the hirsute of happiness..

"Why are you leaving me?
He wrote, I don't know how to live.
I do not know either, but I am trying.
I do not know how to try.
There were things that I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him.
So I buried them, and let them hurt me."

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Jonathan S. Foer


Rule #5: 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 nonexistent. 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.”

 MM


"There are lots of things we never understand, no matter how many years we put on, no matter how much experience we accumulate."

 Haruki Murakami - A Window