Leanna Banana / Real horrorshow! / Writer / Artist / Muse / Bomb tied with ribbonTumblr (3.0; @leannabanana3)http://leannabanana.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbr20bNEMe1r7okhqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://leannabanana.com/post/53384167641http://leannabanana.com/post/53384167641Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1af9e78db366416136dafb07537ebce0/tumblr_mojnylvtwV1rpavbfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><div> <div>We would love nothing more than to aid the hearts of our beloved when they are most in need.  Sometimes it drives us mad because we know that we are not in control of unforeseen time.  We are unable to mend even the simplest ache, and this breaks our heart a little.  We only keep the time we have cherished, and sometimes it feels as though the days are not long enough and that time itself is slipping out from under us. <br/><br/>Sometimes we are regretful of the days that have given us life because we wish that we had done more with them.  Sometimes we are mournful because we wish that we had done less with them.  Sometimes there is joy and sometimes there is pain, and there is joy and pain in everything.  We are fearful that we will exit this world with the same heavy heart that upon which we entered. </div> <br/>It is important to be cognizant of how infinitely you walk through this life even though at times the veil is too thin to know the difference.  When you are full of happiness, look deep into your heart and you will realize only what has given you sadness is capable of giving you joy. <br/><br/>At the heart of joy or sorrow is timelessness.  The timelessness in you is cognizant of that timelessness which belongs to the world.   Yesterday is the thought behind us, and tomorrow is a dream that has not yet been dreamt.  What is alive and breathing in you is the same spark which first ignited the stars. </div> <p><br/>Remember when in doubt, look to the stars !<br/><br/></p>http://leannabanana.com/post/53203660304http://leannabanana.com/post/53203660304Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:42:42 -0400writingtimetimelessalt litprosepoetrytimelessnessrosestarsleanna bananajoysorrowthe little princewriters on tumblrartists on tumblrspilled ink<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/00bedf0cbcbd0d798b5a4ba5e38ff51e/tumblr_mm4ph1kxPh1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://leannabanana.com/post/53203631982http://leannabanana.com/post/53203631982Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:42:15 -0400<blockquote> <p>We all got a hug everyday.<br/> We all had someone tell us we were beautiful everyday.<br/> We all felt a little bit special everyday.<br/> We all smiled (and meant it) everyday.<br/> Wouldn’t it be something if all of that came from the most unexpected of places?</p> </blockquote>http://leannabanana.com/post/53203591477http://leannabanana.com/post/53203591477Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:41:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5771bc34e93b963c3333fbe17e4276ce/tumblr_mo8lotf8M01s7jq3ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="tumblr_blog"><em>your <br/>sorrows <br/>are <br/>your <br/>joys <br/>unmasked</em><br/></span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://apgibson.com/post/52715228565/leanna-banana-just-made-my-day-she-is-my-sweetest" target="_blank"><br/><br/>apgibson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Leanna Banana just made my day. She is my sweetest friend.</p> <p><em>“So glad to see you well, overcome them, completely silent now. With heaven’s help, you’ve cast your demons out.”</em><br/><br/> Maynard James Keenan, A Perfect Circle: ‘The Noose’</p> </blockquote>http://leannabanana.com/post/53203531412http://leannabanana.com/post/53203531412Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:40:38 -0400Andrew Gibson Photographyandrew paul gibson photographyap gibson photographyleanna bananaredbroken glassjoysorrow<p>Thank you very much for your kind words.  <br/><br/>Despite my best efforts, I do get blue sometimes.  It is the part of being human that is not always enjoyable.  It is very comforting to know that we’re not alone in our loneliness.  Sometimes it is difficult to remember all the painful places that we’ve been until we are reminded of them.  <br/><br/>Honestly, what keeps me going is receiving notes like the one that you sent me.  I feel that if I am able to mend a heart (even in the smallest way!), I have done my part.  That being said, thank you for making me feel better today. <br/><br/>Love, <br/>Leanna</p>http://leannabanana.com/post/53203459246http://leannabanana.com/post/53203459246Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:39:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d54c78487859b40a59e2a1fbc5ae5267/tumblr_mnycnuzkHQ1rpavbfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>red</em><br/><br/>it is the reflection of the setting sun in her eyes.  it is the hue of the tears that she cries deep into her pillow when she believes that everyone else is asleep.  it is the echo of your heartbeat when you hold her against you.  it is the taste of her kiss.  it is the way that she shushes you with her fingertip against your lips, lingering like an endless sentence though nothing is spoken.  it is the remnant of lust that you leave all over her body in the throes of passion.  it is the sound of her orgasm.  it is the dying ember of your last cigarette.  it is the scent of her perfume on your sheets after you wake alone in an empty bed.  it is the wound that the razor leaves on porcelain skin.  it is the shade of the weeping flowers abandoned in the hallway.  it is the burning ache of your broken heart.  it is the color of love. </p>http://leannabanana.com/post/52293592252http://leannabanana.com/post/52293592252Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:07:44 -0400writingredthe color redpoetryspilled inkself portraitalt litwriters on tumblrartists on tumblrleanna banana<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/268cba5c5bb977daee072486d67cf56d/tumblr_mny82kxPcx1r6olaxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><em><small>“I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”</small></em></p> <p><strong><small>-Lucille Ball</small></strong></p> </blockquote>http://leannabanana.com/post/52268478417http://leannabanana.com/post/52268478417Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:10:33 -0400Lucille Balllucy ballI Love Lucyquotered<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/de597b67c5099aa0aef36ef960ed7c66/tumblr_mnkl0fBi6t1qas7gqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><span class="tumblr_blog">red is the colour of love</span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dastardlydave.tumblr.com/post/51652069139/by-plucking-her-petals-you-do-not-gather-the" target="_blank"><br/></a></em><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dastardlydave.tumblr.com/post/51652069139/by-plucking-her-petals-you-do-not-gather-the" target="_blank"><br/></a><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dastardlydave.tumblr.com/post/51652069139/by-plucking-her-petals-you-do-not-gather-the" target="_blank"><br/>dastardlydave</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. Rabindranath Tagore <a href="http://www.leannabanana.com" title="http://www.leannabanana.com" target="_blank">LeannaBanana.com<br/></a><a href="http://doereime.tumblr.com/" title="http://doereime.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><br/></a>HMUA - <a href="http://doereime.tumblr.com/" title="http://doereime.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Miss Darling</a></p> </blockquote>http://leannabanana.com/post/52065938492http://leannabanana.com/post/52065938492Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:01:00 -0400Dastardly Daveleanna bananaroserosespetalsredredheaddoe darling““My heart is a thousand years old. I am not like other people.””<br/><br/> - <em><strong><strong>Charles Bukowski</strong></strong></em>http://leannabanana.com/post/52065794833http://leannabanana.com/post/52065794833Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:59:39 -0400charles bukowskibukowskiquotelitheart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e4d1b6bf2f6d8c39be12d2b051782e19/tumblr_ml7jvfFWzS1so8qyko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><span class="tumblr_blog">someone take these dreams away</span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://apgibson.com/post/51661718533/miss-leanna-banana-they-keep-calling-me-ian" target="_blank"><br/><br/></a></em><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://apgibson.com/post/51661718533/miss-leanna-banana-they-keep-calling-me-ian" target="_blank"><br/>apgibson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://leannabanana.com" target="_blank">Miss Leanna Banana</a></p> <p><em>“They keep calling me.”</em></p> <p>Ian Curtis, Joy Division: ‘Dead Souls’</p> </blockquote>http://leannabanana.com/post/52065575664http://leannabanana.com/post/52065575664Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:56:01 -0400Andrew Gibson Photographyandrew paul gibson photographyap gibson photographyleanna bananadead soulsjoy divisionblack and whiteerotica“She made her home in between the pages of books”<br/><br/> - <em>Maggie Stiefvater,<em> Linger</em></em>http://leannabanana.com/post/52065408158http://leannabanana.com/post/52065408158Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:53:14 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/21f9cfbbb43a1cff1227dea34c339bbe/tumblr_mnmwpnCEW71qas7gqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><span class="tumblr_blog">a rose by any other name<br/>would smell as sweet</span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dastardlydave.tumblr.com/post/51758664588/thorns-dont-stop-you-from-sniffing-or-putting" target="_blank"><br/><br/></a></em><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dastardlydave.tumblr.com/post/51758664588/thorns-dont-stop-you-from-sniffing-or-putting" target="_blank"><br/>dastardlydave</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Thorns don’t stop you from sniffing. Or putting them in a vase on the kitchen table. You work around them…. Cause the rose is worth it… Think what you’d miss.” <br/><em>― Charles Martin</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.leannabanana.com" title="http://www.leannabanana.com" target="_blank">leannabanana.com<em><br/></em></a><br/>HMUA - <a href="http://doereime.tumblr.com/" title="http://doereime.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Miss Darling</a></p> </blockquote>http://leannabanana.com/post/52065305712http://leannabanana.com/post/52065305712Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:51:00 -0400Dastardly Daveleanna bananarosepetalssunlightdoe darling<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m30g1bSMbQ1qez43mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://leannabanana.com/post/51902138632http://leannabanana.com/post/51902138632Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:06:07 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/245395e53a663fa22bb3e4a05d7e9ae8/tumblr_mnndyxFDB41qamt15o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="tumblr_blog"><em>imperfection is beauty</em><br/><em>madness is genius</em><br/></span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ottorotic.tumblr.com/post/51785120165/gold-dust-woman-did-she-make-you-cry-make-you" target="_blank"><br/><br/>ottorotic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Gold Dust Woman</span></p> <p><span>Did she make you cry</span><br/><span>Make you break down</span><br/><span>Shatter your illusions of love</span><br/><span>Is it over now- do you know how</span><br/><span>Pick up the pieces and go home.</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p>Model: <a href="http://www.leannabanana.com" title="http://www.leannabanana.com" target="_blank">Leanna Banana</a></p> <p>Location: SWFL</p> <p>Photography: Otto Von Erotica | <a href="http://www.ottorotic.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.ottorotic.com" target="_blank">www.ottorotic.com</a></a></p> <p><a href="http://ottorotic.tumblr.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://ottorotic.tumblr.com" target="_blank">http://ottorotic.tumblr.com</a></a> (follow me! on Tumblr)</p> <p>Follow me on Twitter: @OttoRotic</p> <p>This image is protected by international copyright laws, please respect that and do not steal images that do not belong to you.</p> </blockquote>http://leannabanana.com/post/51901996188http://leannabanana.com/post/51901996188Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:04:06 -0400ottoroticotto von eroticaeroticaleanna bananahappy birthday marilynpearlsgold dust womanmarilyn monroe<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0f4ttQMd71qhhcpeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy birthday, Miss Monroe. </p>http://leannabanana.com/post/51901562545http://leannabanana.com/post/51901562545Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:58:13 -0400marilynmarilyn monroenorma jeanehappy birthdayhappy birthday marilyn<p>Thank you for asking.  There are too many to name, to be honest.  This is the short list. <br/><br/>The Little Prince by Antoine De-Saint Exupery.  This was a childhood favorite that I have recently revisited in my adult years.  I had forgotten most of the story, and I was amazed that upon reading it again, the book reached me in a different way and delivered to me a message that I needed to realize.  It keeps me young at heart.  I recommend it to everyone.   <br/><br/>The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  I had initially read this when I was 16 in high school and have since reread it more than any other.  A classic, it never gets old.  Breaks my heart every time in the most beautiful way.  <br/><br/>Hunter S. Thompson shaped my adolescence in a way that few others could.  The funny part is, I became aware of the parallels between he and I upon reflection of my youth, not during it.<br/><br/>Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.  The lovely flowery language aside, Dolores Haze and I are truly two peas in a pod.  <br/><br/>The works of Victor Hugo in general, a great man.  His prose is poetry to me.  More quotes of his are tattooed on my skin than any other of my favorites.  He lived during a time when people were especially cruel to one another.  I find it fascinating that even over a hundred years later, very little has changed.  The sad truth is, people are just not good to each other. <br/><br/>The great Charles Bukowski.  When I first began writing, it was Bukowski who made me realize how important it is for your words to sound like your own.  He discovered the best way to reach people’s hearts is simply by being himself and therefore the most honest.  And as an aside, I think we all feel a little bit like Hank more often than we’d like to admit.</p>http://leannabanana.com/post/51743277861http://leannabanana.com/post/51743277861Thu, 30 May 2013 15:48:46 -0400writingleanna banana<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4a37650a69273c47b081af0d4109fa35/tumblr_mmoxh5mORb1rovfcgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1cb065604c56efb6fddb455675cd9c69/tumblr_mmoxh5mORb1rovfcgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/acaaf12a8cf417c71d228e4cffa550d7/tumblr_mmoxh5mORb1rovfcgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cfc81ac1f78bacaa4d26b6b6b0d31ee6/tumblr_mmoxh5mORb1rovfcgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ab0364b7abf7ef4561c3ce78b0bcb62b/tumblr_mmoxh5mORb1rovfcgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/050d10c5988a322198fc66beb699667f/tumblr_mmoxh5mORb1rovfcgo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/df46777a1df9403c6fdce64be35c9600/tumblr_mmoxh5mORb1rovfcgo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2216873adfaa2982d5e77cd95915e6cf/tumblr_mmoxh5mORb1rovfcgo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5b499cae3632aca797454e4fc85a84ea/tumblr_mmoxh5mORb1rovfcgo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cinephilearchive.tumblr.com/post/50260846070" target="_blank">cinephilearchive</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Great Writers: Another set of stunning photos from <a href="http://everyday-i-show.livejournal.com/210062.html" target="_blank">everyday_i_show </a></p> <blockquote> <p>‘A writer moves about, observing, seeing as much as he can, trying to guess how man will play the game,’ Ray Bradbury stated in <em>A Writer’s Life</em>, a documentary on his life and work from 1963. —<a href="http://dangerousminds.net/comments/a_writers_life_ray_bradbury_on_writing" target="_blank"><em>‘A Writer’s Life’: Ray Bradbury on writing and the importance of the subconscious</em></a> </p> </blockquote> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/47986980?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="640"></iframe></p> <p>By popular demand, <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/03/advice-on-writing/" target="_blank">Maria Popova</a> put together a <a href="http://readlists.com/cdbd013d" target="_blank">reading list</a> of all the famous advice on writing presented at brainpickings.org over the years, featuring words of wisdom from such masters of the craft as Kurt Vonnegut, Susan Sontag, Henry Miller, Stephen King, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Susan Orlean, Ernest Hemingway, Zadie Smith, and more. Enjoy:</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="800" src="http://readlists.com/cdbd013d/embed" width="640"></iframe></p> </blockquote>http://leannabanana.com/post/51704063504http://leannabanana.com/post/51704063504Thu, 30 May 2013 01:09:58 -0400“<p>Lighting new cigarettes,<br/> pouring more<br/> drinks.</p> <p>It has been a beautiful<br/> fight.</p> <p>Still<br/> is.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>Henry Chinaski</em>http://leannabanana.com/post/51704019555http://leannabanana.com/post/51704019555Thu, 30 May 2013 01:09:10 -0400charles bukowskibukowskiquotelitpoetryHenry Chinaskichinaskicigarettesbe still my heart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e700529672748013391a74879a03ec69/tumblr_mnjmdoeB0K1rpavbfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The adventures of OttoRotic Banana, part one.<em><a href="http://ottorotic.tumblr.com/post/50932041768/lately-i-have-slowly-been-coming-out-of" target="_blank"><br/><br/></a></em><a href="http://ottorotic.tumblr.com/post/50932041768/lately-i-have-slowly-been-coming-out-of" target="_blank">ottorotic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Model: <a href="http://www.leannabanana.com" target="_blank">Leanna Banana</a></p> <p>Location: SWFL</p> <p>Photography: Otto Von Erotica | <a href="http://www.ottorotic.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.ottorotic.com" target="_blank">www.ottorotic.com</a></a></p> <p><a href="http://ottorotic.tumblr.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://ottorotic.tumblr.com" target="_blank">http://ottorotic.tumblr.com</a></a> (follow me! on Tumblr)</p> </blockquote>http://leannabanana.com/post/51640552187http://leannabanana.com/post/51640552187Wed, 29 May 2013 09:18:38 -0400otto von eroticaeroticaleanna bananaottoroticlipstickkissesbondagekinkpoloroidnude