Waterfall

Waterfall at National Zoo (Photo by A)

If skills sold ...

If skills sold
Truth be told
I'd probably be
Lyrically
Talib Kweli

Jay-Z - "Moment of Clarity" - The Black Album

Be afraid to miss

Be afraid to miss
But don't let that stop you from trying
Feel the fear rise up inside you
But realize that the only risk comes
From not trying at all.

Embrace ugliness
while knowing that beauty
Is not only in your eyes
And that the more you put out there
The better chance for greatness

Don't stay home
Don't play it safe
Beauty is out in the streets
And safety is a boring story

Go find it.

Buchanan Street looking southward ...

... half a life

"A life of unremitting caution, without the carefree - or even,
occasionally, the careless - may turn out to be half a life."

- Anna Quindlen

My head is weak ...

I'm a war, of head versus heart,
And it's always this way.
My head is weak, my heart always speaks,
Before I know what it will say.

Ben Gibbard - "Crooked Teeth" - Death Cab for Cutie

life was a vast glowing empty page

"... I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do
anything I wanted."

The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac