Imagine meeting someone who understood...

Imagine meeting someone who understood even the dustiest corners of your mixed-up soul.

People who make you hungry for life

Surround yourself with people who make you hungry for life, touch your heart, and nourish your soul.

The bonds of thousands chains will vanish

When you lose all sense of self – the bonds of thousands chains will vanish…
Lose yourself completely. Return to the root of the root of your own soul.
- Rumi

Art is...

Art is when you hear a knocking from your soul – and you answer.

When you buy from an independent artist

When you buy from an independent artist you are buying more than just a painting or a novel or a song. You are buying hundreds of hours of experimentation and thousands of failures. You are buying days, weeks, months, years of frustration and moments of pure joy. You are buying nights of worry about paying the rent, having enough money to feed the children, the birds, the dog. You aren’t just buying a thing; you are buying a piece of heart, a part of a soul, a private moment in someone’s life. Most importantly, you are buying that artist more time to do something they are truly passionate about; something that makes all of the above worth the fear and the doubt; something that puts the life into the living.
- Rebekah Joy Plett

Nothing is original...

Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration, or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery – celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said:
“It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.”
- Jim Jarmusch

Meraki

Meraki
(n.) the soul, creativity, or love put into something; the essence of yourself that is put into your work.

The free soul...

The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it –
basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.
- Charles Bukowski
Tales of ordinary

The scars in my soul

I’m proud of the scars in my soul.
They remind me that I have an intense life.
 - Paulo Coelho

Unless someone can look into the core of your heart...

Unless someone can look into the core of your heart, and see the degree of your passion, or look into the depths of your soul, and see the extent of your will, then they have no business telling you what you can or cannot achieve. Because while they may know the odds, they do not know You. Nor do they know the power of your angels.
 - Sandra Kring

Understand.

Run your fingers through my soul,

For once, just once,

Feel exactly what I feel, believe what I believe,

Perceive as I perceive, look, experience, examine,

And for once; just once,

Understand. 

- Oscar Wilde

Heart and my soul

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
- Vincent Van Gogh