We only have what we remember

devidsketchbook: Extraordinary photos of young hitchhikers and...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:46:53 -0400

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

devidsketchbook:

Extraordinary photos of young hitchhikers and freight train hoppers by Mike Brodie

Mike Brodie (tumblr | facebook) first began photographing in 2004 when he was given a Polaroid camera. Working under the moniker, The Polaroid Kidd, Brodie spent the next four years circumambulating the U.S. amassing an archive of photographs that would go on to make up one of the few, true collections of American travel photography. Having never undergone any formal training, he chose to remained untethered to the pressures and expectations of the art market.

And the winter’s so long

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:33:18 -0400

And the winter’s so long

TRYIN’ TO TOUCH YOUR KNEESWOAH UNDERNEATH THE SHEETS

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:30 -0400

TRYIN’ TO TOUCH YOUR KNEES
WOAH UNDERNEATH THE SHEETS

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Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:46 -0400

craplos: ladies. be careful when u wear spaghetti straps. it might distract the boys. they’ll start...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:17 -0400

craplos:

ladies. be careful when u wear spaghetti straps. it might distract the boys. they’ll start thinking of spaghetti. they will get hungry. they will stop at nothing to get their spaghetti.

weedbrain: Heart skipped a beatAnd when I caught it you were...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:14 -0400

weedbrain:

Heart skipped a beat
And when I caught it you were out of reach
But I’m sure, I’m sure
You’ve heard it before

"In a sense, I’m the one who ruined me: I did it myself."

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:18:41 -0400

“In a sense, I’m the one who ruined me: I did it myself.”

- Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

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Wed, 22 May 2013 15:18:18 -0400

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Wed, 22 May 2013 15:16:46 -0400

"I finally figured out that I’m solitary by nature, but at the same time I know so many people; so..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:20 -0400

“I finally figured out that I’m solitary by nature, but at the same time I know so many people; so many people think they own a piece of me. They shift and move under my skin, like a parade of memories that simply won’t go away. It doesn’t matter where I am, or how alone - I always have such a crowded head.”

- Charles de Lint, Memory and Dream

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Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:18 -0400

"I stayed in bed for over an hour looked at things on my phone I felt slightly anxious about..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:10 -0400

“

I stayed in bed for over an hour
looked at things on my phone
I felt slightly anxious about nothing particular
I walked downstairs and poured coffee into a jar
I asked a person on the internet if I should take drugs
I took drugs before the person had time to respond

I feel alienated by people who express concern about me without
defining their concern in terms of a specific solution or goal
I dont feel comforted by the idea of an afterlife
I dont want to continue experiencing things after I die
I want someone to pull my hair because I like the idea of someone
controlling my head without touching my head

what is the difference between being an independent person
and being a person who is accepting of loneliness

”

- “Today My Alarm Went Off at 12:30 p.m.,” Mira Gonzalez

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Wed, 22 May 2013 13:59:34 -0400

justinacevedo: Bluish by Animal Collective I’m getting lost in...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:45:51 -0400

justinacevedo:

Bluish by Animal Collective

I’m getting lost in your curls
I’m drawing pictures on your skin, so soft it twirls
I like your looks when you get mean
I know I shouldn’t say so but when you claw me like a cat
I’m beaming

"The best way to dehumanize someone while claiming you’re not is to believe you are just the same...."

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:27:07 -0400

“The best way to dehumanize someone while claiming you’re not is to believe you are just the same. You erase their experiences and perspective, their struggles and obstacles, their unique way of having to deal with those things in a world that also erases them. With the words, ‘but humans are humans’ or the bullshit dramatics of ‘we all bleed red’ normal people can simply pretend that if we all did things the way they did, then everything would work out okay. But, yes, we all bleed red but you don’t treat a papercut the same way you treat a gash, you don’t treat an infected wound the same way you treat one that isn’t, you don’t treat a wound to the leg the same way you treat a wound to the gut. You are not acknowledging someone’s personhood when you ignore the very things that make their lives different than yours, and when you refuse to understand that their circumstances have given them their own perspective that is just as valid as yours. More valid in fact – their perspective about their experiences that you haven’t been through is far more valid than anything you could ever think about it.”

- The danger of worldviews (Speaking when the world sleeps)

Truth bomb if I ever saw one.

(via ikenbot)

oedipuserectus said: yo head out 2 savannah ill meet u @ the beach ja feel as soon as i get my car,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:09:00 -0400

oedipuserectus said: yo head out 2 savannah ill meet u @ the beach ja feel

as soon as i get my car, ima do it 4real

These Days

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:04:31 -0400

These Days

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Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:41 -0400

give me all the ginger ale and neck kisses or shoot me

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:48:00 -0400

give me all the ginger ale and neck kisses or shoot me

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Wed, 22 May 2013 12:40:22 -0400