/əˈfɛmərəl/ synonyms:
temporary, transitory, fleeting, evanescent, momentary, short-lived, volatile
TAKE NOTICE of those ephemeral moments.
BY DEFINITION, they don't last, but i'm sure you can find a way to capture it in a glass jar, on paper, through film, with memories.
Eva Mae, 21
The minute I heard
my first love story,
I started looking for you,
not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don’t finally
meet somewhere,
they’re in each other
all along.
— Rumi (via lngo)
Later, when I expressed this anger to my father - “How do you deal with anger?”- he told me he was beyond it at this point. You have to lose expectation. I told him if I did not hope, if I did not expect her to eventually get better, then there is no point to making plans for the future. No hope for me, no hope for her because my future is inextricably tied to hers.
No, he told me - expectation that she will get better means that she should learn because you took the time to help her. Instead, you should accept her with her flaws and accept that she may not get better. And if she does not, your life and her life will go on. Help her, but do not get angry that you have to help her. Help her without feeling angry, help her without the expectation that she will learn from her mistakes, that she will get better. Help her as if you were helping her for the first time, every time, with infinite patience. And you won’t get angry.
Everything essentially boils down to this. The world does not owe you anything. She does not owe me anything no matter how much I give- but it does not mean you should stop giving. I’ve been trying to change my thinking to this this past year, and I think it helps a lot with feelings of stress and anger directed towards people.
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Shadow Typography by Glasgow School of Art graduate Kumi Yamashita
“She spends months switching on and off lights and rearranging objects on the floor and wall. But the final result of Kumi Yamashita’s hard efforts is quite something, with her producing some hugely impressive shadow photography that is making waves in the art world.
The Japanese artist dubbed ‘the master of shadow’, who lives in New York, carefully positions objects such as 3D letters or numbers and then experiments with light sources from different angles.”
The Wedding, 2011. E.N.
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Nikon D300
AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm
f/5.6 - 1/1250 - ISO 1400
Dad’s birthday card before we wrote all over it, 2011.
We love this sketch of our “Starved for Attention” interactive photo exhibit in Brooklyn by Ryan Thomas Chen. “The exhibit filled my heart with empathy, moving me to sign their petition which demands reforms in U.S. food aid policy,” he says.
We’re in Brooklyn at Prospect Park again this week, from Wednesday - Friday, 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM daily. Come see us! More information here.
— New York Times, September 5, 2011.
My Bird Nurse thank you card for Kaiser Roseville
Creative cuts on old cardstock!
Sept. 2011
Untitled Furniture Story, 2011. E.N.
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Nikon D300
AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm
f/3.8 - 1/200 - ISO 1600
— (via bobbypinned)
(via lungpeiling)
