For the love of the ordinary..

A sense of calm, freedom, serenity, escape…

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:35:48 +0930

A sense of calm, freedom, serenity, escape…

So sweet..

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:59:23 +0930

So sweet..

boheme musings

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:29:37 +0930

boheme musings

Found a new blog love, Lungfuls

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:02:23 +0930

Found a new blog love, Lungfuls

Photo

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:55:53 +0930

britticisms: (via...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:55:08 +0930

britticisms:

(via wearethedigitalkids//lovelettersto//dethjunkie)

" Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world..."

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:48:22 +0930

““ Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.””

- Bob Marley (via quote-book)

Visually amazing work by Japanese artist, Chiharu Shiota

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:43:49 +0930

Visually amazing work by Japanese artist, Chiharu Shiota

From one of my favourite poets, Rumi

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:10:17 +0930

From one of my favourite poets, Rumi

Summer is well and truly on its way. With sunny, hot days and...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:09:37 +0930

Summer is well and truly on its way. With sunny, hot days and restless sleeps at night. Fish and chips in the park and icecreams dripping. (photo from James and Karla Murray)

A very talented illustrator, Joao Ruas. Boom

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:19:24 +0930

A very talented illustrator, Joao Ruas. Boom

Mark Sink (from Feaverish Photography Blog)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:43:13 +0930

Mark Sink (from Feaverish Photography Blog)

An interesting take on turning dead flies into art with HB...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:30:00 +0930

An interesting take on turning dead flies into art with HB Pencils and dead flies. +

"There’s no reality except the one contained within us. That’s why so many people live an..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:52:25 +0930

“There’s no reality except the one contained within us. That’s why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.”

- Herman Hesse

Brian Dalton

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:52:07 +0930

Brian Dalton

rememo: “Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:47:26 +0930

rememo:

“Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: ‘You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do. What you are being taught here is an amalgam of current prejudice and the choices of this particular culture. The slightest look at history will show how impermanent these must be. You are being taught by people who have been able to accommodate themselves to a regime of thought laid down by their predecessors. It is a self-perpetuating system. Those of you who are more robust and individual than others will be encouraged to leave and find ways of educating yourself — educating your own judgements. Those that stay must remember, always, and all the time, that they are being moulded and patterned to fit into the narrow and particular needs of this particular society.”

Doris Lessing (The Golden Notebook)

Fashion toast - a girl with great style

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:40:53 +0930

Fashion toast - a girl with great style

Marianne Faithful (The thinking tank)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:05:44 +0930

Marianne Faithful (The thinking tank)

I have become a fan of photographer, Kevin Van Aelst who uses...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:43:00 +0930

I have become a fan of photographer, Kevin Van Aelst who uses common objects to create visual representations, illustrations and patterns.

Being a vegetarian

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:31:34 +0930

Children confront us with our paradoxes and dishonesty, and we are exposed. You need to find an answer for every why — Why do we do this? Why don’t we do that? — and often there isn’t a good one. So you say, simply, because. Or you tell a story that you know isn’t true. And whether or not your face reddens, you blush. The shame of parenthood — which is a good shame — is that we want our children to be more whole than we are, to have satisfactory answers. My children not only inspired me to reconsider what kind of eating animal I would be, but also shamed me into reconsideration.

And then, one day, they will choose for themselves. I don’t know what my reaction will be if they decide to eat meat. (I don’t know what my reaction will be if they decide to renounce their Judaism, root for the Red Sox or register Republican.) I’m not as worried about what they will choose as much as my ability to make them conscious of the choices before them. I won’t measure my success as a parent by whether my children share my values, but by whether they act according to their own

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Jonathan Safran Foer on why he will raise his kids to be vegetarian. A moving piece from one of my favorite authors. Looking forward to more of his insight when his new book is published. NY Times