ari's creative space

outgoing mail to a penpal outgoing mail to a college friend

here are some songs I've had on repeat this month: more than a feeling - boston doses and mimosas - cherub heat - tigers jaw superstition - stevie wonder put me on something - p-lo i'm like a bird - nelly furtado  constant headache - joyce manor unwritten - natasha bedingfield have you ever seen the rain? - creedence clearwater revival  check out my apple music profile here .

so, a few times a year i roadtrip from home to college, or college to home. i really enjoy roadtrips and driving through four different states. this roadtrip was winter 2016, where my boyfriend and i drove up together. the drive is about fourteen hours. we went from california, to oregon, to washington, to idaho. here are some winter pictures from the drive: 

photo was found online photo was found on pinterest photo is an excerpt from the book 'how to be an explorer of the world' by keri smith

postcrossing is a site that i use to exchange postcards across the country. i've been using postcrossing since about march of 2017. how it works is: you create an account, and are given an address. you put an id on the postcard and send it to the address you were given. once the person receives the card, they go onto the site and register the id. once the id is registered, your address is sent to someone, and they send you a card. i love this system because you can only get cards if you send cards, which means everyone is actively sending each other cards. i've gotten cards from all across the world! check out some snaps of the cards i've received, as well as the map of sent & received cards from postcrossing. you can check out my postcrossing here .  my travel map of the cards i've sent (red lines) and received (blue)

i have decided to share a few poems i wrote for nanowrimo (national novel writing month). this was my first attempt at any poetry, so please read with an open mind. it seems i  can never be truly satisfied and i don't know how to  stop this empty  feeling.