albert camus

do you know what text 'Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.' is from

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:21:05 -0400

I believe Camus’ journals.

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Wed, 16 May 2012 23:47:07 -0400

My Love Affair With A Dead Man

Sat, 05 May 2012 21:57:38 -0400

My Love Affair With A Dead Man:

A little something I wrote. Enjoy.

Random food stuff.

Sat, 05 May 2012 17:16:23 -0400

lacielacie:

When I go on vacation to visit family, I usually allow myself to eat meat. I do this for a few reasons. One reason is that it’s difficult to find restaurants that have extensive veggie options that my family will also enjoy eating at. Similarly, some family members do not understand vegetarianism, and think that it’s rude to not eat their food. So, seeing as I am visiting “family” in Missouri, I’ve been eating meat. This practice has led me to three conclusions:

I genuinely just do not like meat. The texture really bugs me. I guess I have a texture issue with a lot of things. I don’t really like tofu or eggs because of the texture, either. Tofu has to be extremely firm and very thinly sliced, or else I’m just force feeding myself.

It’s more difficult to fit vegetables into your diet when eating meat. Most entrees I’ve seen at restaurants come with french fries automatically, and I haven’t gotten very many greens at all. I’ve noticed that having to get creative about protein sources as a vegetarian also makes me incorporate more vegetables.

When I say “do not understand vegetarianism,” it extends beyond not getting why someone would be a vegetarian. The family I’m staying with keeps pushing animal products on me even though I’ve said many times that I don’t eat meat. I was offered beef stew and told to just pick the beef out of it. When I turned down pizza with sausage on it, I was given chicken wings. They just really don’t understand a lifestyle in which someone does not eat any meat. It’s really an interestingly telling view into American addiction to animal products. I suppose you could have already come to this conclusion by walking into any restaurant and searching for the one to four measly vegetarian dishes offered, but here’s another facet.

Finally, due to the lack of vegetables in addition to having extreme allergies that led to a prescription for pain medication, I haven’t pooped in three days. This, as you could expect, is really frustrating, and if I weren’t so damn nauseous all the time from the tension headaches (see the vicious cycle here?) I’d be eating raw broccoli for days to fix said problem. As soon as I get home I feel the need to do a juice fast in order to rid my body of all the meat and other lingering foodstuffs in my system. Like, I’m totally looking forward to this juice fast, or at least to the reintroduction of vegetables into my life. Until Monday, you know where I’ll be. Unfortunately, that place is not the toilet.

"A world that can be explained even with bad reasons is a familiar world. But, on the other hand, in..."

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:56:28 -0400

““A world that can be explained even with bad reasons is a familiar world. But, on the other hand, in a universe suddenly divested of illusions and lights, man feels an alien, a stranger. His exile is without remedy since he is deprived of the memory of a lost home or the hope of a promised land. This divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting, is properly the feeling of absurdity.””

- Albert Camus (via amostdelicatemonster)

Do you have any information on a recent article by Camus that was censured during WWII published by Le monde recently? I can't find the article.

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:23:47 -0400

I don’t know anything, but maybe a follower does! (Sorry for the late response… I’m in the midst of moving cross country eek!)

maha-bekandze: I often read that I am atheistic; I hear people speak of my atheism. Yet these words...

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:40:56 -0400

maha-bekandze:

I often read that I am atheistic; I hear people speak of my atheism. Yet these words say nothing to me; for me they have no meaning. I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.

- Albert Camus, November 1st, 1954

"Cela prouvait aussi qu’ils en avaient le temps. Quant à moi, je ne voulais pas qu’on m’aidât et..."

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:50:44 -0500

“Cela prouvait aussi qu’ils en avaient le temps. Quant à moi, je ne voulais pas qu’on m’aidât et justement le temps me manquait pour m’intéresser à ce qui ne m’intéressait pas.”

- Albert Camus, L’étranger (via pinkwargasm)

"I don’t know any longer whether I’m living or remembering."

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:50:05 -0500

“I don’t know any longer whether I’m living or remembering.”

- Albert Camus, Between Yes and No (via winterlungs)

"Life is the sum of all your choices."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:35:51 -0500

“Life is the sum of all your choices.”

- Albert Camus (via hana-ginkawa)

"Caminhamos ao encontro do amor e do desejo. Não buscamos lições, nem a amarga filosofia que se exige..."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:35:16 -0500

“Caminhamos ao encontro do amor e do desejo. Não buscamos lições, nem a amarga filosofia que se exige da grandeza. Além do sol, dos beijos e dos perfumes selvagens, tudo o mais nos parece fútil. Quanto a mim, não procuro estar sozinho nesse lugar. Muitas vezes estive aqui com aqueles que amava, e discernia em seus traços o claro sorriso que neles tomava a face do amor. Deixo a outros a ordem e a medida. Domina-me por completo a grande libertinagem da natureza e do mar.”

- Albert Camus. (via trebienn)

"Death means nothing to men like me."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:34:44 -0500

“Death means nothing to men like me.”

- Albert Camus, The Plague (via psychiatrically)

bluegreenseas: this is my favorite project i’ve done. and i’m...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:34:20 -0500

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bluegreenseas:

this is my favorite project i’ve done. and i’m quite proud of it.
the titles in the belly band type things are die cut letters

p.s. these are iphone photos so dont think i’m putting them in my portfolio, haha

apoetreflects: “A person’s life purpose is nothing more than to...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:34:06 -0500

apoetreflects:

“A person’s life purpose is nothing more than to rediscover, through the detours of art or love or passionate work, those one or two images in the presence of which his heart first opened.”

—Albert Camus

"A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be..."

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:27:05 -0500

“A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.”

- Albert Camus, The Invisible Summer (1958)

"Não ser amado é uma simples desventura. A verdadeira desgraça é não saber amar."

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:26:41 -0500

“Não ser amado é uma simples desventura. A verdadeira desgraça é não saber amar.”

- Albert Camus (via inthewrongdirection)

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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:26:30 -0500

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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:25:39 -0500

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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:30:52 -0500

maha-bekandze:

Authenticity cannot exist in you without the reconciling of body with mind, and mind with soul; sincerity is only possible from the communion taking place between your mind and your soul. This is why contemplation is necessary, to reconcile the mind with soul as a means to unify them, the end being that all communication henceforth-to Oneself and to others-is an act of the soul itself.

maha-bekandze: God wants nothing of you but the gift of a peaceful heart. - Meister Eckhart

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:56:23 -0500

maha-bekandze:

God wants nothing of you but the gift of a peaceful heart.

- Meister Eckhart