musings, quotes and other dreamy thoughts

Hopeless optimist who wants to be happy no matter the world full of pessimists and schemers who attempt to diffuse the spirit. A bright-eyed believer, a faith-keeper, a lover of life. Absolute book bug who swears by the written word and worships its author. My kind of ideal life is one that of a fiercely independent, knowledge-hungry traveler - who digs the beach life, all kinds of local food, strangers, new cultures and books alike. I have made this blog to collect my thoughts in one place, so that they don't get lost anywhere as I go floating and racing through life.

[risarodil]

Expressing my love for the written word the next best way I know how—through illustration and typography. Here’s to all the books that kept us up at night, the pages we turn to for comfort, and to all the words yet to be written.

To motivate you to beat your reading goals for the year, I’ve created a 2017 calendar out of these designs—with each month having its own bookish illustration. If that’s your thing, you can check the calendar here.

As for the rest—prints, shirts, mugs, and more are available at: RedBubble | Society6 | TeePublic

[risarodil]

Happy #BookLoversDay!

[canvasofthecosmos-oldacct]

The Signs As Colors

Aries: the cool blue of the morning becoming sky blue as the sun rises Taurus: the opulent purity of a white pearl fresh from the ocean Gemini: the inviting pink of a nursery for a baby fresh out of the maternity ward Cancer: the soft taupe of faux fur around a set of silk-gloved arms Leo: the bright yellow spots in your eyelids the blinding sun leaves when you step outside and rub your eyes Virgo: the rich brown of the drying earth around crops ready for harvesting Libra: the pastel orange glow around the sun as it sets in the west  Scorpio: the angry blood red on the cheeks of someone who is painfully embarrassed  Sagittarius: the deep purple of a royal cloak rustling in the breeze  Capricorn: the shining bit of lead gray at the tip of a freshly sharpened pencil Aquarius: the electric green in circuits that light up a neon sign  Pisces: the near-black of a choppy, glistening sea you had never seen before

[thegirlthatwantstheworld]

~Baby girl we’re gonna be legends~

[scrubsandkilos-deactivated20190]

I want all of it. Your sleepy mumbling. Your drunken embarrassment. Your silly faces. Your anger. Your dance moves. Your anxiety. Your apologies. Your sadness. Your stern looks. Your claustrophobia. Your exasperated tone. Your frustrations. Your past. I want all of it. I want all of you.

[justatiredafmom]

I’m hitting a new level of not giving a fuck it’s honestly inspiring.

[littlealienproducts]

[phineaslightfoot-deactivated201]

CANNOT REBLOG FAST ENOUGH

[fullten-deactivated20240430]

Because its safer to be nobody than a woman

[floristic]

[otherdreamythoughts]

me:Oh god, there's so much to do and I barely have enough time to do it!!

me:(naps)

me four hours later: OH GOD!!!!

me:(naps)

[carolinedemaigret]

❤Women’s rights are Human rights ❤ Stand up and protect our rights, don’t be passive. Be the change! See you tomorrow Paris 🇫🇷 at 2pm #Trocadero (à Trocadéro (Paris Métro))

[refiningfire]

[otherdreamythoughts]

What the signs fall in love with

Aries: passion, caring, sharing things, darkness, stability, mutual feelings

Taurus: honesty, common interests, passionate and meaningful conversations

Gemini: deep talks, stargazing, feeling special, make out sessions

Cancer: honesty, emotional trust, pretty eyes, loyalty, sweetness

Leo: confidence, uniqueness, cute laughs, night drives,

Virgo: communication, intellect, sensitivity, quality time, aesthetical prettiness

Libra: playfulness, closeness, caring words, keeping promises, adoration

Scorpio: mysteries, passionate kisses, inside jokes, intense staring, good humor

Sagittarius: freedom, late nights, good smells, cute smiles, small talk

Capricorn: faithfulness, happiness, dancing, passion, hard working people

Aquarius: breaking rules, laughs, mind connections, softness

Pisces: affection, coziness, observant minds, inside jokes, organization

[otherdreamythoughts]

says they love you and they do: Cancer, Pisces, Taurus, Sagittarius

doesn’t say they love you, but they do: Capricorn, Scorpio, Virgo, Aquarius, Aries

says they love you, but they don’t: Libra, Leo, Gemini

[uptional]

[love-this-pic-dot-com]

Morse Code A Visual Guide

[crystalinecoyote]

sammiwolfe important to our lives lol XD

[jankydog]

Oh oh my god now Morse code actually makes SENSE when you lay it out like that

[revysprite-deactivated20170502]

Awesome!!

[ironykins]

This is also nice, if you want to decode morse code quickly. 

[goldendragon22]

that avl tree though

[ironykins]

That’s not a coincidence! Naturally, it’s less work to transmit shorter sequences of dots and dashes, so we try to use up all the shorter sequences first. Basically, this means that we fill in all the branches at one level of this tree before moving onto the next. The result is a perfectly balanced decoding tree. 

The placement of the letters is also far from arbitrary. Here are all the letters in English ordered from most common to least common: 

ETAOINSRHLDCUMFPGWYBVKXJQZ

Notice something? The shortest morse code sequences were assigned to the most common letters. This makes the common letters easier to remember, and makes messages as short as possible in the average case.

Numbers are sort of an exception to this. All numerical symbols are encoded with 5 dots and dashes. But there’s a pretty clear pattern to these as well. 

1 = .—-

2 = ..—

3 = …–

4 = ….-

5 = …..

6 = -….

7 = –…

8 = —..

9 = —-.

0 = —–

So if the listener hears a series of 5 dots and dashes, they immediately know it’s a number. To decode it, they count the number of dashes. If the dashes came before the dots, the number is 5 + the number of dashes. Otherwise, the number is 5 - the number of dashes. 

Morse Code is neat.

[otherdreamythoughts]

Emotions

aries: intense emotions

taurus: enduring emotions

gemini: sparkling emotions

cancer: deep emotions

leo: vibrant emotions

virgo: composed emotions

libra: volatile emotions

scorpio: overwhelming emotions

sagittarius: vivid emotions

capricorn: guarded emotions

aquarius: unpredictable emotions

pisces: extreme emotions

[falsedetective]

5 years ago i was a fucking mess & now i’m a fucking mess but at peace with it and with cooler fashion sense

[otherdreamythoughts]

Omg! This is almost the same exact thing I was thinking minutes ago! 5 years ago the same day, i was preparing to take the worst decision of my life-my wedding to the vilest person on this earth. But i am a better version of me now, after my divorce last year.

[kieletlanguage]

Every single word you learn in a foreign language will pay off one day and you’ll be more than proud of yourself that you learnt it even if you thought you would never have to use that. Just remember that.