make it sing

today i'm listening to: ragged wood - fleet foxes

hey there, cupcake.

thought i'd shift a blog into the abyss

just because i wanna...

and because infinity doesn't keep track

of all the things you do

(only you do, so lighten up).

i haven't been outdoors much this summer,

but i'm hoping to change that

quite immediately.

(heading to the palm desert this weekend...

AKA leisure, california)

life is constantly changing and developing.

and this hurtling train/falling plane/speeding car i've been riding for the past six months

DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SLOWING DOWN.
[occupational hazard, i presume.]

so
instead of waiting for the calm,

i've decided to regroup, reevaluate,
and TRY TO MAKE TIME FOR MYSELF. 

i guess

i thought the process of becoming an adult would take a few years

but maybe life's not about becoming an adult.

perhaps we should all focus less

on WHAT we're becoming

and instead,  just focus on the becoming.

and make it beautiful.

fuck it,

MAKE IT SING.

don't ask yourself

what the world needs

ask yourself

what makes you come alive

because what the world needs

is people to come alive.

so little of what could happen does happen.

-dali

sometimes it's important to remember what a tiny speck you are.

my two favorite things!

i'm off to shimmy, shake, and glow around the edges.

there is something

in every one of you

that waits and listens

for the sound of the genuine in yourself.

it is the only true guide you will ever have.

and if you cannot hear it,

you will

all of your life

spend your days on the ends of strings

that somebody else pulls.

-howard thurman

xoxo. -tory

sing a rebel song

today i'm listening to: every teardrop is a waterfall- coldplay

fuck yes. new coldplay.

I TURN THE MUSIC UP,

I GOT MY RECORDS ON
I SHUT THE WORLD OUTSIDE

UNTIL THE LIGHTS COME ON
MAYBE THE STREETS ALIGHT,

MAYBE THE TREES ARE GONE
I FEEL MY HEART START BEATING

TO MY FAVORITE SONG

AND ALL THE KIDS THEY DANCE,

ALL THE KIDS ALL NIGHT
UNTIL MONDAY MORNING

FEELS ANOTHER LIFE
I TURN THE MUSIC UP
I'M ON A ROLL THIS TIME
AND HEAVEN IS IN SIGHT

I TURN THE MUSIC UP,

I GOT MY RECORDS ON
FROM UNDERNEATH THE RUBBLE

SING A REBEL SONG
DON'T WANT TO SEE ANOTHER

GENERATION DROP
I'D RATHER BE A COMMA

THAN A FULL STOP

MAYBE I'M IN THE BLACK,

MAYBE I'M ON MY KNEES
MAYBE I'M IN THE GAP

BETWEEN THE TWO TRAPEZES
BUT MY HEART IS BEATING

AND MY PULSES START
CATHEDRALS IN MY HEART

AND WE SAW OH THIS LIGHT I SWEAR YOU,

EMERGE BLINKING INTO
TO TELL ME IT'S ALRIGHT
AS WE SOAR WALLS,

EVERY SIREN IS A SYMPHONY

 

it's summer!!

and allllllllll i wanna do is...

TRAVELLLLLL and TRAVELLLLLL and TRAVELLLLLL

"the sun may rise in the east but at least it settles in a finer location"-RedHotChiliPeppers

photo by: druckerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

i seek help from my friend called the radio

xoxo. -tory