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my horoscope, good enough to share?

In found things, personal, quote on 22 October 2008 with 73 comments

As the stock markets came crashing down, a different kind of global devastation received scant notice. The World Conservation Congress revealed that 25 percent of the planet’s mammal species and one out of eight birds are on close to extinction. We’re not just talking about exotic animals in remote hideaways, but rabbits and deer and [...]

this american life

In culture, found things on 16 October 2008 with 7 comments

Ok. You won. I finally listened. And yes, I absolutely loved it.
I’m not sure how to describe This American Life, Ira Glass’ radio show that was around a full decade before I started seeing his defaced posters in subways. I had no idea what the premise was so for the record showtime, those ads weren’t [...]

a bayers tin of tiny teeth

In Writing, found things on 6 October 2008 with 2 comments

Found in a small asprin tin from 50’s. A set of tiny child’s teeth. Perfectly perserved. Such an odd thing to find and share, but it got my imagination to working.
Maybe it is better to get off the beaten path for a while.

the problem with thinking

In found things, quote on 14 July 2008 with 2 comments

“The thing that blinds us and deafens us is the ceaselessly moving mind, the preoccupation we have with our thoughts. It is the incessant internal dialogue that shuts out everything else. That is the problem with trying to take a preconceived photograph. Before you even walk out of the building, you blind yourself. All day [...]

restless artists

In found things, quote on 13 July 2008 with 28 comments

“Had they paints or clay or knew the discipline of dance, or strings; had they anything to engage their tremendous curiosity and their gift for metaphor, they might have exchanged their restlessness and preoccupation with whim for an activity that provided them with all they yearned for.  And like any artist with no artform, they [...]

written on the body

In books, found things, quote on 7 July 2008 with 3 comments

I always recommend this book and have been known to carry it around in my purse for sometimes months at a time, sharing passages with random people whenever I have the opportunity, its fantastically well written and it always speaks to me. I picked it up again because I loaned it to someone to use [...]

to love at all…

In found things, quote on 18 June 2008 with 4 comments

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; [...]

the prophet: on joy & sorrow

In found things, philosophy, poetry, quote, writers on 16 June 2008 with 7 comments

Then a woman said, “Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.”
And he answered:
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that hold [...]

the prophet: on love

In found things, philosophy, poetry, quote on 16 June 2008 with 75 comments

Then said Almitra, “Speak to us of Love.”
And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with a great voice he said:
When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among [...]

untranslatable

In books, found things, personal on 12 June 2008 with 67 comments

In Happiness, there is a short section in which a character’s research of untranslatables is briefly described, words for which there are no mean in the english language. The whole point of the passage is to introduce to the reader the word mokita which becomes a central theme throughout the opening chapters. It means: the [...]