I’m Anna. I studied Sociology & Anthropology in school. I did a stint in the Peace Corps, and now I spend too much time online. Bienvenidos a mi blog. Sometimes I post my thoughts in words, but mostly I post pics from flickr--graff, street art, architecture, cupcakes, decay, New York City, abandoned buildings, beautiful landscape, cute animals, and anything else that catches my eye. I always try to link pictures to their original source, but if I posted a pic that belongs to you, and you don't want it here, please tell me, and I will remove it ASAP. :)

The Styles at New Orleans Jazz Fest 2013

(Source: wheredidugetthat.com)

I cannot stand small talk, because I feel like there’s an elephant standing in the room shitting all over everything and nobody is saying anything. I’m just dying to say, ‘Hey, do you ever feel like jumping off a bridge?’ or ‘Do you feel an emptiness inside your chest at night that is going to swallow you?’ But you can’t say that at a cocktail party.
Paul Gilmartin
The world moves us; we, in turn, move it. We are acted on by our environment; we act on it. It shapes us; we shape it. Something we read moves us; we move to influence someone else. This creates the constant push-pull of meaning and our lives. We’re not just finding meaning in our lives. We’re shaping our world because of the meanings that we find. Literature and all art are powerful tools for change.
Gretchen Bernabei
Child @ Brick Factory by bmahesh on Flickr.

Child @ Brick Factory by bmahesh on Flickr.

Sunset @ Pushkar by bmahesh on Flickr.

Sunset @ Pushkar by bmahesh on Flickr.

SMILE by bmahesh on Flickr.

SMILE by bmahesh on Flickr.

“A woman prays at the scene of the explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon”

“A woman prays at the scene of the explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon”

(Source: Boston.com)

C215 by surreyblonde on Flickr.

C215 by surreyblonde on Flickr.

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
George Gordon Byron
Between two (by ewitsoe)

Between two (by ewitsoe)

The Goddess - Makeover by bmahesh on Flickr.

The Goddess - Makeover by bmahesh on Flickr.

Tina - Pushkar Mela 2012 by bmahesh on Flickr.

Tina - Pushkar Mela 2012 by bmahesh on Flickr.

!!! Magical Smile !!! “ஒளிபடைத்த கண்ணினாய் வா!!! வா!!! வா!!!” by bmahesh on Flickr.

!!! Magical Smile !!! “ஒளிபடைத்த கண்ணினாய் வா!!! வா!!! வா!!!” by bmahesh on Flickr.

Those Eyes by bmahesh on Flickr.

Those Eyes by bmahesh on Flickr.

“Wolfgang Stiller‘s series Matchstickmen are a depiction of people that are literally burnt out.  The sculptures  resemble giant match sticks, the charred match head like a human head, ignited and tossed about the gallery.  A play on the phrase ‘burnt out’, the series comments on the unending demand of human labor.  Interestingly, the installation was created while the German artist was living in China.  However, Stiller says of the work:

‘I don’t want to see it only as a critique on the Chinese system. Any other system in the world has the same problem. Big companies exploit their employees to make larger profits, all over the world. As long as we have affordable T-shirts or sneakers, we don’t really want to know whether they are made by children in India or not.’”

(Source: beautifuldecay.com)

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