February 2012
40 posts
“You can take a perfect moment and stretch it, and carry it with you, until it...”
– Almine (via lucifelle)
“When prehistoric fossils were first discovered in rocks, 18th century scientists...”
– Colin Wilson, Magnificent Ruin (via nevver)
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Giving Up The Ghost (cont.)
“Strangely then, the best argument for fact is the absolute unaffordability of fiction. Thus it would appear the ghost haunting The Navidson Record, continually bashing against the door, is none other than the recurring threat of his own reality” — Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves, p.149
There is an old Jewish tradition - when you visit a cemetery or a headstone of a loved...
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“Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all...”
– Buddha (via lucifelle)
It’s true… a good friend once told me, “You can learn at least one new thing from everyone you meet.” that same day, the very same friend told me that it was ok to be sad about some minor-dude-love-shitty-situation i was going through… but only...
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“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to...”
– ~E.E Cummings (via theimpossiblecool)
Did you know... We have e.e. cumming's valentines... →
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“Caress the detail, the divine detail.”
– Vladimir Nabokov (via ocularappetite)
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The Theme is Home
Michigan so far: snowshine on a saturday morning, after driving down Woodward Avenue in a snow storm from Detroit (where artificial rainbows were present and Adult. music was performed live) at MoCAD.
“It’s impossible to fall of mountains, you fool!” — Kerouac, Dharma Bums
Vizzini: HE DIDN’T FALL? INCONCEIVABLE. Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do...
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Visual Evoked Potential
Checks the pathway from the eye to the brain. Electrodes are placed onto the scalp. You are seated in front of a screen and asked to stare at the center. One eye is covered while the other eye is tested. The stimulus is given, which is usually a checkerboard pattern, that quickly reverses color. A computer records the results. Total time is usually about one hour.
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librarysciences:
ATTN TUMBLR: I am not caught up on Downton Abbey, Thank you for understanding.
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Our Women are Straight Lines - in the Multiverse
Intelligent Design v. the Multiverse Theory
Alan Lightman’s essay - The Accidental Universe: Science’s Crisis of Faith - in Harper’s Magazine/December 2011 argues that science discredits religion or the idea of ONE creator; however the universe might not be as rationally oriented as we had hoped. In fact, Lightman steps dangerously close to the edge (of our universe,...
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WatchRichard Serra’s spirals at the DIA: Beacon!
endless labyrinths… thanks Morgan for capturing this!!
stalkingtheimage:
Artist voyeurism (This trip is endless journey).
"If some day we all go to prison for downloading...
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“Assertiveness means to bring joy to our heart, to bring quality to our day, to...”
– Almine (via lucifelle)
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“Whenever you accept what is, something deeper emerges than what is. So, you can...”
– Eckhart Tolle (via lucifelle)
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January 2012
62 posts
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We Have Need for Strong Hands, for Spirits who are...
— Tropic of Cancer
Sometimes Henry Miller’s words cause a restless stir and leave me a bit breathless, like a punch in the gut. He rambles for pages and pages and irritates for the most part, but then there’s that one sentence or paragraph that just hits the nail on the head and knocks you down with introspection for a few minutes. At least long enough to get out your pencil and...
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“They had their own foregatherings: They, over goblets of wine, they, over a...”
– Alexander Pushkin, describing the 1825 Decembrists’ uprising.
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“Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but...”
– G.K. Chesterton (via lucifelle)
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“If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and...”
– Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (via lucifelle)
Notes for Young Ladies
nevver:
leave the english accents to the english
alcohol is a depressant
if you are 25, you are too old to start ballet
Itchy Banquet