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nevver: Poorly drawn lines

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:42:51 +0200

nevver:

Poorly drawn lines

obscurantisme: Gustav KlimtPortrait of a young womanc. 1896

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:23:19 +0200

obscurantisme:

Gustav Klimt
Portrait of a young woman
c. 1896

german-expressionists: Egon Schiele, House on a River (Old...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:22:39 +0200

german-expressionists:

Egon Schiele, House on a River (Old House I), 1915

npr: Bees could build flat honeycombs from just three shapes:...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:18:22 +0200

npr:

Bees could build flat honeycombs from just three shapes: squares, triangles or hexagons. But for some reason, bees choose hexagons. Always “perfect” hexagons. Why?

— What Is It About Bees And Hexagons? : Krulwich Wonders…

Illustration: Robert Krulwich/NPR

At NPR headquarters, our green roof — covered with soil and plants — houses two small wooden hives with more than 20,000 bees. No honey yet, but they are buzzz-y over on twitter @NPRBees. — tanya b.

moldavia: Kate King in Interview Russia May 2012 by Arno...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:15:48 +0200

moldavia:

Kate King in Interview Russia May 2012 by Arno Frugier

arpeggia: Camille Saint-Saëns - Allegro appassionato, Op....

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:41:12 +0200

arpeggia:

Camille Saint-Saëns - Allegro appassionato, Op. 43
performed by Jacqueline du Pré (cello)

Photo

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:56:11 +0200

Word of the Day 05/15/13: bellicose

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:51:28 +0200

bellicose [BEL-i-kohs]: Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight

Georges Seurat- Voilette (1883)

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:46:20 +0200

Georges Seurat- Voilette (1883)

Stevie Wonder vs The Clash - Uptight (Dunproofin’ Rock The...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:45:01 +0200

Stevie Wonder vs The Clash - Uptight (Dunproofin’ Rock The Casbah Mashup Mix) [JackTheVideoRipper] (by jackthevideoripper)

timeshaiku: A haiku from the article: The Art of Repetition

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:42:34 +0200

timeshaiku:

A haiku from the article: The Art of Repetition

Isaac Levitan- Train on the Way (c.1895)

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:55:33 +0200

Isaac Levitan- Train on the Way (c.1895)

15,000-Year-Old Words

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:13:04 +0200

15,000-Year-Old Words:

nevver:

thou, I, not, that, we, to give, who, this, what, man/male, ye, old, mother, to hear, hand, fire, to pull, black, to flow, bark, ashes, to spit, worm

ccp-visualarts: Artworks of woodcut printsby Dr. Rod....

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:53:50 +0200

ccp-visualarts:

Artworks of woodcut prints
by Dr. Rod. Paras-Perez
FLORANTE AT Laura
19 April – 22 May 2013
Pasilyo Vicente Manansala (2F Hallway Gallery)

theparisreview: I am lying in bed early in the evening. A...

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:39:16 +0200

theparisreview:

I am lying in bed early in the evening. A burnt honey colored candlewick sits on my rosewood bedside stand sending blades of smoke into the French countryside air. I am falling asleep, maybe my eyelids are closing or I have just started dreaming, but I don’t realize it yet.

How would Proust have been translated by other writers, such as David Foster Wallace, Philip Roth, and Joyce Carol Oates?

silience

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:37:45 +0200

dictionaryofobscuresorrows:

n. the state or condition of unnoticed excellence—the hidden talents of friends and coworkers, the fleeting solos of subway buskers, the slapdash eloquence of anonymous users, the unseen portfolios of aspiring artists—which would be renowned as masterpieces if only they’d been appraised by the cartel of popular taste, who assume that brilliance is a rare and precious quality, accidentally overlooking buried jewels that may not be flawless but are still somehow perfect.

free-parking: Louise Bourgeois, Arch of Hysteria, 1993

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:36:09 +0200

free-parking:

Louise Bourgeois, Arch of Hysteria, 1993

Word of the day 05/06/13: spang

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:45:00 +0200

spang [spang]: directly, exactly

The bullet landed spang on target.

"Everybody speaks an entirely different language, that’s really what it amounts to."

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:50:39 +0200

“Everybody speaks an entirely different language, that’s really what it amounts to.”

- Frank O’Connor (via likeafieldmouse)

todaysdocument: Captured Japanese photograph. U.S. soldiers...

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:48:56 +0200

todaysdocument:

Captured Japanese photograph. U.S. soldiers and sailors surrendering to Japanese forces at Corregidor, Philippine Islands, 05/1942

On May 6, 1942, 11,000 U.S. and Filipino troops surrendered on the island fortress of Corregidor, known as the Gibraltar of the East. This marked the final Japanese conquest of the Philippines. U.S. and Filipino forces would recapture the island in 1945.