Erika Anna

photographer, skateboarder, painter, traveler.

[purplebuddhaquotes]

I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.

Nan Goldin (via purplebuddhaquotes)

[staff]

Polls start opening in under 12 hours but felony convictions disenfranchise more than 5 million people, including 7% of the African-American community. A major contributor to the problem is the school-to-prison pipeline: A system of flawed policies that send at-risk youth—especially people of color—directly into the criminal justice system.

Mic’s The Movement (@the-movemnt​) did an Issue Time on the subject. It’s well worth your time, and it’ll give you plenty to chew on when you ✧･ﾟ*go and vote tomorrow*･ﾟ✧

Art by Tumblr Creatr @jxiaoo

[quoted-books]

May I see the things in front of me as they are, not as I think them to be. May I walk the steps ahead of me one at a time, not wondering if there’s a map. May I say the things that fix things, not break them further apart. May I do what I need to do, not be distracted by what I can’t. May I dream of what I hope for, not of what I fear. May I love you like I love you, not as any other, me.

pleasefindthis, I Wrote This for You

(Iain S. Thomas)

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Before you get angry with her...

Remember that first time you met and you saw her perfect smile. Remember the first time you got the courage to kiss her Remember what it feels like to hold her at night Remember the way you grab her hand when things get stressful and she rubs your thumb with hers Remember how she reminds you that everything will be okay when you get overwhelmed Remember all those times you thought no one could help, but when she came along she did. Remember those late nights you stayed up talking Remember the things you laughed at for hours together Remember the way her eyes shine when she talks about things she loves Remember how her voice sounds when she wakes up

Remember all of these things before you let your anger win and you can’t take back what you said (mean them or not). Eventually “I’m sorry” loses meaning and she will say goodbye. So remember all of these things before its too late and she’s gone.

[irresistible-revolution]

As 47 countries meet in Geneva to take stock of the world’s human-rights performance, Sri Lanka finds itself in the dock, haunted by the legacy of a fierce civil war that spanned two and a half decades and came to a violent end three years ago. The Sri Lankan government is under fire for failing to investigate human-rights violations said to have taken place in the final months of the military’s scorched earth offensive — a relentless battle that destroyed the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam but left behind a bloody trail of civilian casualties. Ratcheting up the international pressure, the U.S. has introduced a resolution to the Human Rights Council calling on the island nation to take steps for reconciliation recommended by Sri Lanka’s own domestic investigation and, perhaps more crucial, to bring to book those responsible on both sides of the conflict for crimes that activists say killed 40,000 civilians in the final stages of the war in 2008 and ’09. (The government figure stands at 9,000.)

Why We Should Be Talking About Sri Lanka

By Niharika MandhanaMarch 09, 2012

(via irresistible-revolution)

[irresistible-revolution]

The Women Ridding Sri Lanka of Landmines

“Jalini, 30, gets to work in the paddy fields in the ‘Vanni’, the 'rice-bowl’ region of northern Sri Lanka. But she isn’t harvesting rice; rather she’s on the hunt for landmines, a deadly legacy of the violent 26 year-long conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers…until the various hidden landmines are identified and removed, the community in Thunnukai can’t work here. Jalini and her fellow de-miners have already found a dozen mines in this field alone, and believe there are some more. Across the north of Sri Lanka, an unknown number of land mines litter the once productive landscape, threatening lives and livelihoods.”

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[adorability]

I love when you become so close with someone that you can see parts of each other in one another and you begin to say the same things and steal lines from one another and have a similar sense of humor and can exchange an inside joke with just a glance you don’t even have to talk because you have such a strong connection with them and you can sit in comfortable silence but also talk for hours it’s really hard to find that kind of compatibility

[thegirlwhocrieswolf]

New piece, hope you like it! xo Lang 

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My NEW book Memories is now available via Amazon, BN.com + The Book Depository

[kushandwizdom]

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Words of emotion

[psych-facts]

Do you think its possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?

Tyler Knott Gregson (via psych-facts)

[whatdoyouthrash]

another backflip from David Gravette

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لا تخلي الالم يحكم حياتك

Don’t let pain control your life.

[psych-facts]

She said, ‘I’m so afraid.’ And I said, ‘why?,’ and she said, ‘Because I’m so profoundly happy. Happiness like this is frightening.’ I asked her why and she said, ‘They only let you be this happy if they’re preparing to take something from you.

Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner (via psych-facts)

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Good Vibes HERE

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