February 2012
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Anonymous asked: Would you say your art is a representation of your inner landscapes?
Anonymous asked: favorite sport/physical activity?
This is a Van Gogh kind of day.
Anonymous asked: I remember you saying your boyfriend was born in Northern Ireland, did he stay there long and does he still have his accent ;)
“Now, this may seem strange from someone who writes about pretty dresses (mostly)...”
– You Don’t Have to Be Pretty - A Dress A Day
(It was nice to read this, this morning)
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ugh. can we stop calling romantic comedies “chick flicks”? And while we’re at it can we stop calling romance novels “chick lit”? That would be grand.
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decaying-organic-matter asked: Bravery has nothing to do with being fearless. Whatsoever. Bravery has everything to do with overcoming the obstacle of fear. If you weren't scared to begin with, then what's so remarkable about doing it? Fear comes in different shapes and different sizes, and you don't always overcome that fear. Sometimes, just the very act f recognizing fear takes a certain level of bravery. You...
decaying-organic-matter asked: "True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost." ~Arthur Ashe. / Being brave can mean loving someone else. It means creating things. It means being honest and wearing your heart on your sleeve, as the saying goes. It means being able to look at things from a perspective outside...
Anonymous asked: Do you have any advice on how to be brave?
Anonymous asked: Hello MJ. First of all: I'm in love with your blog, you as a person, your personality and view on the world. When that's said, I need some help. Lately I've been feeling like there's no life left to live in this world. I'm currently not living, in some wierd and deeply depressing way. I feel like I'm nothing. Like I'm just a void thing floating around in a dark...
Anonymous asked: hi! would you say working in korea was worth it? did you have any free time or did you spend most of your time teaching? did you explore the area? did you meet a lot of people? i'm thinking about going to teach there but i'm not sure if it is worth it.
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street harassment.
Oh I am so angry and disgusted right now. Was just street harassed. Was walking down the street listening to my ipod, when a man (older, scruffy, dirty and smelling of cigarettes), walked up beside me and started to talk. At first I thought he was asking me something like the time, or directions so I pulled out one of my earphone, but no he was talking about his job and whatever else. I thought he...
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I think I want it too much. Or not enough. Or in the wrong way. I would love so much to make a living of painting pictures, and pasting papers together and writing words into stories. I would so love it. But the more I think about it the more pressure there is on my lungs until I can’t breathe and grow anymore. And here I am unable to write anything decent, painting meaningless things over...
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