imbaurrrra

...and a folk hat to match with that
imbaurrra, a piece of my spirit.

hikes to peep imbaurra
smith & mudd - delivery man

el campo
march fourth marching band
(myspace pagina)

angulos
zee avi - monte

::casa maya::

imbaaburrrra. for the first time in a while i reeeally miss the otavalo bubble kittykat and i made. the naturalness of ecuador and the simplicity of life: markets, raw foods, walks, runs, reading, researching, painting, and working all our creative energies through our hands. signing out from each day when the sun went down around 730 and waking up with it in the morning, 12 equatorial hours later in the same complete stillness. i miss the itttle tiny things that brought us our happiest moments. 50cent mango day was the epitome of completeness. until, that is, we met coconut man. coconut man blew our world right open when we first connected with his lush fruit. when coconut man aligned with our sight, it was pure synchronicity. from across the plaza we'd spot him and sprint shamelessly to catch up to his bicycle-cart. undoubtably, z best in z whole, whole wide wurrrl.

we were soo well aware that the space in that time and place that we were a part of was soo special. pushing ourselves to live in los pequenos momentitos. in the beginning i can remember thinking that this experience could quite possibly be the most boring time of my entire life but in fact it taught me a valuable lesson in reevaluating what boredom is.

i have a new appreciation for boredom especially now that i live in the middle of london. i sometimes find myself craving that simplicity of life juxtaposed with la natura. casa maya was about figuring out how to be ok with simple. lately ive been dreaming of climbing imbarura to catch the winds at the top and take huuuge gulps of the fresh, andes aire. i've been thinking about how warm the sun was and how predictable the midday sky would be. clear, bleu, and soo magnetic. the sun was so strong that my freckles would come out just from taking a walk into town, radiating that vitamin d. momentitos.

view from zzz hammock
smoke fairies ft. martin dean - the green blade rises


walks into town
lo-fi-fink - marchin' in

heifer international
grizzly bear - boy from school (hot chip cover)


bus stops
mock & toof - underwater (alternative dub version)


our avocado, lemon tree garden
massive attack - paradise circus

soliloquists of sound

tunes on repeat:
tallest man on earth - the gardener

shelby sisters - are you devo

the avett brothers - i and love and you

dcup - style (hemingway remix)

fool's gold - surprise hotel

fool's gold - nadine (memory tapes remix)



lusine - two dots ft. vilja larjosto

places and spaces

the natureal.

it gives a soul to the universe
wings to the mind
flight to the imagination
a charm to sadness
and life to everything.
fine music is the essence of order
and leads to all that is just and good
of which it is the invisible
but nevertheless dazzling,
passionate and eternal form

— plato

magic exists. who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. it is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.

.my.lucky.puppy.


.best.seat.in.the.adirondacks.


.self.and.soul.oregon.


.wisteria.in.talent.

planetary evolutions
conjoined minds
watching these
binary central stars fuse together visceral pieces
stellar winds drift views apart
magnetic fields give the impetus to coalesce
eyes see through opposite sides of prisms
as light disperses
reflecting, refracting, retracting

feeling colors inside out

patience of good and bad
letting each others schisms just bee

inside the galactic recycler

numero de vida

-7-

siete
"approaching life with curiosity, optimism, and a sense of adventure, wide-eyed, rapt anticipation of all the good things about the world. bold and vivacious, pursuing life with a cheerful determination"



feeling like a vivacious velvelicious
a good one for the proprieties
the totality of this new reality
virtually sparkling with vitality



"all that glitters is not gold
often have you heard that told
many a man his life hath sold"



yiddish word 'chutzpah': brash nerviness



"make it up as we go along
feet on the ground
head in the sky..."



"...she lifted up her wings
guess that this must be the place
...home"

sunshine and shadows
fixed against cinematic soirées
gramophones crackling
beeing  still
listening and feeling
re: repeat

dance on glass

magic...
for like ever, ever

where i'm at right now:
joy orbison
(for the megamix)
joy orbison - j.doe
technotronic - move this
mumford & sons - awake my soul
gold panda - quitters raga
(sunstreamed video)

"most people dream in colour. i feel in colour."

— jeanette winterson

"perfection is static, and i am in full progress."

— anais nin



" we have art so that we will not be destroyed by the truth"

— friedrich nietzsche"



“she didn’t giggle wildly and blush when she saw him
and she didn’t chalk his name on trees
or write it on the walls of the bridge.
she just simply lived with his face in her heart."

"you can never have the use of the inside
of the cup without the outside
the inside and outside go together. they're one."
- alan watts

::for::velvita::
(because you're mi favorite)

in all her parts things grow
between her eyes
upon her nose
around her toes
people strrretch to get closer
bending,
twisting,
turning,
they come running from miles
with baskets in hand
catching the flecks of the light she sheds
they grow in numbers around her
she is a root
so bold
her body so extravagant
her mind, our gold
she is,
the cat's meow.

paper moves
.life on earth.

electra on azalea paths

"if picasso drips, i drip"
- archile gorky, 1934



"the ambiguity in my work is necessary for the poetic effect"
-joan miro



"chance was a crucial strategy for a wide number of artists associated with surrealism. it represented a release form the constraints of the rational world that had parallels with their interest in dreams and beyond."
<3
- poetry & dream, surrealism & beyond : tate modern



.sunny.sultry.sundays.



"it should never be about competition
although sometimes its competition
that inspires us the most"



"this life is what you make it. no matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. but the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess up. girls will be your friends, they'll act like it anyway. but just remember, some come, some go. the ones that stay with you through everything- they're your true best friends. don't let go of them. also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. as for lovers, well, they come and go too. and babe, i hate to say it, most of them, actually pretty much all of them, are going to break you heart. but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soul mate. you'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. keep trying, hold on, and always always always believe in yourself, because if you don't then who will, sweetie? so keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing & there's so much to smile about"

- marilyn monroe



truth
appreciation for the present, respect for the future
where you invest your love, you invest your life
-mannis trifecta


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