Hello, Goodbye. This Tumblr account saw how I fell in love with water and now I’ve found a way for us to be together. I can no longer just sit and write letters to an ocean who can’t write back, and so began the gradual but grand movement to the sea. I will try to drop in (surf terminology) here from time to time, and if slowness tortures you, feel free to unfollow. I thank you for the time. Meanwhile, I will not be here but there, riding and writing in the ever elsewhere.

I do love what we have become. I truly thank you for the time.

(Don’t fret, I am most online here and here. Also, I’m keeping my Three-Six-Five! Updates soon.)

04.21.13 /03:20/♥ 25

“We all come from the sea. But we are not of the sea. Those of us who are, we children of the tides, must return to it again and again.”
Photo by Craig Pulsifer My favorite story of Craig Pulsifer’s was how his wife, Lib, taught him how to speak Filipino by putting labels on the objects found in their house. Here was “kutsara” and “tinidor” on the dining table. When walking inside a dark room, a switch for “ilaw.” You’ll hear a lot of beautiful stories when you’re with Craig, and this perhaps is what illuminates his photography. Every photograph captures a story mid-motion, printing it to memory.In this picture, I am tying the leash to my left ankle, getting ready to embark on yet another journey with the waves. I am at the brink of a new story unfolding in my life, and I thank Craig for preserving this tender moment. Me before the water, a prayer, a song, a homecoming.

03.14.13 /04:43/♥ 27

craig pulsifer hello this is me surf surfing

03.12.13 /13:50/♥ 20

surf surfing hello this is me

celdee:

pilar— a lovely set of tattoos, a lovelier set of words.

This is, by far, the most outstanding portrait anyone’s ever done of me. Thank you so much, Celdee!

03.01.13 /17:23/♥ 27

celina de guzman hello this is me

likeafieldmouse:

The Made Shop - The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories (2012)

02.21.13 /01:54/♥ 29584

Photos by Edric Chen (January-December 2012)

Dear E,

This album is complete. You’ve done more than just take photographs of me— you’ve preserved who I was in the span of a year. We started in January and ended rightfully in December. This is what 2012 looks like. The girl here is a memory. The new year has been quick on its feet and I fear that I am no longer the girl that you see here. So thank you for this record of past reflections, this sincere safekeeping. You have built for me a mirror, a map, an intricate diary. No one could have done it better in any other way.

We’ve grown, you and I. It’s been a mighty privilege.

Your shotgun confidante,
C.

02.19.13 /21:02/♥ 7

edricchen:

The Three Oddest Words written on her skin.

Today marks the first year of a world without Ms. Szymborska.

How many Futures must be pronounced to bring back the past?

Because skin is never silent.

hi e edric chen

02.19.13 /20:47/♥ 127

Fully Booked visited me at home to spy on my poetry books and tattoos, and we had an enchanting and altogether enlightening conversation about what it means to read and what it feels to have read. They featured me in a video and a sweet series of blog entries (part one here). Click on the links if you want to hear my voice, literally and figuratively.

fully booked reading books bookshelves hello this is me

02.19.13 /18:32/♥ 39

I’m done being that girl locked up in her bedroom dreaming of the sea. I’m happier living what I thought I could only dream of. So go on, get up, go out.

Surf hello real life

02.18.13 /07:41/♥ 31

Best day of my life.

Photos (c) Troy Medina 2013

surf surfing hello real life

02.11.13 /23:28/♥ 20

I’m so tired of staying indoors, 2013.

(First two photos by Troy Medina. Last two from my Instagram: @pilarpedrosapilar)

surf surfing

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