#emmyreckless

I have been drawing a lot lately, sketching fashion designs and new outfits. I was binge watching Project Runway before I got my Kindle, so I think that combined with my obsession with polyvore is pushing me towards drawing my own designs lately.

I am obsessed with the flower designs that Grace Ciao has been putting together. She uses all sorts of unconventional mediums to create shapes and the result is awesome.

Check it out:

These are some seriously sweet designs!

Orchids, one of my favorite flowers.

Does that come in my size??

I can't even pick a favorite because I am so blown away! She also works with other mediums like candy wrappers and such. Check her out on Instagram here and also check out her new website here!

Today was...

Peaceful. Today was a day for sitting still and listening to Flume by Bon Iver. Actually, the whole album For Emma, Forever Ago is perfect for today.

Thoughtful. Today was a day full of thoughts. Today, I thought a lot about the past, a handful about the present and a little about the future.

Nostalgic. Today I felt extremely nostalgic. Mostly, it's because I interacted with people that were in my life during my best times.

To a time when I lived with this girl, my best friend.

To a time where two great friends showed me, a kid whose parents' divorce altered her thoughts on relationships, that committing to another is beautiful.

To the incredible journey I took with the incredible people I met.

At peace. Today I felt at peace. The weather soaked my skin and sprouted freckles on my face, and I felt at peace.

Today's song:

I've just finished reading The Fault in our Stars by John Green for the second time. It was even better than the first time I read it. 

I read a lot of books of all sorts of varieties, including young adult fiction. I'm not going to defend why I enjoy the young adult category, but I will say that I think books like TFIOS are great at giving a young perspective on unwavering love. 

This story begins with the protagonist, 16-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster, in her third year batting Stage VI thyroid cancer that metastasized to her lungs. Augustus Waters, a 17-year-old boy who lost his leg to osteosarcoma, meets Hazel at a Cancer Support Group for children and teens.

The main reason I think about this book so much is due to the main characters having cancer. I consider myself--with my plain and rather boring life--to be introspective; questioning life and its many factors. But to be young and have something as definitive as cancer, it's something I can't imagine. For me, this story contains characters with this serious illness and gives them something young and juvenile: pure love. 

Green heightens the dynamic between the teenagers, creating an engaging tale of two individuals brought together through pain, united through circumstance and joined through love.**

The second reason I love this book so much is because of the way it is written. While these teenagers engage in juvenile, young love, they are anything but immature. Green writes beautiful phrases for these characters:

"My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations."

“As he read, I feel in love the way you fall asleep: slow, and then all at once.”

The Fault in Our Stars was released as a major motion picture on June 6th, starring Shailene Woodley as Hazel Lancaster and Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters.