We are Star stuff

"There is a fundamental reason why we look at the sky with wonder and longing—for the same reason that we stand, hour after hour, gazing at the distant swell of the open ocean. There is something like an ancient wisdom, encoded and tucked away in our DNA, that knows its point of origin as surely as a salmonid knows its creek. Intellectually, we may not want to return there, but the genes know, and long for their origins—their home in the salty depths. But if the seas are our immediate source, the penultimate source is certainly the heavens… The spectacular truth is—and this is something that your DNA has known all along—the very atoms of your body—the iron, calcium, phosphorus, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and on and on—were initially forged in long-dead stars. This is why, when you stand outside under a moonless, country sky, you feel some ineffable tugging at your innards. We are star stuff. Keep looking up."

 

 

— Jerry Waxman,  was a professor of astronomy and environmental science at SRJC

The Fault in Our Stars

“I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I’m in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we’re all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we’ll ever have, and I am in love with you.”

— John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

Daughter - "Get Lucky" (Daft Punk cover)

      


 Dear Summer!

It is never too late.

“For what it’s worth:
 it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be.
There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want.
You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing.
We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it.
And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before.
I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of.
 If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.”


― Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button screenplay

From Nonzuzo with Love

These pictures were taken by our talented and sweetest friend Nonzuzo Cheryl Gxekwa . She is a twin, we are twins, all too sweet really. She makes and sells all sorts of beautiful things, she also photographs.She is at Arts on Main every Sunday and every first Thursday night of the month.

Get in touch with her brand of beauty at:

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Cell: 0725954622
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For the days she spent wearing black.

“You should tell them the truth. Tell them that if they hold on too tightly, love might cut them. Tell them to hold on tightly anyway. Tell them everything is worth it and that the richness of life is only ever enhanced by its inevitable, brief flashes of sadness and loss.”

— I Wrote This For You: The Messenger Was Dead When I Got Here

Age

I am turning a potentially life changing, earthshattering. disproportionally large age soon. So I spend a lot of time thinking about age, aging, growth, life, meaning and all these grand philosophies of a life well lived. You know...as one does when drawing the curtain on an era.