my name is gabriela and this is where i share my work, my musings, and things that are beautifulTumblr (3.0; @underthesimplestars)http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljtvkcRoSi1qcwu86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><em>Paris</em></strong></p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4709058964http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4709058964Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:12:12 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljtv4qnEIj1qcwu86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><em>Locket</em></strong></p> <p>While walking on the Pont des Arts in Paris, I noticed hundreds of little things attached to the sides from a distance. When I got close enough, I noticed that they were hundreds of little lockets that couples had attached to the bridge, upon which they wrote their names. A lovely sight to see…</p> <p>Taken with the Nikon.</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708811522http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708811522Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:02:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljtuv3vlE01qcwu86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><em>Cadenats</em></strong></p> <p>Paris.</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708656768http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708656768Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:57:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljtuubf3Wg1qcwu86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><em>Love Locks</em></strong></p> <p>Hundreds of love lockets attached to the Pont des Arts in Paris. Taken with the Nikon.</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708644279http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708644279Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:56:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljtutlLw3h1qcwu86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><em>Offerings</em></strong></p> <p>Candle offerings to the Virgin Mary at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Taken with the Nikon.</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708632672http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708632672Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:56:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljturplDcf1qcwu86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nikkon. Notre Dame, Paris.</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708601433http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708601433Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:55:00 -0700candles<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljtupdBNlC1qcwu86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><em>Melting</em></strong></p> <p>Taken in the Notre Dame in Paris.</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708563827http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708563827Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:53:00 -0700candles<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljtuniWXn51qcwu86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><em>Fists</em></strong></p> <p>Taken with the Nikon at an art gallery in Paris.</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708533211http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708533211Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:52:00 -0700handParis<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljtukjHim01qcwu86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><em>Immobile</em></strong></p> <p>Nikon. Paris.</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708485476http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708485476Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:50:00 -0700handParis<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljtuihfGcS1qcwu86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><em>“it was not my time, not your time, not anybody’s time.”</em></strong></p> <p>Taken with the Nikon in a little Parisian art gallery.</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708450979http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/4708450979Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:49:00 -0700Paris<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_1052237663" src="http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/1052237663/audio_player_iframe/underthesimplestars/tumblr_l83zv7Pp621qcwu86?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Funderthesimplestars%2F1052237663%2Ftumblr_l83zv7Pp621qcwu86" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong><em>Human of the Year </em></strong>- Regina Spektor</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/1052237663http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/1052237663Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:37:55 -0700regina spektor<p>A <strong>Nikon FM2</strong> from the family and friends for my 20th birthday?!? Jiminy Cricket!</p> <p>Sorry for the lack of posts recently&#8230; This new gizmo will help make up for it! But first, gotta learn the tricks of it&#8217;s trade.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l83z4icxfP1qc4m11.jpg"/></p> <p>(you can&#8217;t see it, but there&#8217;s a HUUUUGE smile on my face)</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/1052206404http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/1052206404Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:26:33 -0700camera“You need not live forever. You just need to live.”http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/975125699http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/975125699Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:55:07 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l792jjrKqf1qa4xrfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>For those who knew me in high school, you know why I posted this…</p> <p><a href="http://binds.tumblr.com/post/967460289" target="_blank">binds</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/japanese_cigarette_case" target="_blank">∆plentyofpaper</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/975119231http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/975119231Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:53:36 -0700cheerios<p>Today my father and I hiked in Jack London State Park - it was beautiful, and added a whole new dimension to the famous writer&#8230; There, I bought a &#8220;credo&#8221; he wrote, and thought it was worth sharing&#8230;</p> <blockquote> <p><em>I would rather be ashes than dust!</em></p> <p><em>I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-root.</em></p> <p><em>I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.</em></p> <p><strong><em>The function of man is to live, not to exist.</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>I shall not waste my days by trying to prolong them.</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>I shall use my time!<br/></em></strong></p> </blockquote>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/975103272http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/975103272Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:50:00 -0700jack londoncredo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6vim900gu1qcwu86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><em>Untitled</em></strong></p> <p>In high school raised enough money to<strong> build a school in rural Ethiopia </strong>with the <strong>Save the Children</strong> foundation. This is an emblem of that achievement shortly before the construction was finished. Taken with a disposable.</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/958338060http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/958338060Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:25:12 -0700ethiopia<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l77hjjHT441qcwu86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The sad irony, but beautifully captured. Taken by Margaret Bourke-White during the Great Depression.</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/958315273http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/958315273Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:18:00 -0700american way<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l70h0rYZHe1qbpueho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>cute.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://tjadamsfalconer.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">tjadamsfalconer</a>)</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/948883549http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/948883549Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:49:19 -0700space<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l72wihI1DB1qcwu86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><em>Blurry Party</em></strong></p> <p>College. Taken with the Olympus.</p>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/948387509http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/948387509Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:41:33 -0700party““Only children know what they are looking for.””<br/><br/> - <em><strong><em>The Little Prince</em></strong>, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry</em>http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/948384534http://underthesimplestars.tumblr.com/post/948384534Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:40:45 -0700the little prince