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this is the story of a mystical boy and his many magical companions. lost in a dream where reality is unreal and imagination is imaginated.</description><title>The Ballad of Brad.</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @theballadofbrad)</generator><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>"In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest..."</title><description>“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Rumi (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lazyyogi.org/"&gt;lazyyogi&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/50326666243</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/50326666243</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:20:54 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness."</title><description>““If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;A phrase that was carved on the walls of a concentration camp cell during WWII by a Jewish prisoner. (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://weaverofstars.tumblr.com/"&gt;weaverofstars&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/50326152605</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/50326152605</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:08:49 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/18bbc815e4c641246df8a28c9633d392/tumblr_mm5bjfDbG61qdlh1io1_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/50190248269</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/50190248269</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 14:02:04 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb8kfxjSgm1r4zr2vo1_r1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/50190161464</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/50190161464</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 14:00:56 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"Every tree, every plant, has a spirit. People may say that a plant has no mind. I tell them that a..."</title><description>““Every tree, every plant, has a spirit. People may say that a plant has no mind. I tell them that a plant is alive and conscious. A plant may not talk, but there is a spirit in it that is conscious, that sees everything, which is the soul of the plant, its essence, what makes it alive…I feel a great sorrow when trees are burned, when the forest is destroyed. I feel sorrow because I know that human beings are doing something very wrong.When one takes ayahuasca one can sometimes hear how the trees cry when they are going to be cut down. They know beforehand, and they cry.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pablo César Amaringo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;retired Peruvian ayahuasquero&lt;/em&gt; (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wild-rover.tumblr.com/"&gt;wild-rover&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/50190100369</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/50190100369</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 14:00:07 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fe19b25f646fef1c2ed126ac8c9df117/tumblr_mj1epbz45n1s1mvsto1_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f780ef3d9849d984527a3052a9608c65/tumblr_mj1epbz45n1s1mvsto2_r2_400.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/07cb4bb822e59d4a66f0518e9288ed8c/tumblr_mj1epbz45n1s1mvsto3_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a6f9c39497f51c642f09e72a6c1a99c2/tumblr_mj1epbz45n1s1mvsto4_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7da61136219d7ced1c97a4dbffa8e91f/tumblr_mj1epbz45n1s1mvsto5_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4151d4f01a26b724a636dd51884466bc/tumblr_mj1epbz45n1s1mvsto6_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6d6a91088b4ec9d8ae2d015f4c7df380/tumblr_mj1epbz45n1s1mvsto7_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/50001958648</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/50001958648</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 03:06:32 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of..."</title><description>“We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that it is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of the world, yet undisturbed by its multiplicity, for our innermost soul we know ourselves to be one with all being.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Hermann Hesse (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://samsaranmusing.tumblr.com/"&gt;samsaranmusing&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/49912089539</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/49912089539</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 22:13:05 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing..."</title><description>“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it’s a feather bed.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Terence McKenna  (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nirvikalpa.tumblr.com/"&gt;nirvikalpa&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/48145212791</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/48145212791</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:20:58 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"The dissolving of one’s self, and the recrystallizing at higher, more angelic states of being. This..."</title><description>“The dissolving of one’s self, and the recrystallizing at higher, more angelic states of being. This is the Alchemical message, this is the shaman’s dance.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Terence McKenna (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://enemy-of-ra.tumblr.com/"&gt;enemy-of-ra&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47924794501</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47924794501</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:06:14 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"Don’t blame anyone or anything for your situation or problems. When you do that you are saying that..."</title><description>“Don’t blame anyone or anything for your situation or problems. When you do that you are saying that you are powerless over your own life. An empowering step to reclaiming your life is taking responsibility.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Jillian Michaels (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://onlinecounsellingcollege.tumblr.com/"&gt;onlinecounsellingcollege&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47918928083</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47918928083</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:48:16 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>
Everything is interconnected through the bindings and...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bf842a3f3183bca08a0f9317104068c4/tumblr_mknp5oRhKL1qgo46ro1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Everything is interconnected through the bindings and vibrational patterns of Mother Nature and the Universe. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47918838145</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47918838145</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:47:05 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2a7fbe8ce065aacf93bf01e3138de8f4/tumblr_ml0vz12Z0e1qlymm0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47689679461</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47689679461</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:41:30 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/02e98bcc9bf933eec035274f481d365a/tumblr_mkw5ze3vSG1rgim0xo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47687511432</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47687511432</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:18:08 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m23aud178V1qka946o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47687505190</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47687505190</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:17:58 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/18dcaeabbda63f815e8b86ccecbff36f/tumblr_mi2cyaWy5j1rqd92do1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47687391772</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47687391772</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:14:07 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5c933606704d0b8322e0b1aff1c76b27/tumblr_mgp7zqNXaI1qgs3ndo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47686610680</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47686610680</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:49:23 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>rikaorlanda:

Paul Friedlander
British artist, physicist, and...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5d9a5a818d34c4272d42190c961f17b7/tumblr_mkzrh53eR81r7u9m7o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rikaorlanda.tumblr.com/post/47591197865/paul-friedlander-british-artist-physicist-and"&gt;rikaorlanda&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Paul Friedlander&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;British artist, physicist, and all-around science enthusiast Paul Friedlander produces kinetic light sculptures that provide a colorful feast for the eyes. How does he do it? He rapidly rotates a piece of string through white light. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/"&gt;&lt;span&gt;(via)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47686285806</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47686285806</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:39:44 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/04a5a49d205eab566e51cc80a8629f2e/tumblr_mjyesi2z1s1rkh3gdo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47686245490</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47686245490</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:38:34 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>psycho-hierophants:

chakras .. BY CHRISTOPHER MORPHIS (MORPHIS...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/41406125a283e081978d36562a0c8257/tumblr_ml23l6tqAi1rtzgumo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://psycho-hierophants.tumblr.com/post/47641625115/chakras-by-christopher-morphis-morphis-art"&gt;psycho-hierophants&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;chakras .. BY CHRISTOPHER MORPHIS (MORPHIS ART)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47677481060</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47677481060</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:48:11 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>middlecyclone:

“This incredible photo marks the end of Matador...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/431609d3dfe12227b2e8b94f107a6290/tumblr_mj1krjMdL31ro0rcoo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://middlecyclone.tumblr.com/post/47667120147/this-incredible-photo-marks-the-end-of-matador"&gt;middlecyclone&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;“This incredible photo marks the end of Matador Torero Alvaro Munera’s career. He collapsed in remorse mid-fight when he realized he was having to prompt this &lt;span class="text_exposed_show"&gt;otherwise gentle beast to fight. He went on to become an avid opponent of bullfights. Even grievously wounded by picadors, he did not attack this man.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="text_exposed_show"&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Torrero Munera is quoted as saying of this moment: ‘And suddenly, I looked at the bull. He had this innocence that all animals have in their eyes, and he looked at me with this pleading. It was like a cry for justice, deep down inside of me. I describe it as being like a prayer - because if one confesses, it is hoped, that one is forgiven. I felt like the worst shit on earth.’ “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47677424216</link><guid>http://theballadofbrad.tumblr.com/post/47677424216</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:47:21 -0600</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
