Lana Del Rey

EVERYTHING I WANT I HAVE. MONEY, NOTORIETY AND RIVIERAS - I EVEN THINK I FOUND GOD- IN THE FLASH BULBS OF YOUR PRETTY CAMERAS.

Speaking strictly for me- we both could have died then and there.

Ten years ago I bought you some cufflinks, You brought me something. We both know what memories can bring- They bring diamonds and rust

You fit be better than my favorite sweater. 

Andrej Pejic "Gender bender supernova"

“My whole life is controversy. What can I do? I’m like Britney Spears”

"I sort of am what I am I don’t try to put a label on it"

“I mean, all the big girls live here”

".....It’s better than Brick laying"

"I think I’m an attractive person but I don’t care so much kind of thing, I don’t place that much value on beauty and I don’t think society should either. "

“I’ve kind of go along with the flow for a bit but im sure at some point ill have to settle down and bear hats in some eastern European village and feed chickens for the rest of my life”

"I’m two people for the price of one"

"In this day in age if women and men have equality than this shouldn’t be such a big deal"

"I’m more prone to embrace eccentricity"

Mad Men

"It's a business of sadists and masochists, and you know which one you are." 

Color your Life.........

The world is full of color

Lose sight, you'll see in black and white.

.... Its up to you to see the beauty in life. 

"I would like to turn the whole world orange for a moment, just for a moment" - Edie Sedgwick

Listen.

The bittersweet between my teeth 

Trying to find the in-between 

Fall back in love eventually 

Yeah yeah yeah yeah 

The Mix Tapes

I know I've blogged about this before, but I truly believe in the power and magic of music. 


I am creating two mix tapes one friend punch drunk in love and another for someone who lost the love of their life. 


Selecting the songs I wanted each to be perfect, to inspire them and make them happy. The selections I found had to be so particular, I wanted to make my one friend so happy and feel good about being in love and young and filled with life. The other mix tape, I wanted each song to be happy and full of life and not a reminder of pain or sadness.


All of these songs are very special to me in different ways. I decided to share my Mix Tapes so maybe if your reading this, you too can enjoy some of the music that colors my life. 


Mix Tape for Love
According to Columbus-  A Skylit Drive
Big Light- Roman Candle
A Heartbeat - Roman Candle
Remembering Sunday - All Time Low  
Walking On a Dream - Empire of the Sun
The '59 Sound -The Gaslight Anthem
I'll Catch You -The Get Up Kids
14 Candles - Plushgun
Where Does the Good Go -Tegan and Sara
Absinthe Party At the Fly Honey Warehouse -Minus the Bear
Tearjerker Fenix Tx
Apology -Alesana


A Mix Tape to Smile
L.E.S. Artistes - Santigold
Song Away - Hockey
Kids - MGMT - 44
The '59 Sound -The Gaslight Anthem
Miles Davis & the Cool - The Gaslight Anthem
Too Fake - Hockey -
Just Impolite - Plushgun
Sleepyhead - Passion Pit
Electric Feel -MGMT
Rabbit Heart - Florence + The Machine
Flux -Bloc Party
Whirring -The Joy Formidable
Cradle -The Joy Formidable
Young Blood - The Naked and Famous
The Purple Bottle - Animal Collective 

Ad Astra Per Aspera

Through hardships to the stars
These words are powerful and bring meaning, truth, and hope to many lives.  I soon found that many others were inspired the same way I was. Some of the best examples are below. 

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!

 And when things start to happen,

don't worry.  Don't stew.

Just go right along.

You'll start happening too.

 OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!

 You'll be on your way up!

You'll be seeing great sights!

You'll join the high fliers

who soar to high heights

 Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!

There are points to be scored.  there are games to be won.

And the magical things you can do with that ball

will make you the winning-est winner of all.

Fame!  You'll be famous as famous can be,

with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.

Oh, the Places You'll Go.

You open my eyes to the world, Ohh all the places we will go. 

Change is the only constant in all of science

Listen. Joy Formidable.

Books to Read

Boys and Girls Like You and Me - Aryn Kyle

I'm Not Myself These Days - Josh Kilmer - Purcell

"She found a person who made her feel safe and pretty and peaceful, and wasn't that more than a lot of people had?" - Economics  


I told her it is. 

Words to live by...

Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand and without them any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.


Claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society’s ideals.

Skylar Grey

Skylar Grey has been quoted as  one of music’s most deadly secret weapons. The real talent behind the big names, She was a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter who has contributed to records for Eminem and Rihanna (“Love the Way You Lie”), T.I. and Christina Aguilera (“Castle Walls”), Diddy-Dirty Money (“Coming Home”), and Dr. Dre and Eminem (“I Need a Doctor”).

"To me, New York was Jackson Pollock sipping vodka and dripping paint onto a raw canvas." - Edie Sedgwick

"To thine own self be true"

I find this to be the most important and inspirational quote in existence.

If I didn't find quote tattoos so cliche, perhaps it would be on my body. 

Native American cultures have made the seagull a symbol of the care-free attitude, and of versatility and freedom..

Art of the Street

I've always been memorized by street art.
This piece in particular I found and instantly fell in love with it.
Later, it was purchased by the Hotel Ganzevoort in the Meat Packing District, NYC.