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Jade

About Me


I am empathetic and ever-changing. I used to be naive and gullible. I will love myself the way I want to be loved by someone else. I can find inspiration in the ordinary. I wonder if I had a past life. I love the smell of rain, the taste of orange juice, wearing pajamas, lowercase letters, the clicky iPod sound. I can't add large numbers in my head or stay angry at a person I like a lot. I wish there was always just enough time, that I could fly effortlessly and throw away my metro card. I believe in the importance of being open to possibilities beyond our perception.

My profile page on boundlessgallery.com

My Interests

writing poetry and fiction, abstract expressionist and surreal paintings, libraries, museums, astrology, vintage shops and bookstores, raspberry, peach, green, and black tea, sunshowers, lavender, vanilla, and sage candles, waking up early, finding shapes in clouds, the sky in the afternoon, newly cut spring grass, perfume, lip gloss, faeries, ponds, singing alone, beaded necklaces, meaningful conversations, handwritten letters, making new friends, learning about other cultures, nutrition, children's literature & other illustrated books, summer and spring at central park, meditation and dreaming

I'd like to meet:


Maybe a cute blonde writer guy who drinks tea. Or possibly a cute blonde writer tea drinking guy who also plays the guitar and will serenade me in the early morning, is amused over small things, and likes adventures, but not insanely dangerous adventures.

Music:

Amos Lee, Andrea Bocelli, Ane Brun, Astor Piazzolla, Bach, The Be Good Tanyas, The Beatles, Beethoven, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Harper, Cara Dillon, Cat Power, Cat Stevens, Charlotte Martin, Cherish the Ladies, Chopin, The Cranberries Cream, Damien Rice, Dave Matthews Band, David Gray, The Ditty Bops, Ella Fitzgerald, Emilie Simon, Emmylou Harris, Eva Cassidy, Feist, Franz Ferdinand, Hem, Holly Brook, Hooverphonic, The Innocence Mission, Iron & Wine, Jane Monheit, Jewel, Karan Casey, Karen Matheson, Kate Rusby, Kathryn Williams, Kings of Convenience, Mark Dougherty, Massive Attack, Medieval Babes, Michael Buble, Mozart, Neko Case, Nina Simone, Over the Rhine, Patty Griffin, Pete Yorn, PJ Harvey, Rachael Yamagata, Regina Spektor, The Rolling Stones, Ron Sexsmith, Rosie Thomas, Rufus Wainwright, Sarah Harmer, Sarah Slean, Sophie Zelmani, Stina Nordenstam, Tegan and Sara, Tori Amos, Vashti Bunyan

Books:


Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami, Milk by Darcey Steinke, All About Love by bell hooks, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare;
Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver, American Primitive by Mary Oliver, Hidden Music poems by Rumi, The Essential Neruda poems by Pablo Neruda, Horses Make A Landscape Look More Beautiful by Alice Walker, She Had Some Horses by Joy Harjo, Ring of Fire by Lisa Jarnot;
Mary Oliver, Pablo Neruda, Rumi, Adrienne Rich, Dorianne Laux, Lisa Jarnot, ee cummings, Naomi Shihab Nye, Joy Harjo, Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath

My Blog

My newest challenge

I decided I want to learn how to play the harp instead of the guitar.  This one comes with nylon strings so that means it wouldn't hurt my fingers, right? http://www.grandeleganceharps.com/catalo...
Posted by Jade on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:52:00 PST

Im probably weirder than you

I haven't blogged in here for awhile, but I've seen a few people do these types of blogs and thought it could be fun.  I think I can be slightly mysterious and I feel like not many people kn...
Posted by Jade on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:29:00 PST

Now on boundlessgallery.com :)

Come see my art! My website: http://amethystjade.boundlessgallery.com  My public profile page: http://www.boundlessgallery.com/artist/9177.art   ...
Posted by Jade on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:35:00 PST

The memory

No matter what is gone now, you can't harm what has been.  The memory is always safe. 
Posted by Jade on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:24:00 PST

The practice of loving

More and more I seem to notice it doesn't matter to me if I like someone's character for me to care about them, to miss them, to give them attention in my own mind, even though it is attenti...
Posted by Jade on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:33:00 PST

A scenic dream

I dreamt I was watching an old man in a garden.  Rays of sunlight poured over the old man, the neon green leaves, and the brightly painted pink, yellow, and red flowers.  The ...
Posted by Jade on Wed, 30 May 2007 08:39:00 PST

Echo

oil pastel on 4x6 --Jade
Posted by Jade on Sun, 20 May 2007 12:31:00 PST

Photos from The Salt Marsh

I went to the Salt Marsh across the street from Marine Park today (in Brooklyn).  I couldn't capture my favorite part-- how good the air and water smelled!  Here are some photos: &nbs...
Posted by Jade on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:42:00 PST

I want to visit the country

and pick wild berries and collect pretty leaves and flowers and sunbathe and sit beside a lake and daydream and take photographs with a special friend the end....
Posted by Jade on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:51:00 PST

A few photos I took today

I was feeling creative and decided to take some photos in and outdoors. Here are a few:My flickr URL is http://www.flickr.com/photos/jade86 ...
Posted by Jade on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:09:00 PST