Quoteworthy

"At that instant he saw, in one blaze of light, an image of unutterable conviction, the reason why the artist works and lives and has his being--the reward he seeks--the only reward he really cares about, without which there is nothing. It is to snare the spirits of mankind in nets of magic, to make his life prevail through his creation, to wreak the vision of his life, the rude and painful substance of his own experience, into the congruence of blazing and enchanted images that are themselves the core of life, the essential pattern whence all other things proceed, the kernel of eternity."
-Thomas Wolfe 1900-1938












Now Playing: "(At) The End (of a Rainbow)" by Earl Grant

Quoteworthy

"Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things: air, sleep, dreams, sea, the sky- all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it."
-Cesare Pavese 1908-1950














Now Playing: "Let Her Go" by Peer Kusiv (Passenger Remix)

All Souls' Day

I didn't intend to get all biblical on my blog but I came across this quote on Pinterest. Whether you're a believer or not, I think its message is really powerful. I was raised Roman Catholic (schooling and all). I appreciate the traditions of the church (especially the beauty of the mass and the Saints) but I consider myself far more spiritual than religious. I certainly don't agree with many of the church's beliefs and practices. I'd also be lying if I said I attended mass regularly (or much at all any more). But on All Souls' Day, I like to reflect on the people in my life who are no longer here in the physical world and imagine what the next level of dimension has in store...

For further information on some of the interesting folklore and celebrations surrounding All Souls' Day, read here.

Now Playing: "Sway" by The Kooks

*As I do on many, many occasions but it seems more apropos on All Souls' Day.