Nov 09 2009
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i’m popular with the locals
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Autumn in russel sq
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The Eye by Kahlil Gibran
Said the Eye one day, “I see beyond these valleys a mountain veiled with blue mist. Is it not beautiful?”
The Ear listened, and after listening intently for awhile, said, “But where is any mountain? I do not hear it.”
Then the Hand spoke and said, “I am trying in vain to feel it or touch it, and I can find no mountain.”
And the Nose said, “There is no mountain, I cannot smell it.”
Then the Eye turned the other way, and they all began to talk together about the Eye’s strange delusIon. And they said, “Something must be the matter with the Eye.”
Nov 08 2009
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a Kharunya Paramaguru original
Nov 06 2009
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“ there is an empty space in many of us that gnaws at our ribs and cannot be filled by any amount of food. there is a hunger for something, and we never know quite what it is, only that it is a hunger, so we eat.
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WASTED . marya hornbacher (via hirondelles) (via thingsgohazy) (via sugarspun) (via breathsoftruth) (via standverystill)
MARYA :)
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(via daphneemarie)
I made a joke once. it didn’t go down too well.
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First Guggenheim Bilbao, now the Pompidou...
Forget the lions, tigers and bears. Paris’ Pompidou Center plans to fill a colorful circus big top with Picassos, Matisses and Calders instead, creating a roving museum to take its masterpieces of modern art to France’s culturally deprived rural regions and rough suburbs.
The so-called “Pompidou Mobile” aims to be just as avant-garde in its design as the original Pompidou Center — the audacious, tube-covered structure that houses the city’s premier contemporary art museum and caused a furor when it opened in 1977.
Only part of the necessary funding has been raised and no itinerary has yet been drawn up. Visiting the roving Pompidou will be free, and the project’s priorities are rural regions and the poor, crime-ridden suburbs that ring France’s cities but are often largely cut off from the cultural offerings there.
“It’s about bringing art to the people to awaken their desire to go toward the art,” the Pompidou’s president, Alain Seban, said in a statement. “It’s a sign of our openness.”
Architect Patrick Bouchain, whose firm specializes in circus tents and other collapsable structures, showed sketches of his design for the new Pompidou structure at a presentation Thursday: several triangle-shaped modules that can be fitted together to create different structures fitted to the different environments in which the museum will pitch its tent.
Pompidou - my favourite art gallery in the world. ever.
Nov 04 2009
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should be working, am instead setting up a twitter account for my boss
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“ The best advice I think I could give is to just keep moving forward, and don’t give a shit about what anybody thinks, just keep moving forward and do what you have to do for you.
Nov 02 2009
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The Girl Effect
The Girl Effect, n.
The powerful social and economic change brought about when girls have the opportunity to participate in their society.
(click on the link - the video is awesome)
Oct 31 2009
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Alice in Wonderland
Oct 29 2009
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Jerusalem Syndrome
The Jerusalem syndrome is a group of mental phenomena involving the presence of either religiously themed obsessive ideas, delusions or other psychosis-like experiences that are triggered by, or lead to, a visit to the city of Jerusalem. It is not endemic to one single religion or denomination but has affected Jews and Christians of many different backgrounds.
The best known, although not the most prevalent, manifestation of the Jerusalem syndrome is the phenomenon whereby a person who seems previously balanced and devoid of any signs of psychopathology becomes psychotic after arriving in Jerusalem. The psychosis is characterised by an intense religious theme and typically resolves to full recovery after a few weeks or after being removed from the area.
The religious focus of the Jerusalem syndrome distinguishes it from other phenomena, such as the Stendhal syndrome, which is reported in Florence, Italy, or the Paris syndrome, which has been reported predominantly in Japanese individuals.
