To be alive is to read good books, drink good coffee, wear good shoes, and feel no guilt for doing no work. It's as simple as that.
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Quantum Entanglement
I love living and although I have sometimes been trapped under so much despair and pain and injustices of all kinds, I still wholeheartedly believe that being alive is a grand thing. Having the ability to feel and observe the movement of my own body in a space as big or as small, is something … Continue reading Quantum Entanglement
Connection
How to measure the depth of a connection? Watch how your best-hidden insecurities come to the surface to suffocate you at the thought that someone might see them. Your most horrendous fears and firey desires burst out of you in a magnificent whirl. You feel like you've come alive and shot yourself dead a thousand … Continue reading Connection
Samsara
It's an early Saturday and my slightly opened eyes, stare at this blotch of color that changes its shape every now and then. The sun painted my walls in a deep cadmium yellow.My mind is restless for weeks now. It travels back and forth between memories, long-lost dreams, people I have met or I am … Continue reading Samsara
November Thought
The awakened being is a complete stranger to the world.An upsetting force that creates controversies, falls over the edge in almost everyone's eyes but its own.Here to be swallowed up. To break and fall and live with all the misery and love that a soul can take.To run wild towards dreams; to be sometimes, careless … Continue reading November Thought
Cheers to Life, to Love, to Joy!
I remember my 11th birthday.Or at least, parts of it.Surely, my mind deformed the memories, delivering altered, blurred moments. However, some emotions are bound to stay with me and carry themselves around as a secret identity that I only make available to myself. I was skinny and deeply tanned. Summer break, which always arrived in … Continue reading Cheers to Life, to Love, to Joy!
Life is Now!
 Yesterday, while I was ruminating on the real value of wealth, my mind introduced me to scenes from my childhood. Glimpses of a life where I was constantly overflowing with joy and prosperity. And mind you, as a child born immediately after the communism fall, I had a very late exposure to the colorful … Continue reading Life is Now!
How to release old pain
"If you could say it in words, there would be no reasons to paint. " - Edward Hopper One thing I've noticed during some painting sessions is the avalanche of thoughts. Good ones too, but most of them are deeply disturbing. Memories, conversations, and circumstances that have affected me more or less. They resurface as … Continue reading How to release old pain
The land of the mirabelle trees
There is a romance I have always found in my grandparents' old, romanian village. A raw, sunburned beauty, with a ragged dress, stepping barefoot along with the polished shoes that visit her from the city.This girl never wanted to grow up but stayed wild and free of any sign of progress.Bathing herself in wine and … Continue reading The land of the mirabelle trees
About All Sorts of Loves
 The world ends numerous times, for each of us. It crashes and sinks under waves of agony. At the bottom, in a dense, ocean-like darkness, it catches glimpses of what would mean a new breath. And that alone is enough for a new beginning. The beauty of it all is the strong contrast. The … Continue reading About All Sorts of Loves
The Wondermind 