“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”
-Samuel Johnson
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This is the blog of Gray Stephen Windbigler,
Photographer, observer, and rider of the concrete wave.
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“An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.”
~J.D Salinger
“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants.”
-Bob Dylan
The five-level cave home of photographers Laura Prusoff and Nurettin Mantar, in Cappadocia, Turkey. Price: 30k.
“Heart weeps.
Head tries to help heart.
Head tells heart how it is, again:
You will lose the ones you love. They will all go. But even the earth will go, someday.
Heart feels better, then.
But the words of head do not remain long in the ears of heart.
Heart is so new to this.
I want them back, says heart.
Head is all heart has.
Help, head. Help heart.”—Lydia Davis from Varieties of Disturbance: Stories.
“ Fuck concepts. Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.
George Saunders (via crashinglybeautiful)
The date on Thursday went as well as anyone could have hoped. Kacy is two thumbs up on all accounts so far and does a good job keeping me on my toes. The last two times she has ridden in the van she has taken control of the stereo and anyone who knows me would know that this doesn’t happen but I didn’t stop her…she picks all the right songs.
Kacy, you officially now have the privilege of controlling my stereo, you’ve earned it.
“ Because we are all poets or babies in the middle of the night, struggling with being.
Martin Amis (via crashinglybeautiful)
oh joy
I haven’t been on a date in at least 8 months and this week that is going to change, I have an evening lined up with a wonderful lady and fellow photographer. To say I am excited would only just begin to describe how I’m feeling.
“ Fifteen to eighteen percent of girls under twelve now wear mascara, eyeliner and lipstick regularly; eating disorders are up and self-esteem is down; and twenty-five percent of young American women would rather win America’s Next Top Model than the Nobel Peace Prize. Even bright, successful college women say they’d rather be hot than smart. A Miami mom just died from cosmetic surgery, leaving behind two teenagers. This keeps happening, and it breaks my heart.
Teaching girls that their appearance is the first thing you notice tells them that looks are more important than anything. It sets them up for dieting at age 5 and foundation at age 11 and boob jobs at 17 and Botox at 23. As our cultural imperative for girls to be hot 24/7 has become the new normal, American women have become increasingly unhappy. What’s missing? A life of meaning, a life of ideas and reading books and being valued for our thoughts and accomplishments. “How To Talk To Little Girls” by Lisa Bloom (via twofish)
Teaching girls that their appearance is the first thing you notice tells them that looks are more important than anything. It sets them up for dieting at age 5 and foundation at age 11 and boob jobs at 17 and Botox at 23. As our cultural imperative for girls to be hot 24/7 has become the new normal, American women have become increasingly unhappy. What’s missing? A life of meaning, a life of ideas and reading books and being valued for our thoughts and accomplishments. “How To Talk To Little Girls” by Lisa Bloom (via twofish)
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“ And so I urge you, go after experience rather than knowledge. On account of pride, knowledge may often deceive you, but this gentle, loving affection will not deceive you. Knowledge tends to breed conceit, but love builds. Knowledge is full of labor, but love, full of rest.
The Cloud of Unknowing (14th Century, Anonymous). Taken from Jacob Needleman’s blog. He will be teaching a course at Stanford on How To Read a Spiritual Classic in May. (via crashinglybeautiful)
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Road Trip
I’m planning my next journey. This time I will be heading south into Florida, all the way to the bottom tip of the state. The boring part is next, saving up to do this….I figure $5000 minimum to drive down there and back, food each day, emergency funds, and miscellaneous expenditures. As I will be driving the Vanagon I will not need to set aside money for housing. I do plan to save more than the $5000 though.
“ The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust (via justusz)
“ Have compassion for everyone you meet,
even if they don’t want it.
What appears bad manners, an ill temper
or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears
have heard, no eyes have seen.
You do not know what wars are going on
down there where the spirit meets the bone. Miller Williams. Thank you, Slow Muse. (via crashinglybeautiful)
even if they don’t want it.
What appears bad manners, an ill temper
or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears
have heard, no eyes have seen.
You do not know what wars are going on
down there where the spirit meets the bone. Miller Williams. Thank you, Slow Muse. (via crashinglybeautiful)
