"I think about that empty space a lot. That emptiness is what allows for something to actually evolve in a natural way. I've had to learn that over the years - because one of the traps of being an artist is to always want to be creating, always wanting to produce."

Creation

"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day."

Definition

"Always retain the ability to walk away, without sentimentality, from a situation that felt unmanageable. That was a basic rule of survival. Don't lift a finger for a lost cause."

Evolution

So maybe I'm a masochist

I try to run but I don't wanna ever leave
til the walls are goin' up
in smoke with all our memories

-Rihanna

The Elements

"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us."

Knowing

Every now and then, there's moments of total clarity.

where you just understand it all, 

and everything that anyone ever said makes perfect sense,

and you know the reasons they said it all,

and you're everything they said you were.

But you understand it on a different level,

and you know things that they don't.

And you believe in all the steps that brought you to where you are,

but still know nothing about where you are going.

It's a moment of despair and hope,

honesty and reality,

congruencey and momentum,

and fear.

So what do you do with it?

Let it sink it,

absorb the moment,

take what you can,

leave what you can't take.

Know that your understanding of the moment can never be fully grasped by another.

Know that your staring into the moment of the most honest reflection you ever could.

Count your blessings,

not your imperfections.

Reflect.

Readjust.

There's no possible way to take it all in, because the honesty is overwhelming, 

but you just know that you know.

And every now and then, when everything gets fuzzy,

there will be another moment that comes...

and if nothing else this is the way life works.

It comes in waves, offering you the opportunities to understand what you can handle, learn what you are capable of,

 and then it will leave you alone again.

But. its. so. real.

And not everyone can see it the way you do,

and it's not going to make sense to everyone in the same way.

But in the end it doesn't matter.

Because people will leave you,

stories will end,

endings will change,

moments will evolve,

opportunities will arise,

knowledge will grow,

hearts will be broken,

but this is the honest truth.

The most important thing, 

take time to reflect and realize and readjust.

It moves faster then you can keep up with,'

but do your best.

Stay optimistic, but don't lose touch with your own reality.

Look for the moments.

Never settle,

never quit,

keep looking until you find it...

you'll find what you're looking for...

or you'll find there is nothing to find,

either way.

It matters.