Searching for a pulse in this lifeless city.: “Albert Camus wrote that the only serious question is whether to kill...
“Albert Camus wrote that the only serious question is whether to kill yourself or not. Tom Robbins wrote that the only serious question is whether time has got a beginning and an end. Camus clearly got up on the wrong side of bed, and Robbins must have forgotten to set the alarm.
There is only one serious question. And that is: Who knows how to make love stay? Answer me that and I will tell you whether or not to kill yourself. Answer me that and I will ease your mind about the beginning and the end of time. Answer me that and I will reveal to you the purpose of the moon.”
- Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
(Source: beeewalsh)
- 2 months ago
- 15
Jared Singer, When Contemplating Super Powers (A Letter To Sarah)
Yeah…It’s exactly like that.
- 5 months ago
- 47
“Riding my bicycle along
Hollywood Boulevard today
I saw him in the crowd - noticed
him instantly. When we reached
each other, I said hi and asked
if he would mind if I took his
photo.
“You want my photo?”
Yeah, I said. There’s nobody
like you.
“I know.” And he smiled for me
-although his face was
evidently destroyed by something-
and his mouth reconstructed.I asked him what happened.
“Shot,” he said. “Shot in the
face.” He motioned a gun
at close range being shot
directly into his face.Andyou survived that? I asked.
“No,” he said with a smile.
“I’m dead.”
I apologized for what was
a stupid question, but it
was hard to fathom - gun shot-
close range - into his face. And
he lived.So what happened? I asked.
Was it an accident, or did
someone mean to shoot you?“I did it myself. Tried to kill
myself.”You did?
“Yeah.”Where?
“Arizona.”Phoenix?
“Tucson.”So tell me, how did it feel,
after you shot yourself in the
face - and you came to -
and realized you were not
dead?“Agony. The worst agony
ever.”Man.
“Yeah.”What kind of gun?
“30-aught-six.”I was thunderstruck. I have
met and photographed many
people - who are featured in this
stream - humans who have
overcome amazing
adversity. Lydia, who was
burnt almost to death.
Ray, whose eye was gone.
Margaret, who weighed over
500 pounds.But this. Man. And yet he
was smiling. I told him what
I thought:God gives everyone a different
life - and some people get really
really hard lives.“That’s me. Doesn’t get
much worse.”Told me he’s on the street.
Homeless.I asked him how bad it was
that he wanted to die.
“Bad. Really bad. The worse
kind.”Are you gonna try again?
“No. I tried once. That’s enough.”Man.
Sometimes our lives
seem hard - unbearable even -
but then we meet Kevin.
Or Lydia. Or Ray. And realize
again how lucky we are.
How hard some humans
have it.
Man.And yet
he smiled. He smiled
for me. This man with his
face blown off - by his own
hand. And here he is -
in the sunshine, listening
to music, smiling.Don’t even know what else
to say about this. Guess
I’ve already said it.” - Zollo
this is so truly inspiring, to see a man smiling after being through all of this. everynight i pray that people like this get it a bit easier than they’ve got it, for just a little while.Yeah, it’s really sad that people out there have it as hard as this man does/did, but we should feel more than just sorry for them. We should feel inspired by them.
Wow.
(Source: chrishire)
- 1 year ago
- 36911
"the best often die by their own hand
just to get away,
and those left behind
can never quite understand
why anybody
would ever want to
get away
from
them"
— Bukowski (via inacrushedtinbox)
- 1 year ago
- 20
