An amazing talk by Elizabeth Gilbert.

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photography by Lorena Moreno

excerpted …

(“Somehow I had assumed that the past stood still, in perfected effigies of itself, and that what we had once possessed remained our possession forever, and that at least the past, our past, our childhood, waited, always available, at the touch of a nerve, did not deteriorate like the untended house of an aging mother, but stood in pristine perfection, as in our remembrance. I see that this isn’t so, that memory decays like the rest, is unstable in its essence, flits, occludes, is variable, sidesteps, bleeds away, eludes all recovery; worse, is not what it seemed once, alters unfairly, is not the intact garden we remember but, instead, speeds away from us backward terrifically until when we pause to touch that sun-remembered wall the stones are friable, crack and sift down… and we could cry at the fierceness of that velocity if our astonished eyes had time.”

-Eric Ormsby, Childhood House-)

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want

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by Limkis

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by Kris Balerite

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I like noMirar‘s werks. This one is called Anticipo de la Sombre. Here’s more:

I want to know…

anotha`

ok well that one’s just hot. it’s called Into the fire.

and an introspective cheesy one, but i do like the use of black:

Did I dream…?

I don’t normally post so many from one person but… dude.. noMirar is hotttt. So hot right now. She has so much rad werk up — GO CHECK IT YO MTV RAPZ >>

reminds me of the werk of one of my favz Stephane Manel who is also good at line drwaing

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They argue that the bureaucracy behind intellectual property – license fees, regulations and patents – are now so misused that they drive up the cost of creation and slow down the rate of diffusion of new ideas. They also point out that intellectual monopoly (patents) are much like medieval trade monopolies which were proven to be economically detrimental.

And they push that patents only be approved under this criteria:

• their invention has social value
• a patent is not likely to block even more valuable innovations
• the innovation would not be cost-effective absent a patent

It’s an interesting piece.

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Rob Forbes gives this talk at TED.com about ways of seeing. He raises a point about design saying it’s increasingly difficult to find design that represents a unique culture, regarding globalization. He also has a lot of interesting photographs in this presentation that show how design and culture are entwined.

From TED.com:

Rob Forbes, the founder of Design Within Reach, shows a gallery of snapshots that inform his way of seeing the world. Charming juxtapositions, found art, urban patterns — this slideshow will open your eyes to the world around you.

Rob Forbes is a really inspiring person. Read more about him >>

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that’s what it is. it’s science, you wouldn’t understand

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The Oh Sees
“I Agree” (mp3)
from “Grave Blockers EP”
(Castle Face)

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This track has that old-timey feel. She sings through a megaphone or something for that ethereal like eroded effect. It’s a sweet song.

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yes

visit his website for more juxtapositionz…

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