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Sublimity is no longer in art, but in speculation on art. Jean-François Lyotard “The Sublime and the Avant-Garde,” trans. Lisa Liebmann, Geoffrey Bennington and Marian Hobson, The Inhuman (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1991) 106. (via jenlindblad) when one no longer pursues the sublime, one is left to pursue the mundane and the cotidian. Does that pursuit…
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sleep, sleep tonight, and may your dream be realized.
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Stowe Boyd: Why (The King Of Love Is Dead) – Nina Simone
Stowe Boyd: Why (The King Of Love Is Dead) – Nina Simone stoweboyd: Once upon this planet Earth,Lived a man of humble birth,Preaching love and freedomFor his fellow man. He was dreaming of the dayPeace would come to Earth to stay,And he spread this message All across the land. “Turn the other cheek,” he’d plead.“Love…
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Conversely, brainstorming sessions are one of the worst possible ways to stimulate creativity. The brainchild of a charismatic advertising executive named Alex Osborn who believed that groups produced better ideas than individuals, workplace brainstorming sessions came into vogue in the 1950s. “The quantitative results of group brainstorming are beyond question,” Mr. Osborn wrote. “One group…
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GET RAD.: Amanda Hiscock (canadian anti-G20 organizer) statement to the court
GET RAD.: Amanda Hiscock (canadian anti-G20 organizer) statement to the court dropouthangoutspaceout: lukesimcoe: martintensions: [Today, Mandy was sentenced to 16 months in prison. During the sentencing hearing, she made this statement to the court, which was interrupted 8 times, by both the judge and the prosecutor. In the end, they spoke more during the time…
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Tower of Sleep: Amanda Hiscock (canadian anti-G20 organizer) statement to the court
Tower of Sleep: Amanda Hiscock (canadian anti-G20 organizer) statement to the court martintensions: [Today, Mandy was sentenced to 16 months in prison. During the sentencing hearing, she made this statement to the court, which was interrupted 8 times, by both the judge and the prosecutor. In the end, they spoke more during the time alloted…
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The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. Albert Einstein on intuition vs. rationality (via curiositycounts)
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It’s Harder Than You Think: Finally, earlier this week I covered a new startup called Codeacademy that has been signing up thousands of people for its Code Year, a free class designed to teach those of us new to computer science how to code via programming lessons sent each week to our inboxes. Its numbers…
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The highest form of worship, he said, is the remix: ‘You use other people’s works to make something better.’ Spiritual leader of Sweden’s Missionary Church of Kopimism Isak Gerson, as reported by Rollo Romig (via newyorker)