April 2011
21 posts
“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.”
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras (via libraryland)
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit.”
—Ira Glass (via austinkleon)
“Make it functional, then usable, then beautiful…then you have made it memorable”
—Greg Melander- on design (via gregmelander)
“…well-read is not a destination…”
—Linda Holmes, “The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We’re All Going To Miss Almost Everything” (via austinkleon)
“I’m afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.”
—Aldous Huxley (via libraryland)
“It is important to reflect on the kindness of others. Every aspect of our present well-being is due to others’ hard work. The buildings we live and work in, the roads we travel, the clothes we wear, and the food we eat, are all provided by others. None of them would exist but for the kindness of so many people unknown to us.”
—Dalai Lama (via wetbehindthears)
Where Children Sleep
Senegal
5th Ave., NY
Katmandu, Nepal
Tokyo, Japan
Rome, Italy
Palastinian Refugee Camp in Hebron
Phom Phen, Cambodia
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
from James Mollison’s book Where Children Sleep
(via OP)
*MOST PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE JUST HOW GOOD THEY HAVE IT.
