Volcanic Soil

An embrace means: I don’t feel threatened by you; I’m not afraid to be this close; I can relax, feel at home, feel protected and in the presence of someone who understands me.

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—	Paulo Coelho, Aleph

…hello again! I just took the state certification test for English/ASL interpreting. This past semester has been one of the busiest I’ve had yet, and even though I sometimes had time to lurk around Tumblr, I apologize that I haven’t been able to post at all for so long. Hopefully I’ll have slightly more time now.

“Suffering is not always chastisement.”

All I have to say is that I’d better be learning a hell of a lesson from this.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, they make them.

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—	Earl Nightingale

Lori Nix constructs these small dioramas using cardboard, foam, glue and paint which she then photographs using an 8 x 10 inch camera. Each piece takes about 7 months to complete.