In Response to Irresponsibility

23 South Florida

[inafternoonair]

Allison Crutchfield — “SUPERMOON”

[sickandsadagain]

I'll never be anything other than a disappointment.

[jazzonthisday]

[bainer]

Art Blakey during his A Night In Tunisia session, August 7 1960 (photo by Francis Wolff)

[sickandsadagain]

Nothing ever seems to be worth any effort. Am I to nihilistic or am I really just that unmotivated? Nothing anyone can say will ever convince me that I'm worth anything. I constantly just feel like I'm taking up space.

[encyclopediedujazz]

[wongkarwaii-deactivated20201121]

Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington. Photographed by Herman Leonard. (1948)

[awesomepeoplehangingouttogether]

Louis Armstrong, Paul Newman and Duke Ellington by Herman Leonard, Paris, 1960

[larmoyante]

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.

Henry Miller (via larmoyante)

[sickandsadagain]

my life is just a constant struggle of taking one step forward and two steps back. constantly disappointed in myself and my actions, i'll never change.

[rappcats]

Miles Davis ‎– Bitches Brew (Columbia GP 26, 1970). Cover by Mati Klarwein.

[hiphop-in-the-brain]

Miles Davis (1958)

[theimpossiblecool]

Miles, 1964. 

photo by Jerry Stoll

[jokerandthethief63]

[conelradstation]

John Coltrane, gunslinger and saint (from Jazz, directed by Ken Burns, 2000)

[milestones-a-miles-davis-archive]

#milesdavis

Miles Davis with John Coltrane and Paul Chambers, and (out of shot) Red Garland and Philly Joe Jones at the Cafe Bohemia, New York City in 1956.

[sickandsadagain]

Starting to feel more confident in myself and in the decisions I make. Things get better only if I work towards it being that way. This is also a reminder to myself that my friends keep me grounded and are the support I need. I still have a lot of growing up to do.