Baths

I recently hung out with some old distant high school friends. Usually that's something I don't like and I stay away very far from, but I really enjoyed it. Everyone was engaged in really interesting things, like farming, copywriting in LA, playing music in a band, traveling the world, and moving to a new big city up north. One of our friends is in this Bath's video Lovely Bloodflow (the main character). What an amazing video! I already loved aminals by Baths, but hadn't listened to much more. I guess Baths is in a similar school (group of thought) to someone (a DJ of sorts) my coworker follows from LA. He was telling me about the offbeat clicking and clapping of found sounds, like pens they use. Anyways it was refreshing to be around different and new ideas. I constantly surround myself with the same people, and sometimes just based on proximity I forget so much more exists! I'm obsessed with Rain Smell right now, it's so sad and beautiful. I think sometimes the sad and beautiful songs just remind me of the human experience that we are all apart of. Reminds me of a quote I read recently that went something like, "Only when one experiences true sadness can he feel happiness in its true meaning" ..let your heart be broken into a million pieces. Sadness has the power to introduce a crack into our reality...and cracks ... are how the light gets in. I paraphrased from a few quotes at the end there, but I really feel like I've experienced a truly broken heart, and I don't really know if you recover or if you just survive and you're just better and more beautiful for it. To have loved. I want to love again.

John Steinbeck

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

Hesse

"I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?"

Art is Forever

"Art is Forever was a project that attempted to foster a more meaningful connection between the Portland Art Museum and its visitors. Several Portland artists were selected and given the opportunity to create illustrations inspired by their visits to the Portland Art Museum. These illustrations were made available as free tattoos on a first come, first served basis throughout the entire day."

Clementine von Radics

For women who are tied to the moon, love alone is not enough. We insist each day wrap it’s knuckles through our heart strings and pull. The lows. The joy. The poetry. We dance at the edge of a cliff, you have fallen off. So it goes. You will climb up again.

You rare girl, once again, you have a body that belongs to no lover, to no father, belongs to no one but you. Wear your sorrow like the lines on your palm. Like a shawl to keep you warm at night. Don’t mourn the love that is lost to you now. It is a book of poems whose meters worked their way into your pulse. Even if it has slipped from your hands, it will stay in your body.

You loved a man who treated you like absinthe, half poison and half god. He tried to sweeten you, to water you down. So you left. And now you have your heart all to yourself again. A heart like a stone cottage. Heart like a lover’s diary. Hope like an ocean.

new bracelets

new bracelets i made:

 ohio, camo, pendleton, mustard, indian summer, camping

vintage mermaid nest

somewhere to dream, craft, listen to music, bbq, and hang out with my fellow mer ladies

QUOTES

"NEVER LOST ONLY SEARCHING"

"TRUST YOUR STRUGGLE"

QUESTION?

Why has no photographer done a coffee table book on tattoos at water parks all over the country?

Coachella Inspo

i'm gonna stop by the dinosaurs in palm springs and get my picture taken by a stranger with the dinos on my way out to indio.

ink aesthetics

went from having 1 tattoo to 3 today

PASSPORT PLANS

1. Cambodia

2. Thailand

3. Bali

4. India

5. Croatia

6. Hawaii

7. Australia

8. Japan

9. Iceland

10. France

Louise Gray

Kloset

I stumbled upon Kloset Design on Instagram, and fell in love. I made a note to search out their website later on. unfortunately I found their main site to be pretty hard to navigate and I couldn't find any other stockists although they say they sell to America!? Yey?! Their Facebook page is easier to use to view current collections - and their store locations in Thailand look gorgeous! I wish I knew their price range, I definitely want to visit a store while in Thailand.