Defeat is not so bad, for everything is part of the Divine Energy. Remember the Circle of Life. The gazelle may be eaten by the lion, but the gazelle eats the grass. Such is God’s way
Paul Coelho. Manuscript found in Accra
We all have dreams, let's not leave them on our pillow every morning when we wake up; but take them with us each day so we wont have to close our eyes to see our dreams come alive.
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Even though I just started Teju Coles “Open City” I might have to put that on hold to read this.
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Your daughter’s face is a small riot,
her hands are a civil war,
a refugee camp behind each ear
a body littered with ugly things.But God,
doesn’t she wear
the world well?Warsan Shire, from ‘Ugly’ (via mirroir)(via sheilastansbury)
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My models—my private models—are not Hemingway, not Faulkner, not Dos Passos, or indeed any American writer. I model myself on jazz musicians, dancers, a couple of whores, and a few junkies. —James Baldwin, hallelujah amen.
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Namibians wearing Vellies (Shoes)
“Velskoen, pronounced “fell-skoon” and known colloquially as “vellies,” are the ancestor of the modern-day desert boot. Vellies were first made in the 1600s, inspired by the footwear of the Khoikhoi tribe and crafted using raw materials. Later, our vellies were adapted by British travellers, packaged and renamed to be what we now know as desert boots.
(Brother Vellies) are made in the coastal town of Swakopmund, Namibia. There, a small group of eight Damara gentlemen assemble every shoe by hand, turning out just 20 pairs an afternoon.
…Vellies are made of vegetable-dyed Kudu leather. The Namibian government mandates the culling of these large native antelope to control their population. Kudu skin yields amazingly durable leather and suede that ages exceptionally well. Because these hides are taken from wild animals they often show scars or other “imperfections” that domesticated hides do not.”
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➜I know the anger that lies inside me like I know the beat of my heart and the taste of my spit. It is easier to be angry than to hurt / Anger is what I do best. It is easier to be furious than yearning / easier to crucify myself and you / than to take on the threatening universe of whiteness by admitting we are worth wanting each other.Tongues Untied | Marlon Riggs, 1989
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to love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.oscar wilde (via aristidousc)
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➜Africa is always in the dialogue, sometimes articulate, sometimes a mutter or an echoTony Whitfield
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Zadar, Croatia
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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.Kahlil Gibran (via thatkindofwoman)
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Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.Bruce Lee (via thomasthegreat)via thomasthegreat➜
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➜I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me.George Orwell, 1984 (via juststayawake)
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