Morgan. 21. Native Texan. Vegetarian. Grad student learning to become a (hopefully) quality teacher.Tumblr (3.0; @mokern)http://mokern.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/006363741fcb84c034f445409fe3edbb/tumblr_mg2cd9MANX1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/39580838099/a-scrupulous-writer-in-every-sentence-that-he" class="tumblr_blog">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus:<br/>      1. What am I trying to say? <br/>      2. What words will express it? <br/>      3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? <br/>      4. <a href="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2013/january/great-orwell-penguin-david-pearson">Is this image fresh enough to have an effect</a>?</p></blockquote>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/39592453524http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/39592453524Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:22:08 -0500“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”<br/><br/> - <em>David Foster Wallace  (via <a href="http://thatkindofwoman.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">thatkindofwoman</a>)</em>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/38839683129http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/38839683129Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:42:38 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/afe3b76ba7e32b9aaa1648cca0aacb11/tumblr_mfimkfV5Kw1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/38682064953/john-tottenham" class="tumblr_blog">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://johntottenham.com/2012/12/22/compliments-of-the-season/">John Tottenham</a></p></blockquote>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/38839484781http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/38839484781Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:39:57 -0500“You have within you more love than you could ever understand.”<br/><br/> - <em>Rumi  (via <a href="http://thatkindofwoman.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">thatkindofwoman</a>)</em>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/36559936628http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/36559936628Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:51:57 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mkszTZBJ1rnc3y3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://chels.tumblr.com/post/21291180750/im-totally-loving-the-past-several-entries-on" class="tumblr_blog">chels</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>I’m totally loving the past several entries on <a href="http://poetsorg.tumblr.com">poets.org</a>. I never thought e.e. cummings could get better, but this picture keeps making me laugh and making me think and doing all the lovely things poetry does, but somehow it’s doing it better.</p> <p>And there are so many other good ones. Go check them out. And also, I just gotta say, thank goodness for <a href="http://rachelfershleiser.com/">Rachel Fershleiser</a> for always pointing out awesome stuff. </p></blockquote> <p>Haha</p>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/21303946651http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/21303946651Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:14:31 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz15ysN3281qb94r2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thatluciegirl.tumblr.com/post/17212147365/mikko-kuorinki-quoting-infinite-jest">thatluciegirl</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://www.kuorinki.com/">Mikko Kuorink</a></strong><strong><a href="http://www.kuorinki.com/">i</a></strong><strong>, quoting </strong><span><em>Infinite Jest</em></span></p> </blockquote>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/17216484437http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/17216484437Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:13:14 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyu8618vsW1qa271ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Boom</p>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/17121481515http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/17121481515Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:25:29 -0500“I am made of things<br/> that are stronger and brighter<br/> than you would believe.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://tylerknott.com/">Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson</a> (via <a href="http://tylerknott.com/" class="tumblr_blog">tylerknott</a>)</em>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/14412025707http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/14412025707Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:32:49 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwd846DfGL1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/14368351301/bookshelf">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/18180/target-bookshelf-by-mebrure-oral.html">Bookshelf</a></p> </blockquote>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/14374991448http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/14374991448Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:15:03 -0500““Writing is as much the process of arriving at the point of composition as it is about the act of composition itself.””<br/><br/> - <em>Jaswinder Bolina</em>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/13553304705http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/13553304705Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:05:32 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luj9nh7irI1qih5tro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/13332075458http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/13332075458Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:07:57 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hEhutIEUq8k?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>My day just got about 1000x better. Thank you Mika. Thank you for this goofy, wonderful magic. </p>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/13215998760http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/13215998760Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:07:17 -0500““I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.””<br/><br/> - <em>Moliere</em>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/13215274674http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/13215274674Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:50:30 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv1gwh2TRW1r2rbgfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>mmmm, fall leaves. </p>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/13160230161http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/13160230161Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:13:21 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lutdhlyFoz1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/12928509329/literary-devices">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://thoughtballoonhelium.blogspot.com/2011/11/literary-devices.html">Literary Devices</a></p> </blockquote> <p>I’m teaching my students literary devices when we get back from Thanksgiving. </p>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/12930242359http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/12930242359Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:57:15 -0500““Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.””<br/><br/> - <em>Rumi</em>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/12757091298http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/12757091298Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:05:06 -0500““those that love the world serve it in action””<br/><br/> - <em>from “Ego Dominus Tuus” by W.B. Yeats</em>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/12744353830http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/12744353830Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:33:19 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lugfs5Kf1r1qjisboo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>At the Sloss Furnace</p>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/12602560317http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/12602560317Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:12:04 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lufd91oe4J1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/12585092780/matt-wisniewski">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/11/matt-wisniewski/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+colossal+%28Colossal%29">Matt Wisniewski</a></p> </blockquote>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/12587817649http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/12587817649Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:29:09 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luehsm7g2o1qjisboo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Birmingham, Al</p>http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/12558288073http://mokern.tumblr.com/post/12558288073Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:00:22 -0500