Browsing Tag: rambling

curiouser & curiouser - purple trees, green grass, photo manipulation by catherine akens

some things only exist when you’re not looking for them

she was always dreaming and thinking odd things and could not herself remember any time when she had not been thinking things about grown-up people and the world they belonged to. she felt as if she had lived a long, long time.

pen sketch of girl with big lips

a dream is an answer to a question we haven’t yet learned how to ask

In the wake of healing brokenness, I find myself extremely distracted by a brain that goes in circles on the same highly fueled subject. UHG.

black and white

Nothing but an echo

things aren’t always so black and white, or so they say. sometimes things are ink blotty and bleeding through the edges. the people that surround us, whether they be friends or strangers, pose as reflections – a way to see ourselves mirrored, or projected. helps us improve or grow or move on to become. just [...]

bad dreams - enhanced sketch of kara (the teacher)

if it t’were you, t’would be… t’werrific

I had a dream, no, a nightmare, about buying eggs and milk and then having no place to put them in my fridge. Not entirely sure what that means, but I’ve had lots of nightmares lately, and not nearly enough sleep. You know the dreams you get while you’re sick? All distorted, weirdly colored, and [...]

psycho semi-dead evil monkey sketch

I believe that’s the dance of a brave little toaster

There’s this method for meditation which may or may not help ease a tension headache. You light a candle and sit with it in the middle of a darkened room. You stare at the flickering flame and let your mind wander or phase out or fizzle. Fizzle is a funny word. Reminds me of lattes. [...]

katie sketch portrait

you’re the one freaky thing in my freaky world that makes any sense

O_o ♥ freaks Once upon a while ago, Catherine sketched a portrait of her niece… and it didn’t turn out half bad all things considered.  I was able to capture her personality a bit, but she’s way prettier than this.  Oye.  I’m in desperate need of some major practice because the lack of drawing lately [...]

“There are two things I always wanted to believe in but didn’t dare.”

“One is that there was one man, somewhere, who was made just for me. The other is that I just might deserve him.” Don’t get the wrong idea, it’s not about love. It never is. For the first time in a loooong time, I am sick. I am coughing and hacking and blehing and watching [...]