Anna Patrick's Blog, page 201
January 14, 2016
You have a completely paid for trip to any place of your choice...where do you chose to go and what would you do there?
Domestic: Seattle. So I could make my Nirvana / Kurt pilgrimage to Aberdeen and just generally soak in all of the beautiful gloomy creative vibes there. It’s a city I’d really love to see.
International: St. Petersburg, Russia. So I could have a similar pilgrimage to the surrounding areas only this time to see Dostoevsky’s house, and see some of the local haunts I’ve read about in so many of my favorite Russian literature.
But you know, Paris always has my heart, it would be hard not to go right back there, but for the sake of the question I want to keep it somewhere new.
Thanks for your curiosity!
Anna
"Oh, something is there, waiting for me. Perhaps someday the revelation will burst in upon me and I..."
Oh, something is there, waiting for me. Perhaps someday the revelation will burst in upon me and I will see the other side of this monumental grotesque joke.
And then I’ll laugh.
And then I’ll know what life is.
”- Sylvia Plath (via sucker4succulents)
"For I must get back my soul from you; I am killing my flesh without it."
- Sylvia Plath - from The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath
(via watchoutforintellect)
January 13, 2016
Do you know of any good mantras for strength? (Both physical and mental) the mantra resolution thing is such a good idea !!
Honestly I think the best mantras are the ones that have the most meaning for you - whether it’s song lyrics, book quotes, other quotes, or even something you wrote yourself. I’ve moved away from the traditional Buddhist mantras because I feel like the magic that a mantra holds really depends on the energy you inject into it, which maintains its highest potency when it’s something of your own devotion or creation.
For me I take a lot of mine from books, I’m sure that’s a shocker. Anything from Cheryl Strayed. I also have a few from Nirvana, Come As You Are being one of my personal favorites.
Check out “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed for good strength quotes that could be mantras, that’s really what the whole book was about, IMO.
Anna
Your blog has a dark, yet serene vibe to it. I find it calming. Keep doing you, girlfriend. You're awesome.
Same to you, my friend. Glad I captured that, that’s pretty much me in a nutshell I suppose. Thanks for believing.
"When someone encourages you to love yourself more than you love them, never let them go."
- Qiya Solihin. Reblogging because someone sent me this and said it reminded them of my character, Elizabeth, from Meditations In Wonderland. Spot on.
January 12, 2016
"Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person"
- Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (via ellacalm)
