Jazz Notes

"It’s like seeing light for the first time when you finally decide to unlock the shackles of..."

Sun, 01 May 2011 05:57:32 -0400

“It’s like seeing light for the first time when you finally decide to unlock the shackles of your past and escape the prison of other’s opinions that have confined you for so long. I’m reminded that life is beautiful and that no one deserves to make oppression their own reality.”

On hot days like today… Photo: Xcaret, MX

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 03:02:07 -0400

On hot days like today…

Photo: Xcaret, MX

Mujeres de la Resistencia. Dancing for rights, freedom, power...

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:53:22 -0400

Mujeres de la Resistencia. Dancing for rights, freedom, power and solidarity; representing the voice of the silenced. We are one in struggle.

(KmB SD Frontline event)

Why is society so against “alone-dome”? Use this...

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:29:50 -0400

Why is society so against “alone-dome”? Use this time to reflect, meditate, be free, be that amazing and unique individual that you are.

Be yourself. Love yourself. Embrace yourself.

I love seeing our youth expressing themselves in positive ways....

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:18:33 -0400

I love seeing our youth expressing themselves in positive ways. Keep arts and culture alive!

I was so in love with him! I would never send you home...

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:22:42 -0400

I was so in love with him! I would never send you home Roger…

daniellenuss: koalogist: Ladies and gentlemen, the best and...

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:02:31 -0400

daniellenuss:

koalogist:

Ladies and gentlemen, the best and only infographic I’ve ever made.

And I shall call it: AMERICA IN MY BOOK.

Brought to you by my abundance of free time!

(click to enlarge)

Genius.

Source: http://graphjam.memebase.com/

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:56:18 -0400

Source: http://graphjam.memebase.com/

Soul Surfer: Habits of Successful People

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 05:04:21 -0400

Soul Surfer: Habits of Successful People:

soul-surfer:

1. They look for and find opportunities where others see nothing.

2. They find a lesson while others only see a problem.

3. They are solution focused.

4. They consciously and methodically create their own success, while others hope success will find them.

5. They are fearful like everyone…

We live immortal lives failing to realize that

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:57:40 -0400

Every means of sustenance is a gift

Every breath is a blessing

Every heartbeat is a mercy

End of the rainbow and no pot of gold. Yet another myth debunked...

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:41:50 -0400

End of the rainbow and no pot of gold. Yet another myth debunked on my checklist.

(FYI: to my knowledge there were no fatalities or injuries during this demonstration)

washingtonpoststyle:

Today, in one image.

A firefighter runs through a rainbow during a demonstration in Brussels. More images of the day here.

Photo by Geert Vanden Wijngaert (AP)

Writer's Block

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:47:44 -0400

She is challenged with a white void’s ghostly stare calling out to her with a thirst that can only be quenched by opaque droplets from the depths of inkwells

These shifting black tides yearn for the pull of unspoken soliloquies- compounds built by elements of her 5 senses, taking orbit through her universal soul

A blank canvas can reveal grades of deception; serving as the blanket that wraps the birth of her words, yet can pose as the bound that hinders her boundless imagination

But for tonight, the weather calls for thick fog-like thoughts hovering over still, murky waters that she dare not dip with a quills tip

and she will try again tomorrow

Photo: Chitwan, Nepal

sav3mys0ul: Traffic in Zurich (by David Kaplan)

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:17:53 -0400

sav3mys0ul:

Traffic in Zurich (by David Kaplan)

Grip. Release...

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:29:51 -0400

I released the last of my fingertips that gripped your existence. Those same calloused hands that dug into the crevices of crumbling hope, unsteady upon weak foundation that you had built, heedlessly with blindfolded eyes.

No doors opened or windows cracked. You failed to even peak through those thick curtain eyelids, that remained untouched except by the accumulating dust from your past that you didn’t care to brush away.

Now, I’m left with dirt and dust under my brittle fingernails, worn down by desperate chalkboard screeches as I scratched against your stubborn walls, but not even the relentless shrieks of pain could compete with your deafening silence.

The destruction and chaos you stirred within my soul without a single word uttered from those granite lips, or even a muttering beat from a stone heart that you placed in the palm of your hand just so you cast it directly at me, to leave me bleeding. Broken.

The only sound I hear are your fading footsteps as you walk away, stoic, your head up high as you walk, unharmed through a black hole of calamity- everything around you crashing down. The everything that is my world, the world I built around you, around us…with these calloused hands that once had gripped…released…

Photo: San Diego, CA

Photo: Valladolid, MX

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:15:44 -0400

Photo: Valladolid, MX

Innovative! I love this like I love my coffee.

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:39:00 -0400

Innovative! I love this like I love my coffee.

“The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton...

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:01:00 -0400

“The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.”
-Henry Miller

Photo: Xcaret, MX

Drum machine. Photo: San Diego, CA

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:33:59 -0400

Drum machine.

Photo: San Diego, CA

Sunday’s best. Photo: San Diego, CA

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:05:00 -0400

Sunday’s best.

Photo: San Diego, CA

“I don’t know if I made myself clear… STAY...

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:39:55 -0400

“I don’t know if I made myself clear… STAY AWAY!”