come sail away with me

"i'm sailing away

set an open course for the virgin sea

'cause i've got to be free

to face the life that's ahead of me

on board i'm the captain, so climb aboard

we'll search for tomorrow on every shore..."

-from come sail away by styx
(hear song via project playlist on right)

thank you to the Graphics Fairy for the shell card, sea hag,

and boat on ocean clip art (all free!)

http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/

all the place you've got

"in yourself right now is all the place you've got."

-flannery o'connor

stranded

"i'm stranded at the edge of the world

it's a world i don't know

got no where to go

feels like i'm stranded

and i'm stranded between the devil and the deep blue sea

and nobody's gonna tell me what time it is"

-from stranded by van morrison

(female stock from faestock)

http://faestock.deviantart.com/

clock and flower from holliewood studios at deviant scrap

fly

"you wanna fly,

you got to give up the shit that weighs you down."

-toni morrison

paddle your own canoe

"voyage upon life's sea

to yourself be true

and whatever your lot may be

paddle your own canoe"

-sarah bolton

siren

"i am a creature of the fey

prepare to give your soul away

my spell is passion and it is art

my song can bind a human heart

and if you chance to know my face

my hold shall be your last embrace.

i shall be your lover..."

-heather alexander

on the ocean

"and i shall watch the ferry boats, and they'll get high,

on a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky.

and i will never grow so old again,

and i will walk and talk,

in gardens all wet with rain..."

-van morrison

i must be a mermaid

"i must be a mermaid, Rango. i have no fear of depths

and a great fear of shallow living."

- anais nin

tail stock from http://sylwia77.deviantart.com/
female stock from http://vintage-visions.deviantart.com/

"the sea always filled her with longing,

though for what she was never sure."

-cornelia funke

(girl stock photo from faestock:

http://faestock.deviantart.com/)

"she loves the serene brutality of the ocean,

loves the electric power she felt with each breath

of wet, briny air"

- holly black

"i walked beside the evening sea

and dreamed a dream that could not be;

the waves that plunged along the shore

said only: dreamer, dream no more!"

-george william curtis

"i am longing to be with you, and by the sea,
where we can talk together freely and
build our castles in the air"


-bram stoker

"i thought of you and how you love this beauty

and walking up the long beach all alone

i heard the waves breaking in measured thunder

as you and i once heard their monotone

around me were the echoing dunes, beyond me

the cold and sparkling silver of the sea -

we two will pass through death and ages lengthen

before you hear that sound again with me"

- sara teasdale

i have always been inspired by georgia o'keeffe

these are just my way of sharing my favorite o'keeffe quotes...

i would say i hope you like them, but to quote ms. o'keeffe-

"i have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and i am quite free"

oh what i would give to be that free!

i am doll parts

"i am doll eyes

doll mouth, doll legs

i am doll arms, big veins, dog bait

yeah, they really want you, they really do

i want to be the girl with the most cake

i love him so much it just turns to hate

i fake it so real, i am beyond fake

and someday, you will ache like i ache"

- from doll parts by hole


(hear song via project playlist on right)


doll head from falln-stock
http://falln-stock.deviantart.com/

body and head images are public domain but shared by
hello-tuessday
http://hello-tuesday.deviantart.com/

i write my own story

"don't let anyone write your story

write a story of your own

the greatest thing we have to live for

is seeking the unknown"

- from don't let anyone write your story by carole king


unmodified head and birds from The Graphics Fairy
http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/

i come undone

"oh make me over
i'm all i wanna be
a walking study
in demonology...
...when i wake up
in my makeup
it's too early for that dress
wilted and faded somewhere in hollywood
i'm glad i came here with your pound of flesh
no second billing, cause you're a star now
oh cinderella they aren't sluts like you
beautiful garbage, beautiful dresses
can you stand up
or will you just fall down?"

- from celebrity skin by hole

(hear song on project playlist on right)


unmodified head is public domain but shared by hello-tuesday:
http://hello-tuesday.deviantart.com/

i dance without sleeping

"walking on the edge of rage and understanding

between the black and the white

this child is so angry

alone here tonight

alarming desperation

leads me to believe

with all my shields and protection

it's only me i deceive

dance without sleeping

dance without fear

dance without senses no message i hear

dance till i'm numb

dance till i think i can overcome"

- from dance without sleeping by melissa etheridge


unmodified head from The Graphics Fairy

http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/

why can't i keep you?

"same song again and again

you rob me twice and i keep coming back

tell me what the matter is little man

i've got a pretty face and i wear a nice dress

why can't i keep you?"

- from keep you by wild belle

in my dreams

"in my dreams i'm dying all the time

as i wake its kaleidoscopic mind

i never meant to hurt you

i never meant to lie

so this is goodbye

this is goodbye

tell the truth you never wanted me

tell me

in my dreams i'm jealous all the time

as i wake i'm going out of my mind

going out of my mind"

- porcelain by moby

unmodified head from The Graphics Fairy
http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/


body public domain but shared by hello-tuesday
http://hello-tuesday.deviantart.com/

twisted bunny tip #39:

DO put all of your disagreeable people in one basket