don't hold yourself like that, you'll hurt your knees

at one point in time one summer ago,
i remember thinking:

i could die right this second and be satisfied because i know everything there is to know about myself and the universe

and looking back now, i see how silly that is & i will never make such a statement again

you see, the beauty of life is in the processs
the blind faith
we are always walking in dark rooms with our hands feeling
my ability to grow is as unfathomably large as the galaxies we are a single grain of sand swirling amongst

i don't know what i'm doing
and that's the best part

right about now

-scheming my zombie walk getup
-deciding which yoga website to drop money on
-desiring to skip out of town
-wondering where i can get my photography hung up
-dreaming about the big skies i am headed for
-digesting my favorite meal of hummus kale and carrots
-bonding with my brudder
-procrastinating laundry
-oozing with possibilities

i'm in love with the world

i have been writing in my red leather graph paper journal since september 10, 2010. i use it as a device for my own sanity. i can't sleep unless i transfer words to paper.
sometimes i take for granted how much of my life i carry around in a falling-apart book.

it's my art.

time means nothing

we're all right where we're supposed to be
we're all right where we're supposed to be
we're all right where we're supposed to be

just in case you didn't know

the medical system is wack.
i know because i spent 2 uncomfortable hours in a clinic this morning
where they tell me my results are abnormal
but won't tell me what that means

all these men were shot

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. -Martin Luther King, Jr


Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be a s big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. 
-John F. Kennedy

 If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
-John Lennon

dios fucking mio

i am drowning in documentaries and my insides are burning up and i can't sit still because everything is corrupt.

truth is like a bad date that stands you up more often than it shows up,
and when it does it hands you the check and all the blame.

i'm out to change that. sitting here on my dog-haired couch, i know that in the not-too-far-off future i will be taking photos of wars, disasters and the like, writing it all down and fighting to let it be seen and understood.

i changed the name of this blog to ASK QUESTIONS. and i mean it. elitist leaders feast off of  a stagnant, apathetic audience. it's a classic case in history and the trouble is we keep letting it happen because we think it's out of our control. we are convinced the world is going to end with a bang, but it's been ending since it started. humanity has continually raped the earth and each other; advancing in technology while barely reaching infanthood in respect for life. it doesn't have to be that way.


all it takes is awareness. like Henry Miller said,

be joyously drunkenly serenely divinely aware

i think it's a common misconception that everything is fine, and that the government is looking out for us, and that God will save us all in the end so it really doesn't matter what we do as long as we do it with a good heart. i'm not here to judge, only to spread what i see and to ask others to do the same. watch the news with a critical eye. read up on your history. look around you. listen to views you might think are crazy. develop an objective eye and the ability to decide for yourself what is true.


the world is indeed shifting; it's our love that leads the way