“I used to think truth was eternal, that once I knew, once I saw, it would be with me forever, a constant by which everything else could ...

“We are a link in a chain in making a contribution that goes well beyond our own life. And that’s part of what makes dying tolerable. That...

Karin Mamma Andersson: Paintings as Weapons from Louisiana Channel on Vimeo . “Being an artist,” says Mamma Andersson, ”is to go arou...

I am not unhappy I have learnt to drift and sip The smallest things are gifts -- Julia Darling.

Ink tests from the Toronto Ink Company

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Word for World is Forest . Found via even*cleveland

Blogging,  that much-maligned pastime, is gradually but surely disappearing from the Internet, and so, consequently, is a lot of online ...

slouchy monoprints by Renee Gouin

Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief of laughter rinse through your soul. As the wind loves to call things to dance,...

Our ignorance is their power so take every opportunity to make the connection with those around you, listen and learn. Connections creat...

The Family, the cosmic, transcends our realms of humanity. Your mother          father          sister          brother          strang...

Gillian Wearing

John Ashbery , from ' How to Continue .'

Barcelona-based director Gerard Montero talks about Empty, a film he made with choreographer Paloma Muñoz: "The film explores ide...

“My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.” —Stephen Hawking, 1981 St...

From Sustainable Human , check it out, brilliant stuff.

this piece of writing is magnificent. very much worth a read, but be warned, it's a weepy...

“An Eskimo [Inuit] custom offers an angry person release by walking the emotion out of his or her system in a straight line across...

"Desire lines, also known as cow paths, pirate paths, social trails, kemonomichi (beast trails), chemins de l’âne (donkey paths), a...

What do I believe in? Imagination, gardens, science, poetry, love, and a variety of nonviolent consolations. I suspect that in the agg...

Slack Jaw - Ellen Page & Emma Portner from Emma Portner on Vimeo .

John Opera, Cyanotypes

"The world is blue at its edges and in its depths. This blue is the light that got lost. Light at the blue end of the spectrum does...