#journalofanobody

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The confessional, Mexico :::  John Gutmann, 1960

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“ But look what the Church has done to Jesus during the last two thousand years. What they have made of Him. How they have turned every word He spoke for their own vile ends. Jesus would be framed and in jail if he was living today.”

― Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" (via journalofanobody)

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Arthur Kales ~Ted Shawn in Pierrot Forlorn. 1917-1918 

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Undeserved treasures (3)

While sakura bloomed, my poor heart yearned for summer, and now both have passed. I’ve learned to savor autumn, with not a thought for winter.

–a tanka from my series by this name [via journalofanobody]

[thanks "alive on all channels"]

[femmemelancholie]

[thismaybehappiness]

What I want to say is that the past is the past, and the present is what your life is, and you are capable of choosing what that will be, darling citizen.

So come to the pond, or the river of your imagination, or the harbor of your longing, and put your lips to the world.

And live your life.”

― Mary Oliver, Red Bird

— Mary Oliver (via journalofanobody)

[thegood-byelook]

Hengki Koentjoro

[videtur-existentia]

One thing I want to know about you? OK! How do you account for your acute sense of right and wrong, your willingness to speak up in the face of wrong, and your wonderful sense of loyalty? From someone who has been both your ally and the beneficiary of your moral sense, the Nobody Michael

I am not too sure how to answer this. For me, knowing what is morally right and wrong should be a quality that any and every educated/sensible person should possess. Perhaps whether or not one acts on one’s sense of right and wrong, and how one does so, is a more appropriate question? For myself, I know what my limits are, and I know when a certain line is crossed that something needs to be said or done, and that is as simple as it goes. As I have always tended to give others the benefit of doubt, my thresholds tend to vary, but are generally high, depending on what I am dealing with. Whilst I know that my one action cannot change the world, for I am no activist nor a warrior for huge change, I know that it makes a difference to the one person who matters, and that is more than enough reason to act as I see fit. All it takes is many, many more of those who would do the same, and a change can be effected. Also, rather basic a concept that I have always held: treat others as you would like to be treated.Does this answer your question?

[ontheedgeofdarkness]

Karin Székessy

From the book, ‘Women on Women : Twelve Photographic Portfolios’, A&W Publishers Inc., New York, 1979

This one is dedicated to Michael, as promised :)

[songnsilence]

The thread and echo of passages.

 Dorothy Porter, from “Symbols”