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cjwho: Unplugged by Scott Newkirk - A one-room cabin in the...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:18:47 +0100

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Unplugged by Scott Newkirk - A one-room cabin in the woods pulls the cord on modern living in New York.

fuckyesballet:perfectballetbody: Jeremel Johnson

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fuckyesballet:perfectballetbody: Jeremel Johnson

Greek myrtle wreath, c. 330-250 BC. In ancient Greece, wreaths...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:55:53 +0100

Greek myrtle wreath, c. 330-250 BC.

In ancient Greece, wreaths made from plants like laurel, ivy, and myrtle were awarded to athletes, soldiers, and royalty. Similar wreaths were designed in gold and silver for the same purposes or for religious functions. This example conveys the language of love.

A plant sacred to the goddess Aphrodite, myrtle was a symbol of love. Greeks wore wreaths made of real myrtle leaves at weddings and banquets, received them as athletic prizes and awards for military victories, and wore them as crowns to show royal status.

By the Hellenistic period (300-30 BC), the wreaths were made of gold foil; too fragile to be worn, they were created primarily to be buried with the dead as symbols of life’s victories. The naturalistic myrtle leaves and blossoms on this wreath were cut from thin sheets of gold, exquisitely finished with stamped and incised details, and then wired onto the stems. Most that survive today were found in graves.

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"Don’t fool yourself. English isn’t inherently superior, or easier to learn, or more sonically..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:14:48 +0100

“Don’t fool yourself. English isn’t inherently superior, or easier to learn, or more sonically pleasing. Its international usage comes from forceful assimilation and legacy of colonialistic injection. It isn’t a deed that one should take pride in.”

- my uncle left this comment on his friend’s Facebook status, a white British man who was bragging about how easy it is to be a native English speaker when trekking to different nations. (via maarnayeri)

designismymuse: Seacombe Grove House in Australia by b.e....

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:32:44 +0100

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Seacombe Grove House in Australia by b.e. architecture (via contemporist)

"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:15 +0100

““When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.””

- Paulo Coelho; The Alchemist (via wordpainting)

wordpainting: garrott: This is water. In 2005, author David...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:09:21 +0100

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garrott:

This is water.

In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn’t become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. It is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we’ve ever come across, and perhaps the most simple and elegant explanation of the real value of education.

We made this video, built around an abridged version of the original audio recording, with the hopes that the core message of the speech could reach a wider audience who might not have otherwise been interested. However, we encourage everyone to seek out the full speech (because, in this case, the book is definitely better than the movie).

(h/t machaffer.)

[Nice illustrative film adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech titled This is Water.]

stfusexists: thedinosaurprince: fuckingrapeculture: signifiero...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:27:57 +0100

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signifierofmalepower:

My picks from #safetytipsforladies on Twitter.

brilliant

ALWAYS REBLOG.

Did I blog this? Well, no matter, it’s amazing.

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lustliesandlipstick: Fantastic.

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lustliesandlipstick:

Fantastic.

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"You want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated. So that people can..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:18:49 +0100

“You want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated. So that people can say, “Wow, isn’t he so terribly brave to love a girl who is so obviously sad.” You think I’ll be the dark sky so you can be the star? I’ll swallow you whole..”

- Warsan Shire (via libranta)

foxmouth: Photography by Skarphéðinn Þráinssonhb Collection of...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:37:21 +0100

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Photography by Skarphéðinn Þráinssonhb

Collection of images from the erupting volcano in Eyjafjallajökull, erupting from 14th of April to 23d of May 2010

"Do something instead of killing time, because time is killing you."

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:55:53 +0100

“Do something instead of killing time, because time is killing you.”

- Paul Coelho (via perfect)

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