12 posts tagged “ocean”

411. You don't want to know.

Sep 5, 2009
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Tourist

'It may be when we no longer know what to do,

we have come to our real work,

and that when we no longer know which way to go,

we have begun our real journey.'

- Wendell Berry

'Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what is next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.'

- Agnes de Mille

'I'm a modern girl

but I fold in half so easily,

when I put myself

in the picture of success.

I could learn a trade,

or try to map the ocean...'

- Rilo Kiley

406. The truth is changing every minute.

Jul 22, 2009
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Shipshape

'So you tell yourself

I have nowhere to go

I don't know what to do

And I don't even know the time of day

I guess it doesn't matter any way

Life is so strange

Destination unknown

When you don't know

Your destination

Something could change

It's unknown

And then you won't know

Destination unknown

You ask yourself

When will my time come

Has it all been said and done

I know I'll leave when it's my time to go

'Til then I'll carry on with what I know...'

- From the Missing Persons song > Destination Unknown

401. 'I've seen the ocean break on the shore come together with no harm done'

Jun 24, 2009
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Ocean-Lotus

'wish i was ocean size

they cannot move you

no one tries no one pulls you

out from your hold

like a tooth aching a jawbone...

i was made with a heart of stone

to be broken

with one hard blow

I've seen the ocean

break on the shore

come together with no harm done...

it ain't easy living...

i want to be

as deep

as the ocean

mother ocean

some people tell me

home is in the sky

in the sky lives a spy

i want to be more like the ocean

no talking

all action...

no talking

all action...'

- Jane's Addiction, Ocean Size

396. Rolling at your feet...

May 22, 2009
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Edge

'You need not leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. You need not even listen, simply wait. You need not even wait, just learn to become quiet, and still, and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no choice; it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.'

- Franz Kafka

'Like my mind is disconnected, but my heart is wired...'

- Ani Difranco

379. The Law of Oneness

Mar 2, 2009
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Hawaii

'In learning to call on the medicine of any person, creature, or natural force, one must maintain an attitude of reverence and be willing to accept assistance. For instance, small native children know that if they are lost, they may call on the medicine of their parents. This brings to the child the strength of the parents, even though they are not physically present. The parents will feel the pull of the child's need, and oftentimes will be able to see psychically through the eyes of their child and determine its location. This is a kind of power that comes from the idea of unity, and of each being having within itself a part of all other beings. It is the law of oneness.

It is also possible to call upon the power or medicine of an animal when one is in need of specific talents. As all things in this universe have the same building block - the atom - it is relatively safe to assume that we all communicate through the common denominator of each atom, which is the creative force...'

- Jamie Sams & David Carson, Medicine Cards

360. 'This is true love... you think this happens everyday?' - The Princess Bride

Feb 14, 2009
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TwoDolphins

'Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more.'
- Erica Jong

355. 'Energy and persistance conquer all things.' - Ben Franklin

Feb 9, 2009
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Jeff-Ocean

'I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they are lucky.'

- Katherine Hepburn

343. Tuned in.

Jan 17, 2009
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Santa-Monica

Beginning to feel like a radio, finally tuned to the right channel - picking up the right frequency and knowing what to do next. It's nice.

'Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.'
- John Updike

'Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.'
- Harriet Beecher Stowe

'The future belongs to those who prepare for it.'
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

256. Land Ho!

May 2, 2008
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Golden-Ticket

You know we are conjurers here - using our powers only for the forces of good, of course. Recently we learned a new phrase and it has truly tickled our fancy - "Signs of Land." It alludes to the little rewards that foretell the big ones. The story goes that when Colombus was crossing the high seas, with no land in sight and his sailors threatening mutiny, he spied birds and then branches floating in the water which assured him land was near. The birds and twigs served as signs of land, promising success even when the ships seemed to be drifting through an endless sea. Can't perfectly articulate why this phrase has affected us so heartily, perhaps we are seeing signs of land as we sail the seas of our own lives and are pleased to have a nifty new phrase to describe such phenomena.

212. Dive right in...

Mar 13, 2008
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As-You-Wish-Cliffs

New feature here at Citrine - Virtual Nature Therapy. Just when you need it most, we'll give you a peek into the wild world. Every VNT (Virtual Nature Therapy) image is scientifically and magically designed to soothe. Enjoy...

"The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out." ~Annie Dillard, via QuoteGarden.com.