we float

Face protection from snowstorms

1 day ago

Turner, Joseph Mallord William
Snowstorm
1842
Oil on canvas
91.5 x 122 cm (36 x 48 in.)
National Gallery, London

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4 days ago

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Max Schuster was not a man to mince words or to warm you up with small talk. His words were well honed; he obviously had delivered this message before and knew exactly what he wanted to say and how he wanted to say it. Fixing me with a firm eye over the glistening mahogany desktop he declared: “I have one bit of advice for you–not just for success in this business, but personally. Begin at once–not today or tomorrow or at some indefinite date, but right now, at this precise moment–to chose some subject, some concept, some great name or idea or idea in history on which you can eventually make yourselves the world’s supreme expert. Start a crash program immediately to qualify yourself for this self-assignment through reading, research and reflection. In his librarylike office, such a program did not seem impossible, as a generous slice of the world’s wisdom was within arms reach.

Ronald Gross. The Independent Scholar’s Guide

3 weeks ago

Made with Paper

4 weeks ago

Made with Paper

4 weeks ago

How to Build an Owl

jackcheng:

by Kathleen Lynch

Decide you must.

Develop deep respect
for feather, bone, claw.

Place your trembling thumb
where the heart will be:
for one hundred hours watch
so you will know
where to put the first feather.

Stay awake forever.
When the bird takes shape
gently pry open its beak
and whisper into it: mouse.

Let it go.