Nocturne in 19: Archive

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curiositycounts: Light – beautiful, haunting short film that began as a project to bring awareness to energy waste and ended as a poetic meditation on the human tendency for exploitation of “that which we hold dear” (via)

Nov 30th

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Nov 30th

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Words that have gone into obscurity

Allemande: courtly baroque dance in which the arms are interlaced Logophile: a lover of words Delenda: things to be deleted or destroyed Orphrey: Gold or other rich embroidery Phrontistery: a thinking-place; a place of study Celeste: sky blue Aureate: the fanciful and flowery language of poets Rosarium: a rose garden; or someone who grows roses Eudaemonia: true happiness Eremite: a...

Nov 28th

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Clothes, Words, Fish.

putthison: Clothes should have words on them like fish should have clothes on them.

Nov 28th

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Nov 27th

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Nov 26th

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“Good fiction’s job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”

– David Foster Wallace (via leaair)

Nov 25th

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20) →

Michael Giacchino (54) Michael McCann (44) Stephen Warbeck (35) Alexandre Desplat (27) Two Steps From Hell (25) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Nov 24th

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“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts...”

– David Brin (via thesearepeopleyouknow)

Nov 24th

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Nov 24th

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curiositycounts: Printrbot – a 3D-printing robot designed specifically for kids and beginners, a fine addition to these 7 platforms changing the future of manufacturing

Nov 24th

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“Swearing is a really important part of one’s life. It would be impossible to...”

– Stephen Fry (via hyperbeam)

Nov 23rd

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Nov 22nd

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Yes, this is a chart of the entire economy. →

motherjones: It is the greatest thing we have ever seen.

Nov 22nd

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megarasama: “Lestat and Louie feel sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun. They would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high school over and over again in a small town — anymore than they would hurt the physically disabled or the mentally challenged. My vampires possess gravitas. They can afford to be merciful.” - Anne Rice on Twilight

Nov 22nd

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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”

– Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols (via light-essence)

Nov 22nd

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Nov 21st

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Nov 21st

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Nov 21st

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Nov 20th

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“It is a good lesson - though it may often be a hard one - for a man… to step...”

– Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (via bookmania)

Nov 20th

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Nov 19th

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Nov 19th

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Nov 19th

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Nov 19th

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Nov 18th

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Nov 18th

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“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the...”

– C.S. Lewis (via quote-book)

Nov 17th

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Nov 17th

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Things That Are Not In the U.S. Constitution →

thebittybankroll: fywomenshistory: Things That Are Not In the U.S Constitution prolongedeyecontact: The Air Force Congressional Districts The Electoral College Executive Order Executive Privilege Freedom of Expression (Absolute) Freedom of Speech and Press “From each according to his ability…” God Immigration Impeachment means removal from office Innocent until proven guilty ...

Nov 17th

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Nov 16th

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Nov 16th

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →

Michael McCann (55) 梶浦由記 (34) Jeff Beal (25) 植松伸夫 (18) 岩崎琢 (18) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Nov 16th

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“In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should...”

– Robert Louis Stevenson, “A Gossip on Romance” from Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson (via bookoasis)

Nov 15th

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curiositycounts: Beautifully produced opening sequence for TEDxDubai meditates on Dubai’s staggering growth in the past 10 years through a timelapse of satellite imagery. A fine addition to the ingenious trailers for TEDxAmsterdam and TEDxAustin.

Nov 14th

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“I wandered through the stacks, running my hands along the spines of the books on...”

– White Oleander, Janet Fitch (via cygnesdelanuit)

Nov 14th

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“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome...”

– Carl Jung (via ageofreason)

Nov 13th

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Nov 13th

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Nov 13th

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Nov 13th

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Nov 13th

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slipcast

dictionaryofobscuresorrows: n. the default expression that your face automatically reverts to when idle—amused, melancholic, pissed off—which occurs when a strong emotion gets buried and forgotten in the psychological laundry of everyday life, leaving you wearing an unintentional vibe of pink or blue or gray, or in rare cases, a tie-dye of sheer madness.

Nov 13th

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