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likeafieldmouse: Angela Palmer - Self Portrait, Crouching...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:21:12 -0400

Angela Palmer - Self Portrait, Crouching (2012) - Engraving on 16 sheets of glass, based on MRI scans

This is Jon.

likeafieldmouse: Nadav Kander - Yangtze: The Long River...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:03:44 -0400

Nadav Kander - Yangtze: The Long River (2009-12)

“Finishing Yangtze: The Long River required three years and five trips to China, ‘a place that is moving and changing so fast that it can only be unnatural,’ [Kander] said.

In 2005, around the time Mr. Kander started thinking about the project, he was intrigued by China’s rapid growth and constant change. ‘It was a place that I wanted to stand in,’ he said.

The Yangtze, flowing nearly 4,000 miles from Qinghai Province to the East China Sea, seemed a natural yet challenging path to trace.

‘I love the metaphor of water,’ Mr. Kander said. ‘Like life, like humanness, it becomes a cloud. It’s an ever-changing cycle. I find it comforting.’

Because what he was seeing wasn’t so much about China — grand structures or tourist vistas — as it was about compassion. He saw a beauty in the moments he witnessed, as people lived out their daily lives and traditions in circumstances so much different from his own.

‘It’s much more about what you don’t show than what you do show,’ he said. ‘I think work that asks you to question what more there is is much more interesting.’”

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Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:45:39 -0400

onlyhimym: Legendary facts about How I Met Your Mother.

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:21:57 -0500

onlyhimym:

Legendary facts about How I Met Your Mother.

I’m still amazed that Christian Bale is claustrophobic but...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:19:06 -0500

I’m still amazed that Christian Bale is claustrophobic but was able to spend years being filmed in a costume like that.

"It doesn’t make sense to call ourselves ugly, because we don’t really see ourselves. We don’t watch..."

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:21:55 -0500

“It doesn’t make sense to call ourselves ugly, because we don’t really see ourselves. We don’t watch ourselves sleeping in bed, curled up and silent with chests rising and falling with our own rhythm. We don’t see ourselves reading a book, eyes fluttering and glowing. You don’t see yourself looking at someone with love and care inside your heart. There’s no mirror in your way when you’re laughing and smiling and happiness is leaking out of you. You would know exactly how bright and beautiful you are if you saw yourself in the moments where you are truly yourself.”

- dirty wings (via thatsgoldjerry)

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Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:16:53 -0500

photojojo: San Francisco based illustrator Lisa Congdon has...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:56:43 -0500

photojojo:

San Francisco based illustrator Lisa Congdon has designed a new journal filled with inspiring quotes from the masters of photography. Inside are 128 lined pages dotted with typeset quotations and loads of artwork.

You can pick up a copy of the journal over at Compendium.

Journal With Typeset Quotes From the Masters of Photography

via My Modern Met

iamadirtyfoot: Bullies Called Him Pork Chop. He Took That Pain...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:25:00 -0500

iamadirtyfoot:

Bullies Called Him Pork Chop. He Took That Pain With Him And Then Cooked It Into This.

You know what's kind of beautiful?

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:27:12 -0500

timorleste:

In French, you don’t really say “I miss you.” You say “tu me manques,” which is closer to “you are missing from me.”

I love that. “You are missing from me.” You are a part of me, you are essential to my being. You are like a limb, or an organ, or blood. I cannot function without you.

"I think the most rebellious thing you can do in this world is be exactly who you are."

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:34:00 -0500

“I think the most rebellious thing you can do in this world is be exactly who you are.”

- ~ Hannah Whalen

One of the moments I love being wrong: when an acquaintance pleasantly surprises me by so deeply and concisely articulating one of my general philosophies about life.

Sleep is for the weak because the weak need it the most. [because they’re the ones not...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:44:00 -0500

Sleep is for the weak

because the weak need it the most.

[because they’re the ones not getting any.]

remappingmysoul: “Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:16:43 -0500

remappingmysoul:

“Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.”

Charlie Chaplin in “The Great Dictator” <3

That moment you bond with someone by talking about catching lunch meat and sandwich essentials in a...

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:12:30 -0500

That moment you bond with someone by talking about catching lunch meat and sandwich essentials in a Disney Lilo and Stitch online game as a child.

Save yourself! //falls dramatically

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:13:25 -0500

Save yourself!

//falls dramatically

remappingmysoul: this is awful but i laughed I’m sorry BUT...

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

remappingmysoul:

this is awful but i laughed I’m sorry

BUT THEN

“Everything is nothing, with a twist.” - Kurt Vonnegut,...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:37:59 -0500

“Everything is nothing, with a twist.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughter-house Five

How To Make Love

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 23:37:19 -0500

How To Make Love:

About seven years ago, all my friends my age got married. And about three years after that, they all started having babies, which set into motion the idea that eventually they’re gonna have to talk about sex to their kids. And that just freaks me out. I have cats—they were broken, but now they’re fixed—so I don’t have to worry about this. However, if I had the opportunity to suddenly be confronted by my son as a young man asking me for advice about sex… with girls… this is what I would say.

One: Buy condoms. Buy them and keep them with you at all times, and use them before you are asked to use them. And use them every time. The peace of mind you allow your partner will free her to be vulnerable with you, and that, my son, is exactly what sex is about. Condoms are sexy. In fact, call buying condoms foreplay. (Footnote: If you are too embarrassed to buy condoms, you are not ready to have sex.)

Two: Kissing is not merely foreplay. Spend entire evenings making out on the couch while fully clothed. Believe me, dry-humping rocks.

Three: Sex is not just about friction. It’s about emotion. Stop trying to find her clitoris and find her heart. Because then she’ll help you find her clitoris.

Four: If you really wanna know how to please a woman, ask her how she masturbates. Then do that. A lot. If she claims she doesn’t masturbate, offer to take her shopping for a vibrator so you can both learn the vocabulary of her body together.

Five: Don’t put anything in her butthole you wouldn’t want in your own. (Footnote: Try a pinky finger, it’s kinda awesome.)

Six: When you go down on her—and you will go down on her, and if you are my son, you will be amazing at it—tell her how good she tastes. Stop in the middle and kiss her deeply so she knows how good she tastes. Do the same when she goes down on you.

Seven: A simple Google search will yield 1,327 euphemisms for male masturbation, yet only 23 for female masturbation. If guys spent less time jacking off and more time jilling off, this world would be a happier place.

Eight: Everything you need to know about the importance of the clitoris is in the movie Star Wars. You are Luke Skywalker piloting your penis-shaped X-Wing Fighter deep inside her trench. Remember: seventy percent of all Death Stars cannot be blown up through penetration of the trench alone. It must be through focused contact with that little exhaust port at the top of the trench. Otherwise, any explosions you experience will be merely Hollywood special effects.

Nine: Just because you come doesn’t mean she has, so don’t you dare come before her. Focus completely on your partner. Don’t worry about gettin’ yours, you’re a guy. You always get yours. Your job is to make sure she’s gettin’ hers.

Ten: If sex with your partner lasts no longer than this poem, you are not making love. You are masturbating with her body instead of your hand. Shame on you. Go back to step one. You’ve got a lot of learning to do.

Love, Dad.

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Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:35:24 -0500

"家家有本难念的经"

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:12:00 -0500

“家家有本难念的经”

- - Chinese proverb

Literally it means that every family has a bible that’s hard to read. It actually sums up the universal truth: that every family has a different set of dynamics. Every home and every family is unique within itself. We can’t run our families through a meat grinder until we can shape it into what we wish for it to be: something most of us can only dream of in Disney movies and television shows. Despite our love for our families, our most beloved sometimes also have the ability to sadden us, upset us, aggravate us, and deride us. While we can have our moments to cry, yell, defend, and confront, at the end of the day, those families are our own. With their flaws come their strengths—even if they don’t have many. Sometimes the easiest solution for finding harmony within yourself and your family is accepting them first and forgiving them for being who they are—and forgiving yourself too in the process. And while you can try to change them or yourself, sometimes it’s better not to expect too much—from either.