Tagged: words - 6/17 - Free People Blog

“My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.” - Ernest Hemingway (…) Read more »

“Be patient wild eyes. Soon will come a storm to tame you. Let her winds surround you. Match her fury and let fires reign. There is no escape. Nature means what she does.” click on images for sources; quote unknown. (…) Read more »

DO: embrace change. One of the life lessons that comes with age, is that life is not always the same – there are many phases, and change is a continual force that will take hold of your life as it progresses. Before the change comes, it’s typical to be in a state of limbo. You’re (…) Read more »

At the start of Jitterbug Perfume, on the page in between the dedication and the start of the saga, the author included four quotes. These quotes seem strange in proximity with each other, but they tell you a great deal about the journey you are about to embark on and I felt the need to (…) Read more »

“I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night…” – Sylvia Plath (…) Read more »

every once in a while i hit a creative block and need to do something to snap myself out of it, and get inspired. this helped last week. ways to stay creative via; part of my new desk moodboard. what do you do to spark your creativity? (…) Read more »

I looked into all of your suggestions for the book club and decided to pick Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins! I’ve mentioned my love for this author before on the blog, and have always considered doing one of his books, but I actually just happened to re-read jitterbug perfume and felt like the time was (…) Read more »

I picked up this vintage postcard at Uncommon Objects in Austin. I loved it because it made me think – so for today’s Monday quote, I want you all to write your own quote by completing the phrase: “I never did, but always thought I would like to _____” (top image source) (…) Read more »

“How hard it is to escape from places. However carefully one goes they hold you – you leave little bits of yourself fluttering on the fences – like rags and shreds of your very life.” ~Katherine Mansfield click images for sources. (…) Read more »

one of our lovely readers, mae, made the second image… so inspiring. image one. (…) Read more »

“if i discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that i was made for another world” - c.s. lewis image 1, 2. (…) Read more »

what a field-day for the heat a thousand people in the street singing songs and carrying signs mostly say, hooray for our side it’s time we stop, hey, what’s that sound everybody look what’s going down - buffalo springfield (…) Read more »