March 2012
34 posts
February 2012
37 posts
On advertising: Banksy vs. Gossage
austinkleon:
This quote from Banksy has been making the rounds:
People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your...
pantheonbooks:
“Sections in the bookstore - Books You Haven’t Read - Books You Needn’t Read - Books Made for Purposes Other Than Reading - Books Read Even Before You Open Them Since They Belong to the Category of Books Read Before Being Written - Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered - Books You Mean to Read But...
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“22. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself. Everybody is too busy with their own...”
– 30 insights from Hugh McLeod on how to be creative.
“Thousands of children are deprived of birth in this state every year because of...”
– Democratic women in GA seek a state ban on vasectomies.
This is an actual bill they are proposing to point out the wrongness of the constant stream of abortion restrictions and bans being proposed. Mostly it highlights the hypocrisy of forcing restrictions on women “for the babeez” but not doing...
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Knights of Shame by AWOLNATION
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Henry Miller on Writing
COMMANDMENTS
Work on one thing at a time until finished.
Start no more new books, add no more new material to “Black Spring.”
Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand.
Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time!
When you can’t create you can work.
Cement a little every day, rather than add new...
Reading a book really is better the second time... →
vintageanchor:
Second read-through is ‘more emotional’
Can offer mental health benefits, say researchers
Same effect applies to watching films or holidaying in familiar places
Reading a favourite book for a second time often feels like a different experience - now scientists say that it actually IS different.
The habit of watching films or reading books multiple times encourages people to...
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“Introversion — along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness — is...”
– Susan Cain in Quiet, one of 7 great books by TED 2012 speakers. (via curiositycounts)
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“Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who...”
– Eternal Father, hymn associated with the US Navy and Marines
"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to...
“I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple...”
– John Green, The Fault in Our Stars (via bookmania)
Bring the pain...
me: ...and then i forgot the next thing i needed to do
peteditor: go home?
peteditor: quit?
peteditor: or maybe that's just me
me: have i ever told you i sometimes find your helpfulness slightly disturbing?
peteditor: only slightly?
peteditor: damnit
peteditor: i'm not trying hard enough
me: look at me
me: you'd have to try A LOT harder
me: you've heard stories of my family
peteditor: one of these days, boy
me: XD
peteditor: that's a promise
me: i feel there will come a day i will have to explain to someone why i have a black eye
me: and you will be that explanation
peteditor: oh, baby...if you think it's gonna be just a black eye, you are so woefully misinformed i actually feel a little bad
“You are always ticking inside of me and I dream of you more often than I don’t....”
– Sierra DeMulder, Unrequited Love Poem (via sealfeathers)
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“Standing next to my old friend I sense that his soldiers have retreated.
And...”
– The Kingdom of Ordinary Time, by Marie Howe
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Top 10 made-up literary couples. →
youknowyourealitnerdwhen:
I love the Jo March and Atticus Finch one! And Aragorn and Katniss Everdeen! And and and… :o
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“So much has passed under my keel in one short year.”
– Steven Callahan, Adrift: 76 Days at Sea
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Someone walked off with my red pen over the weekend. This means war.
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“I wish I could describe the feeling of being at sea, the anguish, the...”
– Steven Callahan, “Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea
“Paper books may be the only media remaining that don’t report your behavior back...”
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WHERE I WRITE #21: On the Edge of Sky and Sea →
by: April Xiong
“I love the freedom that comes with being alone. I love having time to savor. Life can be such a big rush, and I have such a slow heartbeat. When I am alone I move as slowly as I want to. I guess it’s no wonder that sometimes I feel like there’s no one else on this earth but me. No wonder that sometimes I feel so lonely I have to shut my eyes like a door to which I’ve lost...