once wild

if the heart is wild, no fence will keep you

23. Portland Native. Tanzania Bound. Tattoo Lover. Jesus Follower. Believer in the Seamless Garment. World Citizen. Teacher. Bibliophile. Whimsical. Wild at Heart. HIV/AIDS Activist. Egalitarian. Feminist. Dreamer. Karaoke Queen. Writer. Constantly Changing.

Things I love (& tend to post): world maps, tattoos, trees, bird imagery, RENT, history from multiple perspectives, celebrating cultures, mason jars, owls, roller derby, quotes, nature

May 30, 2012 1:08 pm
"I am no bird, and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you."

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

I finally read this while living in Tanzania and…totally don’t get why people love it so much.  The whole time I was thinking, “Go your own way, girl.  Rochester is a creeper.”

March 10, 2012 2:00 pm
begin a new life by ~saleem007

begin a new life by ~saleem007

February 15, 2012 2:00 pm
(by steffilynn!)

(by steffilynn!)

January 22, 2012 2:01 pm
And The Rest Will Follow (by Boy_Wonder)

And The Rest Will Follow (by Boy_Wonder)

November 14, 2011 3:57 pm
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

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Albert Camus
November 4, 2011 2:02 pm
"Maybe some women aren’t meant to be tamed. Maybe they need to run free until they can find someone just as wild to run with."

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Carrie Bradshaw, Sex & the City (who’d have thought I’d ever quote that show)
October 8, 2011 2:17 pm
"I believe history teaches us a categorical lesson: that once a people are determined to become free, then nothing in the world can stop them reaching their goal."

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Desmond Tutu
August 30, 2011 9:33 am
Shepard Fairey portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi

Shepard Fairey portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi

August 23, 2011 6:41 am
thunder-cock: I would like equal steering rights.

thunder-cock:

I would like equal steering rights.

August 21, 2011 7:20 pm
freedom of thought by *berkozturk

freedom of thought by *berkozturk

1:30 pm
Freedom by ~tatsu-subaru

Freedom by ~tatsu-subaru

August 12, 2011 3:32 pm
by =jpmeister

by =jpmeister

August 2, 2011 1:17 am
"And I say to my people’s masters:
Beware,
Beware of the thing that is coming, beware of the risen people,
Who shall take what ye would not give.
Did ye think to conquer the people,
Or that Law is stronger than life and than men’s desire to be free?
We will try it out with you, ye that have harried and held,
Ye that have bullied and bribed, tyrants, hypocrites, liars!"

—

from “The Rebel” by Patrick Pearse

(Source: irishpage.com)

July 10, 2011 8:33 pm

(Source: socialuprooting)

June 23, 2011 12:36 am
Freedom, Our Fundamental Right by ~junesgub from the artist: I want freedom from what contains me, constrains me, and taints me. I want freedom from ties, lines, and borders. I want freedom from possessions and obsessions. I want to be free of homicides, genocides, and suicide. I want infinite skies and three-dimensional wings, not gravitational duties, not two-dimensional citizenship and certificates.

Freedom, Our Fundamental Right by ~junesgub

from the artist:

I want freedom from what contains me, constrains me, and taints me. I want freedom from ties, lines, and borders. I want freedom from possessions and obsessions. I want to be free of homicides, genocides, and suicide. I want infinite skies and three-dimensional wings, not gravitational duties, not two-dimensional citizenship and certificates.