Tuesday, April 23, 2019

From Out of the Forest



There are a lot of things I feel grateful for.  This room, that is not mine, lit by a salt lamp and with birds chirping outside of its window is one of them.

At random, some updates:

The last few weeks were held by the strongest, gentlest arms.  I'm not really sure how she did it. It was one of those events in life where, if someone were to ask you what you need or don't need, you'd have no idea how to answer.

A few weeks left to go and this year of grad school will officially come to a close. I have enjoyed and loved this semester, although nothing will ever quite take the place of the first.

This year at the trilingual event, I met people who matter. Sometimes the world blows my mind with where, who and how it places people in your path who will mentor and support you. From grandmas with big hearts, to people who know the ropes you will need to climb and are holding them steady for you as you embark on uncertain excitement.

(pause)

In other news, I have been reading.  More impactfully, I've been into Timbaland posting videos of him completely feeling beats he has made. If you get a chance, head over to his instagram @ timbaland. Look for any video where the still is a close up of his face. It's the best. (Particularly into the April 15th one).

There is more to say. Things that are so much deeper and perhaps obscure but, for now, I just have to scratch the surface.  It has been a while, and the fingers that I feel in this moment are my own.


be well; be loved,

k.

(Into the Trees, April 2019 via secretcinema1 tumblr)

Thursday, April 4, 2019

The Beauty of Hands; The Beauty of Hearts

Just before 9am on a Thursday.

This Saturday will be an anniversary. 

Although it is Aries season, the past few months have been that of Taurus. The bull and its silent swagger of loyalty and stubbornness. Protection and patience. Sexuality and intelligence. Gentleness that only a trained eye can recognize beyond its scraping foot.

I feel so lucky.

Loved.

Respected.

Relaxed.



The worlds and dimensions we build are ours. 

I would have it no other way.

(pause)

The other day we played a game. I took out a journal from back when we were first crossing paths- about eight years ago or so. I slid my hand in the book at random and opened it. Upon its page was a mention of her. Strangely and fittingly, the one and only mention of her in all of the pages.

Such things are of magic.  A built magic. A slow, steady, connected magic.

It is not the kind that happens at random. It is not the kind that involves slight of hand.

It is the kind that occurs when our hands are both open and empty- our eyes upon each others.

(pause)

Good things may come to those who wait, but it is those who expect more from the people who love them that will always be lifted to another, necessary, level. The way this love spreads to everyone (friends, neighbors, enemies, strangers) becomes palpable, and it is within this web we are connected and strengthened.

be well, and be loved well,

k.

(image: Guillermo Fornes, Origen. via yvonneconstance tumblr)