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I didn't touch anything for this, they just told me that whenever you laugh so hard you can't stop, that that happiness is what yellow looks like.

How colors were described to a child who could not see.

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There is so much hurt in this game of searching for a mate, of testing, trying. And you realize suddenly that you forgot it was a game, and turn away in tears.

Sylvia Plath

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(via 24 Brilliant Portmanteaus You Should Add To Your Vocabulary)

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NOMA JAPAN // Here’s what it’s like to eat at the world’s best restaurant

16 courses of heaven, I’m sure. How do I obtain this?

[luxx-life]

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CHLØË BLACK // 27 CLUB

Welcome to the club.

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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught. – Ai Wei Wei

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For immigrant parents raised in Asia’s all-or-nothing test cultures, a good education is not just a measure of success — it’s a matter of survival. They see academic achievement as a moral virtue…

LA Times // “For Asian Americans, a changing landscape on college admissions”

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As any mathematically minded person will tell you, it’s a fine balance between having the patience to wait for the right person and the foresight to cash in before all the good ones are taken.

The Mathematics of Love by Hannah Fry

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…the six varieties of love found in ancient Greek philosophy: eros, or sexual passion; phila, a more virtuous love often translated as “friendship”; ludus, the playful affection between children or casual lovers; pragma, the mature love and deep understanding that develop in lasting relationships; agape, the selfless love extended to all human beings, offered unconditionally and with no expectation of reciprocity; and philautia, or self-love, which can be both negative, manifested as greed and narcissism (after the myth of Narcissus), and positive, as a nourishing broadening of our capacity for all love, starting from within.

brainpickings.org

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clear (at Los Angeles Public Library)

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THE SONG OF THE MOMENT // IGNITION/DO YOU [PHOEBE RYAN COVER] (WINxWOO REMIX) This is everything.

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I have been so brutally aware of the mistakes I have been making lately and this exemplifies how and why I should forgive myself to move forward. 

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SERGEI POLUNIN IN TAKE ME TO CHURCH //

It humbles me that we are both creatures of this earth.

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Sia - Elastic Heart feat. Shia LaBeouf //

I am not usually one for music videos (or Shia LaBeouf…) but wow, stunning and powerful.

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The Best Places to Play Hooky in LA

Who hasn’t called in sick at least once with a malady more psychological than actually physical in nature? Sometimes you just need to get your Abe Froman, Sausage King vibe on and…

A little nudge in the right direction for my day(s) off ;)

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John Steinbeck on love

In a letter to his son: 

New York

November 10, 1958

Dear Thom:

We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.

First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.

Second — There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.

You say this is not puppy love. If you feel so deeply — of course it isn’t puppy love.

But I don’t think you were asking me what you feel. You know better than anyone. What you wanted me to help you with is what to do about it — and that I can tell you.

Glory in it for one thing and be very glad and grateful for it.

The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.

If you love someone — there is no possible harm in saying so — only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.

Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.

It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another — but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

Lastly, I know your feeling because I have it and I’m glad you have it.

We will be glad to meet Susan. She will be very welcome. But Elaine will make all such arrangements because that is her province and she will be very glad to. She knows about love too and maybe she can give you more help than I can.

And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Love,

Fa