“The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination”

On 28 February 2010 · Leave a Comment

J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.

expecto patronum!

J.K. Rowling gave a beautiful, poignant, and funny commencement speech to Harvard University graduates in 2008 on failure and imagination. Though Rowling is best known for giving the world Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger, she also [...]

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currently be-bopping to…

On 24 February 2010 · Leave a Comment

untitled, hong kong, 2009

“The only proof you need that there is a God is music.”
– Kurt Vonnegut

I’ve always loved this little quote from Vonnegut. It makes me smile and reminds me of how utterly amazing it is for the human voice, instruments, tunes, beats, and subtle harmonies to come [...]

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The Perfect Package

On 18 February 2010 · Leave a Comment

& . The One Who Got Away. “What we remember — and what we forget — may reveal more about ourselves than about them. We have photos, letters, souvenirs, and fragments of memory, but our powerful imagination takes over from there: We color in the blanks. And that’s OK. Retouching old loves [...]

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Lovely Love Day

On 14 February 2010 · Leave a Comment

lucy, 2009

But that pearl of possibility that lives in your heart when you meet somebody you want to know more about has such a different molecular density than everything else that you have to pursue it.
– John Mayer

& . It’s been like five years since I’ve heard this song, [...]

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Hearts & Love Letters

On 9 February 2010 · 3 Comments

Love is in the air. Or maybe it’s the copious amounts of heart-swirled caffe I’ve consumed recently that is making my heart feel aflutter. Regardless, I wanted to share this beautiful love letter written by English poet John Keats to his dear love Frances Brawne.

March (?) 1820

Sweetest Fanny,

You [...]

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