Auckland, New Zealand, around 1940; posted in memory of my friend Owen, who left today to return to his homeland of Noizyland. He'll be deeply missed.

“I want to find peace and serenity and be able to freely give and accept love despite the fear—or by learning how to accept that the fear won’t go away except by acting as if. I don’t know how this will happen, but I will pray that someone will come along to show me the way. Mostly, I need guidance on how to love myself, because I know I’ll never be able to do any of these things until that happens for real.” —7.28.09 | 2:42am