Rabolas's Blog: at sixes and sevens, page 35

water-aesthetics:the ultimate sparkle...

water-aesthetics:

the ultimate sparkle moodboard

Aranyhíd… https://www.thefreak.it/ultima-battuta/

nobrashfestivity: Franz Marc’s Beautiful hand-painted postcards...

nobrashfestivity:

Franz Marc’s Beautiful hand-painted postcards sent to his friends, including Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky

"Golden October declined into sombre November…"

“Golden October declined into sombre November…”

- T.S. Eliot, from Poems & Plays: 1909 - 1950; “Murder in the Cathedral,”
(via violentwavesofemotion)

"My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take..."

“My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.”

- Anaïs Nin (via quotemadness)

Turing, Lovelace or Franklin? Your choices for the new £50 note

Turing, Lovelace or Franklin? Your choices for the new £50 note:

proseandpassion:

can’t remember when I last saw a £50 note or what was on it - as cash machines tend to have only 20s and 10s - 5ers if you’re lucky.

theworldthruhereyes: “Perhaps that is the best way to say it:...

theworldthruhereyes:

“Perhaps that is the best way to say it: printed books are magical, and real bookshops keep that magic alive.” — Jen Campbell, The Bookshop Book

Washington D.C., USA

sciamaria: I versi che amo sono quelli dove ho lasciato tutti i nodi. Derek Walcott

sciamaria:

I versi

che amo

sono quelli

dove ho lasciato

tutti i nodi.

Derek Walcott

"To keep on learning and thinking and feeling even if it hurts like hell."

“To keep on learning and thinking and feeling even if it hurts like hell.”

- Sylvia Plath, from a letter to Gordon Lameyer written c. April 1954 (via violentwavesofemotion)

"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the..."

“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”

- Kurt Vonnegut
(via goodreadss)

Pen Names: Should You Use One?

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I’ve been mulling this question around in my own head and making lists of pros and cons and I’m honestly still deciding, but I figured writing it all out will help me AND any of you who might also be wondering. So…

Should you use a pen name? Well that all depends. There are plenty of reasons one might want to use a pen name. Here are some that come to mind:

1) You’re a private person. A pen name separates the real you from the persona you’ve created. That means you can have a personal...