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"A gracefully executed quit is a beautiful thing, opening up more doors than it closes."

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:17:08 -0700

“A gracefully executed quit is a beautiful thing, opening up more doors than it closes.”

- Kio Stark on how to learn outside of formal education. (via explore-blog)

"When you started writing, in high school or college, it wasn’t out of a wish to be published, or to..."

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:48:40 -0800

“When you started writing, in high school or college, it wasn’t out of a wish to be published, or to be successful, or even to win a lovely award like the one you’re receiving tonight. It was in response to the wondrousness and humiliation of being alive. Remember?”

- via

"…if you run into people who are really interested in hearing sounds, you’re apt to find..."

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:57:22 -0800

“…if you run into people who are really interested in hearing sounds, you’re apt to find them fascinated by the quiet ones. Did you hear that? They will say.”

- John Cage, from a recording of Indeterminacy, played during a recent remembrance of him on Fresh Air

entregulistanybostan: Paul Rockett: Glenn Gould’s Hands,...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:50:36 -0700

entregulistanybostan:

Paul Rockett: Glenn Gould’s Hands, 1956

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Paul Rockett
Glenn Gould’s Hands, 1956

peppersprayingcop: “Ok, we went ahead and brought you our...

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:44:04 -0800

peppersprayingcop:

“Ok, we went ahead and brought you our tired, our poor and our huddled masses. I know its April Fools day and everything, but we really kind of yearn to breathe freeAAUAUUAUAGHGAUAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”

iamjapanese: Matteo Massagrande（Italian, b.1959） Tibisco ...

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:44:37 -0700

iamjapanese:

Matteo Massagrande（Italian, b.1959）

Tibisco inverno

crashinglybeautiful: George Krause: Untitled (Man on Stairs),...

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:43:38 -0700

crashinglybeautiful:

George Krause: Untitled (Man on Stairs), 1960s. Thank you, regardintemporel & lushlight.

iamjapanese: Stéphane Erouane Dumas（French, b.1958） Forêt...

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:40:49 -0700

iamjapanese:

Stéphane Erouane Dumas（French, b.1958）

Forêt d’hiver 2009-2010

Huile sur toile

iamjapanese: yama-bato: Ruth Asawa Via...

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:39:55 -0700

iamjapanese:

yama-bato:

Ruth Asawa

Via http://morewaystowastetime.blogspot.com/2007/12/artful-home-ruth-asawa.html

Thank you, yama-bato :)

7knotwind: Eva Hessevia:inspirelois

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:35:29 -0700

7knotwind:

Eva Hesse
via:inspirelois

nprfreshair: Eerily Beautiful 1920s Australian Mugshots

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:34:45 -0700

nprfreshair:

Eerily Beautiful 1920s Australian Mugshots

"If you fail to grasp life, it will elude you. If you do grasp it, it will elude you anyway. So you..."

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:19:04 -0800

“If you fail to grasp life, it will elude you. If you do grasp it, it will elude you anyway. So you must follow it—and “you must drink quickly as though from a rapid stream that will not always flow.” The trick is to maintain a kind of naive amazement at each instant of experience—but, as Montaigne learned, one of the best techniques for doing this is to write about everything.”

- Sarah Bakewell, How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (via johnsparker)

malarky-shenanigans: Rare cave pearls fill dried-out terrace...

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:11:31 -0800

malarky-shenanigans:

Rare cave pearls fill dried-out terrace pools near the Garden of Edam in Hang Son Doong. This unusually large collection of stone spheres formed drip by drip over the centuries as calcite crystals left behind by water layered themselves around grains of sand, enlarging over time.

iheartmyart: Sonja Vordermaier, Lasso2, rope, steel about 240 x...

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:07:27 -0800

iheartmyart:

Sonja Vordermaier, Lasso2, rope, steel about 240 x 180 x 230 cm Heimat und Sachkunde, Köln, 2010

iheartmyart: Sonja Vordermaier, Leuchtenwald, Streetlampforest...

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:05:44 -0800

iheartmyart:

Sonja Vordermaier, Leuchtenwald, Streetlampforest a collection of 30 european streetlamps from different origins and times : Amsterdam, Berlin, Erfurt, Leipzig, Glasgow, Innsbruck, Milano, Hamburg, Prag, Cagnes-sur-mer (France), Sarajevo, Stuttgart, Belgrade, Lippstadt, Munich, Sofia, Trieste,Wolfsburg and Vienna. approx. 29 x 46 x 33 ft Mangfallpark Rosenheim, talking place at the horticultural show Rosenheim, 2010

tudopossonaquelequemefortalece: Cara Deus é perfeito! Voce ja...

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:05:04 -0800

tudopossonaquelequemefortalece:

Cara Deus é perfeito!

Voce ja observou a chuva?

aquelas nuvens enormes cheias de aguaaa..

Deus é tao perfeito que Ele manda cair gotinha por gotinhaa pq se caisse a chuva toda de uma vez nao suportariamos…

Por mais que as tempestades pareçam grandes, nunca esqueça, esta apenas cainda gotinha por gotinhaa…

bookporn: Rudyard Kipling’s study.

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:04:35 -0800

bookporn:

Rudyard Kipling’s study.

yama-bato: Beautiful:))Thank you so...

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:47:40 -0800

yama-bato:

Beautiful:))Thank you so much!

lushlight:

Fornasetti-Optical Mirror

Brass Framed- 12 ins Diameter

with label to rear- ca 1960s

via galere

This ones for Yama

jenniferwalkerdesigns: Global tree project. A large-scale tree...

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:06:40 -0800

jenniferwalkerdesigns:

Global tree project. A large-scale tree installation for the abandoned, deconsecrated, 19th century Holy Cross Church.

spatula:

Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Design Milk

firsttimeuser: Basic Black

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:38:22 -0800

firsttimeuser:

Basic Black