25 laps around the sun. A quarter of a century. Time for more fun! This year I’m choosing to focus on the good. There is so much love + light to be grateful for in this life. I couldn’t ask for a better support system to surround me, I live in a beautiful city with…
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“…we don’t have to see eye to eye, to appreciate each other’s point of view, as with all humans, and all evolution.”
Balkan Literature: Where brilliant writers flourished despite the dissolution of a nation
To set the stage, the term “Balkan” references the geographical area that stretches from Slovenia to Greece in southeast Europe. It was formerly … Balkan Literature: Where brilliant writers flourished despite the dissolution of a nation
Recommendations for Translated Literature: A window into another world
Zdrasti to my fellow bloggers and blog-lovers. Today I’m writing to you from Sofia, Bulgaria, where I’ve been taking this week to do my own DIY … Recommendations for Translated Literature: A window into another world
On The Different Reasons People Travel
Hello to my fellow bloggers and blog-lovers! I’m Elle, or E.L. Jayne as my pen name states, and I’ve embarked my own rendition of an Eat, Pray, Love … On The Different Reasons People Travel
Turkish Literature: Where diverse culture meets unique literature
Disclaimer: Previously known by the Anglicized spelling of Turkey, President Erdoğan has asked the international community to recognize the nation by… Turkish Literature: Where diverse culture meets unique literature
Books for Writers: 6 books every writer should read this summer — Pointless Overthinking
Great writers are great readers. The more you read, the more you allow yourself to dive into a free-flowing headspace to unlock your inner creative … Books for Writers: 6 books every writer should read this summer
Lovers in Paris… — johncoyote
Lovers in Paris… She whispered to me, “O my love, O my love. Make me feel alive. I plucked a rose for us today and I told the red rose. Where had my lover gone? The murmur of the sea told me. Find the place where love was alive. The gales of Winter make us […]…
“[…] the starry heavens above and the moral law within.”
Sharing a quote I came across that resonated with me today: “Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe… the starry heavens above and the moral law within.” Immanuel Kant
Writing on the Walls
Originally posted on Brigid Faye, Reader:
I was talking to a wise Mr. Wizard yesterday and he told me that in life you are all alone in a white padded room writing on the walls. That writing is your reality. It was a metaphor that got to me. It inspired me to write in my…
{untitled poem xvi} x e.l. jayne
{untitled poem xvi} the walls had darker patches where old paintings had hung for years, her favorite quote used to be, “you’re as happy as you want to be” she doesn’t say it anymore. –e.l. jayne
{convalescence} poem x e.l. jayne
{convalescence} the era of romanticism expresses the appreciation for the ancient roman culture, which honors art, intuition, independence, and the individual experience, it contested the industrialization, and systemization of our lives, brought about by the enlightenment era, that argued for logic and reason to lead your life, because that’s not living. emerging from my enlightenment…
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