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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:40:28 -0400

"I’m like that. Either I forget right away or I never forget."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:44:52 -0400

“I’m like that. Either I forget right away or I never forget.”

- Samuel Beckett (from Waiting for Godot)

Anthem.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:12:00 -0400

Anthem.

TO JOHN KEATS, POET, AT SPRING TIME

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:51:52 -0400

….

“John Keats is dead,” they say, but I
Who hear your full insistent cry
In bud and blossom, leaf and tree,
Know John Keats still writes poetry.
And while my head is earthward bowed
To read new life sprung from your shroud,
Folks seeing me must think it strange
That merely spring should so derange
My mind. They do not know that you,
John Keats, keep revel with me, too.

Countee Cullen

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:20:17 -0400

likeafieldmouse: Kim Keever “Miniature topographies inside...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:44:29 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

Kim Keever

“Miniature topographies inside 200-gallon fish tanks, based on traditional landscape paintings. Keever fills the tanks with water once he’s sculpted and placed the miniatures, and colored lights and pigments create dense, atmospheric environments. He views his works as an evolution of the landscape tradition and deliberately acknowledges the conceptual artifice.”

notyourheroes: tsnitch: crissle: latentpower: awkwardsituatio...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:47:27 -0400

notyourheroes:

tsnitch:

crissle:

latentpower:

awkwardsituationist:

cambridge university students were asked on campus why they needed feminism. here are 60 answers. click the link for over about 600 more.

This is amazing

a few of these made me wrinkle my nose in disgust which reminds me that i still have a long way to go, too.

so good

Love this

liquidnight: Ruth Harriet Louise and Jack Woody Greta Garbo,...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:40:19 -0400

liquidnight:

Ruth Harriet Louise and Jack Woody

Greta Garbo, 1925

[via Le Journal De La Photographie]

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:27:04 -0400

aseaofquotes: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:20:13 -0400

aseaofquotes:

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

"I am one of the lucky ones. I managed to turn my history of science and philosophy degree into..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:40:24 -0400

“I am one of the lucky ones. I managed to turn my history of science and philosophy degree into graduate education in a semi-practical field. I’m not too worried about my employment opportunities once I finish my PhD. But I have friends who are suffering. They are being bounced around between unpaid internships, or desperately sending out resumes, or stuck working in underpaid fast-food jobs when they have master’s degrees. It’s nasty out there, and for baby boomers with secure pensions to shrug their shoulders and say that we should have been more shrewd with our career planning when we were seventeen and there was no recession and everybody was telling us to follow our passions is not just wrong; it’s also insulting. It’s a deliberate attack on unemployed and underemployed young people, aimed at implicating us in our own misfortune and diverting attention away from political choices that are needlessly exacerbating the recession. That this wrong and hurtful narrative has been accepted by the media and political elites is a big, big problem.”

- Why The Practicality Trolls are Wrong | Earnest and Jest (via brute-reason)

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:01:07 -0400

"The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while,..."

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:20:26 -0400

“The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.”

- Assata Shakur: An Autobiography (via theuncolonizedmind)

"We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only..."

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:40:25 -0400

“We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering, I rush to them. They give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resilience to push on.”

- Helen Hayes (via thelittlephilosopher)

salviohexia-: literature meme | movements [1/2] -...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:10:52 -0400

salviohexia-:

literature meme | movements [1/2] - futurism

Futurism (Italian: Futurismo) was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasized and glorified themes associated with contemporary concepts of the future, including speed, technology, youth and violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane and the industrial city. It was largely an Italian phenomenon, though there were parallel movements in Russia, England and elsewhere. Important works include its seminal piece of the literature, Marinetti’s Manifesto of Futurism. [+]

a rock feels no pain and an island never cries

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:41:33 -0400

a rock feels no pain
and an island never cries

odditiesoflife: Grand Prismatic Spring Located in Yellowstone...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:20:15 -0400

odditiesoflife:

Grand Prismatic Spring

Located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, the Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest natural hot spring found in the US. The spring has a scalding temperature of 160 °F (70 °C), a total depth of 160 feet and a diameter of 300 feet. The vivid, rainbow colors in the spring are the result of pigmented bacteria in the microbial mats that grow around the edges of the mineral-rich water.

Keats fears to be among littered papers silent quill pens, a pause, before light, a memory like a...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:30:01 -0400

Keats fears to be

among littered papers

silent quill pens, a pause,

before light, a memory

like a feather tapered

Arranged in melody

short bursts, remorseful code

fragments, flashbacks

In blocks, structures are formed

repressed ink pot abode

brimming with releasement

"Ever thought of how this life is only as important and stressful as we let our minds make it? I..."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:16:13 -0400

“Ever thought of how this life is only as important and stressful as we let our minds make it? I mean, our ultimate destination is the Aakhirah (Hereafter), the eternal destination, so why put so much stress on this temporary life? I don’t mean to say that we shouldn’t enjoy life and make the most of it. Rather, I’m saying that in order to be at peace throughout this temporary life and to live relatively worry-free, it would make more sense for us to put our efforts towards preparing for the long term (Aakhirah) over the short term (dunya). Put aside your worries about this life, because ultimately, everything passes. Instead, focus on preparing for the Hereafter, because that is the life that has unlimited possibilities in how incredible it could be. Just have to make sure you earn the right ticket for the right venue when you get there.”

- Nadir Keval (via nadirkeval)

vitalemontea: Tarun Tahiliani - Spring Summer Collection 2013

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:13:12 -0400

vitalemontea:

Tarun Tahiliani - Spring Summer Collection 2013