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| User: | mieystrapurore (1330492)  Songs from the Open Road
Wanderer, rest here a while and take up your pen |
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| Name: | The journeyman lives here | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | here, there, and everywhere, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bio: | Into a world of cloudy grey And though much will try to stop us Together we will stay Through barriers of hardship With laughter and a grin An undefeated team And we always play to win Across the sands of time Under watch as cold as stone We may well walk to death But we'll never walk alone - ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} dy_tromeReal heroes were like the characters in that man Tolkien's story, who did what they had to even if they hated it, even if it took their own lives away from them. -Otherland Volume Three: Mountain of Black Glass "To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived ... this is to have succeeded." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Two years he walks the earth. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road. Escaped from Atlanta. Thou shalt not return, 'cause "the West is the best." And now after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure. The climactic battle to kill the false being within and victoriously conclude the spiritual pilgrimage. Ten days and nights of freight trains and hitchhiking bring him to the Great White North. No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild. — Alexander Supertramp, May 1992, Into the Wild The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." — Chris McCandless, Into the Wild "With man gone, will there be hope for gorilla? With gorilla gone, will there be hope for man?" - Ishmael by Daniel Quinn "Once upon a time in an age forgotten by time itself at the dawn of humanity whose secrets remain a mystery, a taut vibrating string made itself heard." - Yehudi Menuhin, The Violin "Never shall I forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours." - Ludwig van Beethoven "Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one" - Duke Ellington Music stirs her soul Echoes in her heart and mind Symphony of life - sbertieThe Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with weary feet, Until it joins some larger way, Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. -JRR Tolkien, "Roads Go Ever On" "Non ministrari sed ministrare. Not to be served, but to serve." - Wellesley motto
Current Obsessions: - Writing long letters (1000 by 2016) - Traveling the world (Kenya, South Africa, China, Japan, Galapagos, India, Brazil) - Places in between places (window ledges, airplanes, timezone changes, bridges) - Self identity (realizations, character development) - Culture (anthropology) - Connections (friendships) - Finding composition and angles (photographs) - All things jazz and cello and violin and classical Chinese - Telling stories - Caz's blueberry muffins, fruit tarts, scones + green tea Serenity moodtheme made by ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} crackified. You rock my socks. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memories: | 45 entries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interests: | 95: amica string quartet, ancient history, animals, anthropology, arthurian legend, artistic composition, bach, ballroom dancing, black & white photography, california, candles, cello, chemistry, china, collecting quotes, cool jazz, courage, cowboy bebop, creativity, culture, dark chocolate, disneyland, dreams, drowning darryls, environment, epic fantasy, evolution, fairy tales, feeling infinite, feminism, finding character, firefly, friendship, golden snitch, hallways, hiromi, honesty, honor, hope, idealism, imagination, indie culture, jazz, journals, journeys, justice, keeping promises, late night conversations, life is good, looking back, making a difference, manga, memories, miles davis, mocha almond fudge icecream, mother earth, muchluvandhugs, music, orchestra, painting, penpals, places in between places, princess mononoke, quartet, reading, recycling, reflection, right over might, road trips, saving the world, self identity, serenity, shostakovich, star wars, stars, sushi, swimming, teh east coasters, telling and hearing stories, thinking, traveling around the world, truth, veterinary medicine, violin, volunteering, walking in the rain, we'll never walk alone, wellesley, window ledges, windy roads, wolves, writing letters, yo-yo ma, zhongwen, ♪ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools: | Wellesley College - Wellesley, MA (2006 - present) Beijing Jiaoyu Xueyuan - Beijing, Beijing, China (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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