10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #159

Adorable blobby #sculptures, Kagurazaka street after rain, tips to become a better #storyteller and #writer, hand building a tiny house in the woods in 3 months, baked sweet potato #recipe and much more #InterestingThings #ContentCatnip

The world is unpredictable right now

What are your future travel plans? I’m not sure when this would happen given the current shitshow state of the world, but would really love to travel around. I have a list of unusual destinations: Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. I want to see some wolves, bears and moose in the wild and photograph them.Continue reading “The world is unpredictable right now”

Comforting Thought: Be Like the Mayfly

“The experience of the world as one individual is so fleeting it is barely even measurable; especially when held up against the great passage of time felt since Earth’s conception. As humans, we arrive and pass like a mayfly spiraling on a breath of wind for its single day of life in the sun. OurContinue reading “Comforting Thought: Be Like the Mayfly”

Albert Camus: Art’s Corruption Under Brutality

“Brutality is never temporary. It does not respect the boundaries set for it, and so it is natural that brutality will spread, first corrupting art, then life. Then, out of the misfortunes and bloodshed of humankind, we see born insignificant literature, frivolous newspapers, photographed portraits, and youth-club plays in which hatred replaces religion. Art thenContinue reading “Albert Camus: Art’s Corruption Under Brutality”

Comforting Thought: An irreplaceable friend

“An irreplacable friend is someone who:

highly values your trust
appreciates your honesty
naturally feels like family
still loves you as you change
finds it easy to laugh with you
holds space for you in tough times
supports your happiness and safety
helps you to believe in your self-worth
inspires you to love and know yourself”

What bothers me and why

What bothers you and why? AI-produced slop: as a stand-in for real and soulful human creativity. People can recognise the beauty of other people’s work and long may it remain. The comfort of apathy: people being too lazy or willfully naive to actually face the genocide that is going on in Gaza. History will notContinue reading “What bothers me and why”

10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #158

Coldness as a melody, gliding through a river with a magnificent #cat and #fox, why people give up and how to overcome it, #Japanese ambient #music, #vegan shepherd’s pie #recipe and loads more. It’s edition 158 of #InterestingThings by #ContentCatnip

Comforting Thought: Foresty Smells Help Our Immune Systems

Phytoncides, the aromatic organic compounds that #trees emit—a.k.a. the stuff that makes a #forest smell so very good—boost our #immune system #health #books #quote #bookquote

Albums That Sound Like Their Covers

These #albums all sound like their covers and the visual storytelling is a teaser to the incredible music within them, I hope you enjoy my recommendations! #Music #Ambient #Rock #VaporWave #Techno #Electro #Jazz #House #DarkWave

Comforting Thought: The most rebellious art will be the most enduring

We must know that we cannot hide away from communal misery, and that our sole justification, if one exists, is to speak out, as best we can, for those who cannot. And we must do this for everyone who is suffering at this very moment, despite the past or future greatness of the states orContinue reading “Comforting Thought: The most rebellious art will be the most enduring”