Every Breaking Wave {Geeky}

Waves and their energy, waves and their shifting colors and repetitive motion - soothing and stressful at the same time: will it ever end, what if it ends, what now? My favorite are the soft, delicate waves, those barely perceptible but still sufficiently strong to lull you to vivid self-consciousness of the beauty of this world - or its cruelty.

Pictures of the sea or the ocean steal my attention and soul for a good cause: they are my port of entry to high levels of sensitivity letting in the world and all of its droplets and multiple dimensions. I crave the sea and its surroundings: the sand, the rocks, the shells... 

So much so that aquatic sceneries now have their own board on my Pinterest account. And their very own anthem in my audio book.

Listen (acoustic version) and click away, ready to be swept away by at least 113 waves and their visual strength. At least until the next wave takes you away in its cradled arms.

Every sailor knows that the sea

Is a friend made enemy

And every shipwrecked soul knows what it is

To live without intimacy

Source: Wolfclub

Pinterest: New Covers! {Geeky}

Once I like something and dive head first into it, I do not think twice, don't linger on details - certainly not at first - and completely surrender to the sheer pleasure of discovering with unfiltered joy and curiosity. Call it motivation, possibly.

This is how I started pinning on Pinterest. A couple of years later, and many rearrangements later too, I decided to revamp the covers of my boards, not to mention to create a new essential one that deserves a post of its own (to be continued, but if you want to guess already, hop over to my Pinterest page and let me know which one you think was the missing piece, up to now!...).

Back to the covers: like book covers, they don't tell the whole story, they just tease us to lift the veil and take a peek. Just like books should not be judged by their cover, Pinterest boards are way more than pretty front pages, and that's the beauty of it. This being said, a nice business card or front door is a welcome invitation to step in, exchange glances, hand shakes and a cup of delicately fragrant tea. To be honest with you, instead of following the consistent route, like-cover-like-content as it were, it crossed my mind to choose provocative, quizzical covers that would actually reveal an entirely different world once opened. Have you ever tried taking the surprising route? (I know every possible e-marketing tutorial, e-course, e-mail course and whatnot will say this is the route NOT to follow to gain followers. I reply, read this blog post from Odile Sacoche - in French. Worth every word.)

More traditionally and far less bravely (anarchy is not my thing, yet), you are welcome to find out about the new vibe of my covers, very much in tune with my feelings at the moment (and the boards contents): it seems that the never ending quest for balance and serenity is still very much on the agenda!

Tell me, which cover do you prefer? Why?

Credits (clockwise): 1 - 2 - 3

Top Blogs 3: Wit & Delight {Geeky}

The loop is looped - follow me: one of my favorite books of the year, Brown Girl Dreaming, came to me directly from a blog post read on one of my favorite blogs.

Wit and Delight is one of those strange virtual encounters: some posts are great, others leave me indifferent, while their shop is wonderfully curated and always boasting simply elegant pieces. This uneven mix, at least in my eyes, leads to a pleasant balance where I always find something to get inspired from, in one way or the other. It is more than ok, in my book, not to please every single reader: being selective and showing character is an asset. A Website Dedicated to Designing a Life Well Lived, with advice, thoughts, wellness and discoveries, Wit and Delight knows how to fuel my attention and creative well.

Should you wish to follow my advice, their review on Brown Girl Dreaming was an eye opener that made me shoot instantly for the book. The latest one I commented on is their On Wellness: This Tornado Loves You, by Kate Arends. The post on self-development - not one of my topics, admittedly - was a way for me to reach for something I am not used to, a read out of my comfort zone. And this is how I found out about adult ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), redefined as a superpower special people are endowed with - far, very far away from prejudices and wrong assumptions. An enlightening point of view applicable to many fields in life and many human profiles, wouldn't you think? Do hop over there and read the post On Faking It and Sisterly Love, another enlightening piece of writing about how each and every one of us progresses through life, with their strength and weaknesses... To take the experience even further and add more visuals to your encounter with this beautiful blog, I would suggest checking out Kate Arends's Instagram feed too.

The blog layout is straightforward, uncluttered and to the point (in line with the pictures shown on the IG feed...), thus reflecting its contents in a subtle and complementary way: an invitation to grabbing a cup of fragrant tea - cinnamon would be good in this case, elegant and earthy at the same time - and clicking around to find the next lifestyle gem, or choosing the next item for your house.

Credits: TheDaydreamer