Saturday November 07, 2009 at 2:36

“One must accept total responsibility for what he executes. And the measure of his greatness will be in the depth of his insight and his courage in realizing his own vision.”

— Clyfford Still (via nihilnoetia)

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Saturday November 07, 2009 at 2:34

“You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself.”

— Milan Kundera (via nihilnoetia)

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Friday November 06, 2009 at 18:53

This is Why You Were Bored as a Teenager

psychotherapy:

newsweek:

From NurtureShock:

In his new book, Dr. Joe Allen has concluded that our urge to protect teenagers from real life – because we don’t think they’re ready yet – has tragically backfired. By insulating them from adult-like work, adult social relationships, and adult consequences, we have only delayed their development. We have made it harder for them to grow up. Maybe even made it impossible to grow up on time.

Basically, we long ago decided that teens ought to be in school, not in the labor force. Education was their future. But the structure of schools is endlessly repetitive. “From a Martian’s perspective, high schools look virtually the same as sixth grade,” said Allen. “There’s no recognition, in the structure of school, that these are very different people with different capabilities.” Strapped to desks for 13+ years, school becomes both incredibly monotonous, artificial, and cookie-cutter.

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Friday November 06, 2009 at 11:02

Friday November 06, 2009 at 11:01

Friday November 06, 2009 at 10:01

“Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible- it cannot be seen or measured- yet is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession ever could.”

— Barbara De Angelis (via littlemiss)

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Friday November 06, 2009 at 0:47

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr. (via nihilnoetia)

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Friday November 06, 2009 at 0:46

“Fortune favors the prepared mind.”

— Louis Pasteur (via nihilnoetia)

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Friday November 06, 2009 at 0:44

“Saudade has been described as a “vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist … a turning towards the past or towards the future”. A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing. It may also be translated as a deep longing or yearning for something which does not exist or is unattainable.”

Saudade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via feralnostalgia) (via ontheborderland)

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Friday November 06, 2009 at 0:01

(via nihilnoetia)

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Friday November 06, 2009 at 0:01

prospekt:

karmayogi54:

lickystickypickyme:

Wise men.Orwell and Huxley.

Wow!

prospekt:

karmayogi54:

lickystickypickyme:

Wise men.
Orwell and Huxley.

Wow!

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Friday November 06, 2009 at 0:01

prospekt:

karmayogi54:

lickystickypickyme:

Wise men.Orwell and Huxley.

Wow!

prospekt:

karmayogi54:

lickystickypickyme:

Wise men.
Orwell and Huxley.

Wow!

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Friday November 06, 2009 at 0:01

“I’m not unmindful of a man’s seeming need for faith; I’m for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniels. But to me religion is a deeply personal thing in which man and God go it alone together, without the witch doctor in the middle.”

— Frank Sinatra (via nihilnoetia)

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Thursday November 05, 2009 at 10:00

ontheborderland:

 Remember, remember the fifth of November, The gunpowder treason and plot, I know of no reason Why the gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. 
(Image via Mr Geoff)

ontheborderland:

Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder treason and plot,
I know of no reason
Why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

(Image via Mr Geoff)

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Thursday November 05, 2009 at 1:00

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