“A star fell from the sky, then jumped out!” @s.adamcook.art
S. Adam Cook - “Walking in Circles,” 2018
I’ve been contemplating suicide,
But it really doesn’t suit my style,
So I think I’ll just act bored instead
And contain the blood I would’ve shed
She makes me feel so ill at ease
My heart is really on its knees
But I keep a poker face so well
That even mother couldn’t tell
But my baby’s so vain
She is almost a mirror
And the sound of her name
Sends a permanent shiver down my
Spine
I grew up thinking that in order to live a happy life, I had to get good grades and go to a prestigious university and get a highly paid job. But as I grew older I began to realise that in order to life a happy life, I had to choose it for myself and not live a life that others expect of me, whether it be your parents, teachers or friends. This is your life.
I made a decision that I didn’t want to be successful and live in a big house with fancy cars in the drive. So, I packed my bags and got out of this little town that had suffocated me for the last 18 years and drank coffee in small shops in Germany, chased the Horizon in Australia, woke up with a mountain view in Singapore. How beautiful is it to know that your feet have walked the grounds of many different countries and your skin has felt the air of many busy cities.
Please darling, do not get lost in society’s belief that you are only successful if you have a well paid job, like I once had. As humans, we are going to die, that is one thing we are guaranteed in life. What will you care about the most while lying on your death bed, your fancy cars, big house? Or the stories and experience you have encountered on the journey of this beautiful thing called life?
So there’s one thing I ask of you: please travel. Whether you’re 21 or 49. It is never too early nor too late so see the beautiful world.
— i-wonder-lust
(via renemagritte-art)
(Source: wnq-writers, via renemagritte-art)
Harlan Tarbell - The Three Temperaments, “Fundamental Character Analysis”, 1922.
Life is based on Consciousness. To effect this Consciousness, three attributes are necessary, namely: Intellect, Force and Vitality. From these three distinctive Powers is formed the Triangle of Life. Without this three-in-one Power there could not be life. This Triangle is necessary to all living things, and the loss of the any of the three attributes means Destruction, Death and the Dissolution of the Individuality.
These three great attributes of life are called Temperaments and are distinguished as:
The Mental Temperament - Intellect.
The Will Temperament - Force.
The Vital Temperament - Vitality.
Upon this foundation depends the interpretation of the character of man, because, while every man possesses all three Temperaments, yet they vary in proportion in different people. It is this variance that gives man his respective Individuality. Intellect, Force and Vitality are the expression of the Spiritual in Matter. All Matter is born of the Spiritual, and it is through Matter that the Spiritual expresses itself. For Matter to be conceived requires the Union of the male (Force,or Will) and the female (Vitality). To be comprehended requires the addition of Intellect.
Beethoven
—Moonlight Sonata
