var sc_project=6985423; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_security="a44ce2ba"; var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-17553950-2']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();  Subscribe in a reader I’m Cody. I’m a sojourner trying to educate myself one road trip at a time.Tumblr (3.0; @jcodysmith)https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/“And I know if I were to raise my hand to question why these gods thirst for the bloodletting...https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/93337856165https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/93337856165Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:55:56 -0400poetryprayeragnostismfaithpublicationwritingwtf: https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/90087837820https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/90087837820Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:13:26 -0400writingwtf: #Does changing the title of a story count as a revision? https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/89882440120https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/89882440120Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:58:00 -0400Sometimes I think the people to feel the saddest for are people who are unable to connect with the...https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/57700710070https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/57700710070Thu, 08 Aug 2013 09:24:49 -0400douglas coupland<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/7873bb0956e870b595de0df6edb03e7d/tumblr_mps4p39n0k1qlin9uo1_500.gifv"/><br/><br/><h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper"><span class="userContent">When people ask how I’m doing and how summer classes are going…</span></h5>https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/55179321482https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/55179321482Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:05:00 -0400summer schooldepressivewhy megeology&hellip;Preacherman, sweet paid for confessor,I tell you I am sorrybut I forgot to tell youthat I...https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/54513316708https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/54513316708Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:34:48 -0400poetryellen gilchristsunday<iframe width="400" height="225" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h9OBKnEmPyM?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen title="Thatcher Holden Smith"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Thatch is 1 today! I can’t believe he was so little once. </p>https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/54407831765https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/54407831765Tue, 02 Jul 2013 01:32:59 -0400Thatchchildrenbirthdaysparenthood<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/6628910540b9df53e2baa7846fa77e0a/tumblr_mp1ya1fCVC1qlin9uo1_500.gifv"/><br/><br/><p>I always think it would be a good idea to listen to music when I read or study, but I always end up zoning out and listening to the tunes.</p>https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/54054670536https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/54054670536Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:54:14 -0400“By temperament I’m a vagabond and a tramp. I don’t want money badly enough to...https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/53522103961https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/53522103961Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:55:06 -0400the paris reviewwilliam faulknerlit quotes<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/199761d2829dd8a86b4941c4a2671dea/tumblr_mo7m9vBJZs1qlin9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/52682100701https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/52682100701Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:41:53 -0400“In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the...https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/51527027681https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/51527027681Mon, 27 May 2013 22:23:27 -0400DanteDante's InfernoInferno“We shall cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we...https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/50494366750https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/50494366750Wed, 15 May 2013 09:23:00 -0400TS Eliotlittle giddingpoetrythe roadadventure<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/642429358dc75bf442664cac6efa4c18/tumblr_mmuc8jadEa1qlin9uo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/50493557106https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/50493557106Wed, 15 May 2013 09:02:43 -0400Bill Murrayexistentialismexitential crisislife aquaticwes anderson<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/f1383e7135758f514943536ce6cbe887/tumblr_mjvem1v9vr1s8coupo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://showmethe-monet.tumblr.com/post/45931924159/rene-magritte-the-treachery-of-images-1928-29" target="_blank">showmethe-monet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Rene Magritte The Treachery of Images 1928-29</em></p> </blockquote>https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47716679025https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47716679025Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:06:26 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mvfJFvbTnMc?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen title="James Vincent McMorrow - Higher Love and If I Had A Boat (Live at the Paradiso)"></iframe><br/><br/>https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47575520608https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47575520608Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:39:09 -0400james vincent mcmorrowhigher loveif i had a boatmusic<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/fc73c134f49433879e8b1f73f380cf42/tumblr_mksh6a7b2H1qlin9uo1_400.gifv"/><br/><br/><p>When someone in the poetry workshop keeps misusing words in their bs critique. </p>https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47196624203https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47196624203Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:46:58 -0400Poetrycreative writingdouch bags running amock<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/8269544dce344f2b169697c6faefa5c8/tumblr_mkpjdiDoZ41qlin9uo1_400.gifv"/><br/><br/><p>The health benefits of living on a student worker stipend.</p>https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47071694913https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47071694913Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:41:00 -0400honey boo boopoorliving on the cheapcollege“We’re in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind...https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47069891827https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47069891827Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:21:42 -0400ZenZen and the Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceQuotePirsigtime“The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our...https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47050571336https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47050571336Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:31:05 -0400PoetryPoeticsMiloszNPM<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c36ee39ed8ca78fdf0c173ecfee9559d/tumblr_mkp3oueQYB1qlin9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tuckered out. @thatchersmom</p>https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47043574564https://jcodysmith.tumblr.com/post/47043574564Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:02:00 -0400ThatchThatcherInstagramBaby