Run Towards the Madness

Photography // Paintings // Poetry // Art

[reader-twisted]

"Perhaps we don't love unreasonably because we think we have time, or have to reckon with time. But what if we don't have time? "

- Franz Kafka

[venustapolis]

The Past (Thomas Cole, 1838)

The Present (Thomas Cole, 1838)

[vexheart]

[mournfulroses]

Anaïs Nin, from a letter to Joaquin Nin, featured in Reunited: The Correspondence of Anais and Joaquin Nin, 1933-1940

[rarelyraee]

‘Inis vitae sed non amoris’

( The end of life, but not of Love. )

‘Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.’ (Oscar Wilde)

‘Mortem’

(Death)

[elvensoul]

[fictionalaffection]

life & art

[jessyourhusband]

𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐

[rarelyraee]

Beautiful aesthetic

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Donna Tartt

[depressed-linguist]

opéra garnier, paris

[rarelyraee]

Beautiful

[peacefulandcozy]

Instagram credit: coffeesoakedpages

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Haruki Murakami,Ottessa Moshfegh,Sylvia Plath(II),Henry Miller,Friedrich Nietzsche

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[fairydrowning]

"I want to live simply. I want to sit by the window when it rains and read books I'll never be tested on. I want to paint because I want to, not because I've got something to prove. I want to listen to my body, fall asleep when the moon is high and wake up slowly, with no place to rush off to. I want not to be governed by money or clocks or any of the artificial restraints that humanity imposes on itself. I just want to be, boundless and infinite."

– Via "svnflower-blog" on Tumblr

[lone-nyctophile]

My soul in crushing under the weight of the unrequited love I feel for hope.

[rarelyraee]

^ This

[inkcoveredpoet]

I love creative writing.

All images are from pinterest

[rarelyraee]

Aspirations, Dreams and Goals OH MY!

YOUR DREAMS are relevant and deserved. If you shoot for the moon the worst that can happen is you land among the stars. This is absolutely a cheesy thing to live by, but the meaning behind it is unbelievably significant. That being said it can be extremely healthy to be realistic with yourself, not everything will be great all the time. This is where I think to myself, that even if I’m at rock bottom, the only way out is up. This helps me think optimistically. With it I become able to force my mind into being  more dedicated to keep going. 

   Despite the past and the inevitable future, I can stay motivated to get what I want in life. Of course there are days I can’t help but think there is no point to all of this, I truly believe everyone has these days. The only thing that separates everybody, are the people that control this mindset. People that can go from thinking everything sucks, to thinking how can I change this? What can I do to make things suck less or not at all? This is the difference of the strong and weak-minded. I want to acknowledge that I don’t necessarily consider myself strong minded because I struggle with this more than I should, however I do recognize this difference, I recognize that I have power and control over my thoughts and actions. It is unrealistic to believe anybody else can change the way you’re thinking and feeling. 

   All of this addressed, no one else will have the same dedication to your goals and dreams than you will, you need to focus more on yourself than others. Preferably there is a healthy medium, that is caring about the lives of people you love, while at the same time caring about your own. This will lead to growing your relationships with the people you choose to keep close. As well as strengthen your heart and mind, making you feel more capable to do the things you desire. 

~Rae Norman~