The Laughing Heart
This design is originally hand typed on an antique Smith Corona typewriter. Both the greeting card and the print evoke a quiet sense of timelessness and nostalgia with the softly irregular typewriter text, the simple message and the heavy-weight natural matte cardstock. The Laughing Heart poem by Charles Bukowski fills in the shape of the heart.
by Charles Bukowski
your life is your life
don't let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can't beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.
Available as an 8" x 10" print or a box of 6 note cards
8" x 10" Print
• Printed on high-quality, heavy-weight, off-white paper
• Does not include the frame
• Signed by the artist
6 Note Cards
• 4.25" x 5.5" bi-fold cards printed on 100 lb off white paper
• Blank inside
• Envelopes
• Kraft base with clear cover for box
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• Instagram: amyvanderels
This design is originally hand typed on an antique Smith Corona typewriter. Both the greeting card and the print evoke a quiet sense of timelessness and nostalgia with the softly irregular typewriter text, the simple message and the heavy-weight natural matte cardstock. The Laughing Heart poem by Charles Bukowski fills in the shape of the heart.
by Charles Bukowski
your life is your life
don't let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can't beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.
Available as an 8" x 10" print or a box of 6 note cards
8" x 10" Print
• Printed on high-quality, heavy-weight, off-white paper
• Does not include the frame
• Signed by the artist
6 Note Cards
• 4.25" x 5.5" bi-fold cards printed on 100 lb off white paper
• Blank inside
• Envelopes
• Kraft base with clear cover for box
GET CONNECTED
• Instagram: amyvanderels
This design is originally hand typed on an antique Smith Corona typewriter. Both the greeting card and the print evoke a quiet sense of timelessness and nostalgia with the softly irregular typewriter text, the simple message and the heavy-weight natural matte cardstock. The Laughing Heart poem by Charles Bukowski fills in the shape of the heart.
by Charles Bukowski
your life is your life
don't let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can't beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.
Available as an 8" x 10" print or a box of 6 note cards
8" x 10" Print
• Printed on high-quality, heavy-weight, off-white paper
• Does not include the frame
• Signed by the artist
6 Note Cards
• 4.25" x 5.5" bi-fold cards printed on 100 lb off white paper
• Blank inside
• Envelopes
• Kraft base with clear cover for box
GET CONNECTED
• Instagram: amyvanderels
