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the feels.

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:42:01 -0400

the feels.

razorshapes: Pablo Picasso - Bull (1945) About Picasso’s...

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:33:38 -0400

Pablo Picasso - Bull (1945)

About Picasso’s series:

“Pablo Picasso created ‘Bull’ around the Christmas of 1945. ‘Bull’ is a suite of eleven lithographs that have become a master class in how to develop an artwork from the academic to the abstract. In this series of images, all pulled from a single stone, Picasso visually dissects the image of a bull to discover its essential presence through a progressive analysis of its form. Each plate is a successive stage in an investigation to find the absolute ‘spirit’ of the beast.”

humansofnewyork: “I’ve got terminal cancer. They wanted to do...

Sat, 04 May 2013 14:59:20 -0400

humansofnewyork:

“I’ve got terminal cancer. They wanted to do surgery but I don’t have much time and that would put me in a wheelchair. Yesterday, I helped a kid learn to ride a bike. That’s something, right? That’s a slice of life. Couldn’t do that in a wheelchair.”

(Boston, MA)

likeafieldmouse: Heike Mutter & Ulrich Genth - Tiger &...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:26:12 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

Heike Mutter & Ulrich Genth - Tiger & Turtle (2011) - A walk-along “roller coaster”

For some of their films, Disney would film real actors so that...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:35:40 -0400

For some of their films, Disney would film real actors so that the animators could watch them for reference.

lustik: Lamadieu Thomas aka Roots Art via Design Dautore

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:05:49 -0400

lustik:

Lamadieu Thomas aka Roots Art via Design Dautore

kis-met: mikelernerphotography: My Wife’s Fight With Breast...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:39:54 -0400

kis-met:

mikelernerphotography:

My Wife’s Fight With Breast Cancer
one of the saddest and most beautiful photo essays I’ve ever seen

I don’t think I could ever be this open photographically showing my wife slowly dying. I couldn’t do it, but this is beautiful.

:’(

Stephen Hawking Quotables.

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:57:53 -0400

Stephen Hawking Quotables.:

11. ON THE ADVICE HE GAVE HIS CHILDREN:

“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away.”

Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/32149/11-stephen-hawking-quotes-his-71st-birthday#ixzz2OUd2bMaF
—brought to you by mental_floss!

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Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:50:17 -0400

LIFE: HOW WAS IT?

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:35:32 -0400

Posted by Mikhail Iossel

“When you’re young, you think there’ll be plenty of time for everything in your life: counting all the grains of sand in the Sahara Desert, seeing all the people in the world, becoming greater than Jesus and Lenin and Lomonosov and Pushkin and Einstein all rolled into one, reuniting at some point with everyone you’ve met once in your life, befriending every man, falling in love with every woman… Life is a process of gradually coming to terms with the meaning and the very concept of never-ness. Never—well, so be it. Quoth the raven: oh well, them’s the breaks. Get used to it. Get over it. Life is a perishable proposition of rapidly diminishing returns. You could’ve become this or that; you could’ve been here and there and everywhere; but that didn’t happen—and well, so be it. There won’t be, in the end of your life, a joyous, transcendentally meaningful regathering of everyone you’ve ever met on your path, with stories shared and wine flowing and laughter lilting and happiness abounding and life never-ending—well, so be it.”

Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/03/meeting-a-friend-at-the-strand.html#ixzz2NZWOPdXx

natgeofound: Club members on the ocean front are shaded by...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:23:33 -0500

natgeofound:

Club members on the ocean front are shaded by decorative parasols, 1930.
Photograph by Clifton R. Adams, National Geographic

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Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:56:37 -0500

leanslimfit: This actually made my day! :)

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:16:48 -0500

leanslimfit:

This actually made my day!

daisymay: carlosbaila: Marina Abramovic meets Ulay“Marina...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:46:18 -0500

daisymay:

carlosbaila:

Marina Abramovic meets Ulay

“Marina Abramovic and Ulay started an intense love story in the 70s, performing art out of the van they lived in. When they felt the relationship had run its course, they decided to walk the Great Wall of China, each from one end, meeting for one last big hug in the middle and never seeing each other again. at her 2010 MoMa retrospective Marina performed ‘The Artist Is Present’ as part of the show, a minute of silence with each stranger who sat in front of her. Ulay arrived without her knowing it and this is what happened.”

I got to see this when in New York. It was such a moving piece and this just makes it perfect.

feyminism: Tina Fey talking about naming her new dog. #me as...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:06:12 -0500

feyminism:

Tina Fey talking about naming her new dog.

#me as a parent

I’m officially hooked on QI and 8 out of 10 Cats. Help me.

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:08:01 -0500

I’m officially hooked on QI and 8 out of 10 Cats. Help me.

julieyumi: となりのトトロ (My Neighbor Totoro - music box version)

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:35:34 -0500

julieyumi:

となりのトトロ (My Neighbor Totoro - music box version)

latenightjimmy: VIDEO: Evolution of Mom Dancing (with Jimmy...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:28:47 -0500

latenightjimmy:

VIDEO: Evolution of Mom Dancing (with Jimmy Fallon and Michelle Obama)

Okay, so we just couldn’t wait until tonight to show you this. In honor of the First Lady’s “Let’s Move” campaign, Jimmy Fallon and Michelle Obama present the “Evolution of Mom Dancing.”

(Click to watch)

climateadaptation: bobbycaputo: There Are Giant Camera...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:57:56 -0500

climateadaptation:

bobbycaputo:

There Are Giant Camera Resolution Test Charts Scattered Across the US

When people test cameras and lenses for resolution, they commonly use special resolution test charts that are filled with black bars of varying lengths and thicknesses. They’re kind of like eye charts, except for cameras instead of eyeballs, and with lines instead of letters.

Well, did you know that in dozens of locations around the United States, there are gigantic resolution test charts on the ground?

The Center for Land Use Interpretation writes that the strange “land-based two-dimensional optical artifacts” are used for the development of aerial photography — cameras built into airplanes and drones.

The resolution charts were mostly used during the 50s and 60s, but some of them may still be used nowadays to calibrate “flying cameras.” They have dimensions of around 50-80 feet and are coated in heavy black and white paint.

Camera-equipped aerial vehicles can fly over the giant charts and use them to test, calibrate, and focus their cameras while traveling at various altitudes and speeds. Even satellites can utilize the charts.

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Space!

A free school under a bridge in India

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:00:05 -0500

A free school under a bridge in India