Enjoy a gigantic fluffy cat getting groomed, Leonor Fini’s wisdom and deeply comforting art, some funky Italodisco, intricate Japanese artistry, genre-shifting music recommendations and much more, it’s edition #127 of #InterestingThings by #ContentCatnip!
“Brian trying to groom himself is like watching a pumpkin do a sit-up”
Oh lawd…he comin…
“I paint pictures which do not exist and which I would like to see” ~ Leonor Fini
“I always imagined I would have a life very different from the one that was imagined for me, but I understood from a very early time that I would have to revolt in order to make that life. Now I am convinced that in any creativity there exists this element of revolt.”
Leonor fini
From Italy with Disco
Delicious and uplifting classic funk that you have never heard before from Italy
Ask Reddit: What one song changed your taste in music forever
Whole lotta love – Led Zeppelin
- Portishead – Glory Box
- Kraftwerk – Autobahn
- Depeche Mode – Enjoy the silence
- Massive Attack – Angel
- Debussy – Clare de Lune
- Metallica – One
- Tool – Sober
- Eminem – Lose Yourself
- The Prodigy – Out of Space
- Metallica – Enter Sandman
- Warren G – Regulate
- Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Motorhead – Ace of Spades
- Faith No More – Midlife Crisis
- The Doors – Riders of the Storm
- Dave Brubeck – Take Five
- Prince – When Dove’s Cry
European countries and their slang terms for booklovers
Fascinating that endearing terms for those who love books, read and have poor eye-sight have a lot in common with animals that are kind of directionless and random – worm, moth, rat…hehe.
Found via Brian D. Butler’s blog on WordPress
Yamamoto Akane is the only artist in the world to embed gold leaves into glass
Really nice three hour long intelligent drum & bass mix
Perfect background music for creative work, coding or just being productive.
The Dark Night of the Soul
Life is sometimes intricate and difficult, and we may encounter a profound and occasionally perplexing phenomenon known as the Dark Night of the Soul, a time when the soul traverses the shadowy realms of inner turmoil, questioning, and existential crisis. While this may sound like an ominous journey, it is, in fact, a transformative process that holds the potential for profound personal growth and self-discovery.
Via the amazing blog Wise and Shine
Prague at Sunset
Any time is a good time to take a photograph of this bridge in Prague, but particularly during the crepuscular hour nearing dusk when the lanterns are ablaze against the rapidly changing sky. Artist unknown.
Voyage sans amarres by Leonor Fini (1985)
One of the most captivating and compelling of Fini’s works in my humble opinion. Just look at all of those soothing blues and purples and the blanket of stars and ocean. Certainly full of divine mysticism.
Creamy vegetable soup
This looks incredible with the pesto sparsely poured over the top of the charred vegetables, making my mouth water…
It turns out we are born to groove
In 2009, my research group found that newborns possess the ability to discern a regular pulse – the beat – in music. It’s a skill that might seem trivial to most of us but that’s fundamental to the creation and appreciation of music. The discovery sparked a profound curiosity in me, leading to an exploration of the biological underpinnings of our innate capacity for music, commonly referred to as “musicality.”
Via MIT Press Reader
“The business of the poet and the novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things.”
~ Thomas Hardy
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Content Catnip 
It’s always fun stumbling upon fascinating tidbits from around the web!
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Thank you so much! I’m so glad you found this enjoyable. I love your blog too and I’m glad we’re connected 🙂 I do this series once every fortnight of cool stuff I found on the internet
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