURY THAT IS TIME/LIFE. SO SHORT IS OUR EXISTENCE IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF HISTORY, A BLIP WITHIN A BLIP WITHIN A BLIP, THAT WE MIGHT AS WELL WALK THROUGH LIFE SEEKING IMMENSE JOY. PAIN AND DEATH ARE CERTAIN AND NECESSARY PARTS OF LIFE. WITHOUT DEATH THERE IS NO LIFE. WITHOUT PAIN THERE IS NO PLEASURE. WE LIVE IN A RELATIVE WORLD. BOTH SIDES ARE NEEDED. EVEN IF YOU DONT NEED TO SEE WHAT I SEE, WE’RE ONLY SEPARATED BY A FEW DEGREES.

COUNTER CULTURE IS CULTURE. THE COUNTERCULTURE IS NOT BASED ON RELIGION. IT IS NOT AFRAID OF DEATH. DOES NOT TRY TO AVOID PAIN, BUT FINDS THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL TO ACT AS A NATURAL BALANCE IN LIFE. THE COUNTERCULTURE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT STATUS. LIVES IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. LIFTS ITS MEMBERS. 

LIFE IS SHORT. APPRECIATE THIS MAGNIFICENT EXPERIENCE AND ALL THAT YOURE ABLE TO WITNESS.  GO EXTREMELY HARD AT BEING YOURSELF. KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL…THAT THERE ARE UNIVERSAL FORCES AT PLAY. RELAX WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE. BE AWARE OF TECHNOLOGY CULTURE WHICH LIKE DRUG CULTURE CAN GRADUALLY REMOVE YOU FROM THE NATURAL WORLD WEAKENING YOU. 

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14859 - Words

CAREFULLY AND BEAUTIFULLY MADE

POOR DESIGN SLOWS DOWN FRUSTRATES

LACKS EMPATHY

DARE TO BE SIMPLE/ELEGANT

WE ARE ALL CHILDLIKE

NATURE IS PERMANENT

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14858 - THE GOOD LIFE

OUR MOVEMENT IS DRIVEN BY OUR DEEP DESIRE TO FIGHT AGAINST A SYSTEM THAT CAUSES DISADVANTAGED YOUTH TO HATE THEMSELVES IN SUCH A MINISCULE WAY, THAT THEY STAND A HALF INCH SHORTER ON AVERAGE.  THAT SELF-HATRED IS BURIED DEEP IN THE SUBCONSIOUS UNBEKNOWNST TO ITS HOST.  THE SEEDS PLANTED EARLY IN LIFE GROW SLOWLY, SLOWLY DETERIORATING SELF-WORTH AND SELF-RESPECT.  THEY GROW INTO SELF SABOTAGE AND DEPRESSION AND DEPRESS THE MAGIC THAT WE ALL POSSESS.  THAT MAGIC IS THE FOUNDATION OF LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE AND GERMINATES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.  THAT KNOWLEDGE IS ROOTED IN LOVE.  THAT MAGIC IS LOVE. 

ONCE THE RESIDUE OF LIFE IS STRIPPED AWAY, INCLUDING SELF-INTEREST, WE BECOME LIGHT.  

WE MAKE EVERY INTERACTION POSITIVE AND BRING THAT ENERGY EVERY DAY. WE SEEK BEAUTY IN THE WORLD AND SURROUND OURSELVES WITH IT.

COMMITMENT IS A DECISION. HAPPINESS IS A CHOICE.

WE ARE A PRODUCT OF OUR STRUGGLES AND WELCOME THE GROWTH AND STRENGTH THAT COME AS RESULT OF CHALLENGE.

WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO LIVE.

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14857 - PYRAMID SCHEMES

MY DREAMS ARE MORE THAN DREAMS THEYRE MORE LIKE VISIONS TO ME/THESE EYES TWO LASER BEAMS/I ADD TO HISTORY/BUILD IT LIKE THE PHARAOHS DID YOU FEEL THE PYRO/THROW IT LIKE IM CUNNINGHAMS KID, YOU SEE THE SPIRAL/ILL PUT LIDS ON THE PYRAMIDS HEADED TO CAIRO/THEY GONNA BE LIKE HERCULES AFTER WHAT I DO/MY MOMMA IS THE DAILAI LAMA SHE LIKE MY EIFFEL/WORLDS GREATEST ARTIST I BELIEVE NO FALSE IDOLS/I KNOW WHAT I DON’T I LEARN THATS THE MAKEUP/GOT A FEW DEGREES TO BURN TO GET THE CAKE UP/YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD HUMBLE ME THATS A JAKOB/BOUGHT TWO PAIR OF DUNGAREES WHEN I WAS NAKED/BEEN ON MY 9-5 SINCE 4 AM BABY CATCH UP/ANGELS UP IN HEAVEN BEEN RAINING DOWN BLESSINS/IM GUIDED BY THE LIGHT YOU KNOW GOD IS IN HIM/IM GUIDED BY THE LIGHT I SEE THE CLOUDS ARE THINNIN/WHATS UP

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