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bookporn: Jorge Luis Borges
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I wondered whether giving more than 10 minutes of every class period to reading books of our own choosing was a good idea or not. But you loved it so. You asked for more time. Ask again; I will give you whatever you need. I will also give you the best advice I can, advice…
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youmightfindyourself: In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston marathon. After realizing that a woman was running, race organizer Jock Semple went after Switzer shouting, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.” However, Switzer’s boyfriend and other male runners provided a protective shield during the entire…
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This might be a little presumptuous of me to say but I feel as though the visual arts movements are far behind the music movements. It seems as though we are in the stages of using synthesizers and visual information is starting to look fragmented and appropriated much like when electronic music began to popularize…
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All creativity is an extended form of a joke. Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.” Art also has this element. Our job is to remind us that…
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The future is already here—it’s just not evenly distributed. William Gibson (via wilwheaton)
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rereading, an operation contrary to the commercial and ideological habits of our society, which would have us ‘throw away’ the story once it has been consumed…so that we can then move on to another story, buy another book…, re-reading is here suggested at the outset, for it alone saves the text from repetition (those who…
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it8bit: I’ll Be Right Here by pacalin (photo via)
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it8bit: I’ll Be Right Here by pacalin (photo via)