#InterestingThings: This week, #Baldzam: Ancient #Mayan jesters, beautiful #poetry about suffering and joy, 90s #trance, mystical #Japanese caves, unusual #toys of Japan, a #vegan teriyaki fried rice #recipe, Tutankhamun’s boats and more.
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Wild woman quote: Give it all
One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now.” #AnnieDillard #writing #bookquote #bookstodon #creativity
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#InterestingThings: Delicious #vegan sweet potato #recipe, a moment in the #Sahara under the #Orion star cluster, 80’s #synth with #French star Françoise Hardy, a #rabbit effigy from #Mexico, turning an old apartment into a work of art in #Sweden, classic lollies as #art, #architecture and more!
Wild Woman Quote: Show Your Soul
“One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul.”
Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Women Who Run with the Wolves.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Women Who Run with the Wolves.
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90’s Hip-Hop golden era classics with DJ Afrosia Nice people dancing to good soul music, a sign at the Do Drop In. All of the supermodels of the 90’s in one fabulous documentary I couldn’t stop watching all of the beauty! Cycling the Klausenpass with Nala cat One of my favourite vloggers, Nala’s World inContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 190”
Comforting Thought: As far as we can discern
“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.” Carl Jung Georgia O’Keeffe – Pond in The Woods – 1922.
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How the ancient Egyptians made dazzling faience amulets Archaeologist and sculptor Zahed Taj-Eddin shows how to make this ancient and mysterious form of art, it’s incredible! Orbital – Halcyon On and on (Faster Horses Edit) [1993] I shared this one ages and ages ago but I just heard it again and it chilled me toContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 188”
All About Māori Kite Making
There are 17 types of Māori kites. Traditionally made from strong timber framing like manuka wood they were woven with flax and the paper and bark of the mulberry plant until the plant went virtually extinct. Birdman kites have a powerful symbolism for all Māori iwi including for my own, Ngaī Tamanuhiri and Ngā Puhi.Continue reading “All About Māori Kite Making”
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The mind replays what the heart wants to heal Iconoclast and Rebel Peaches opens up her mind on Amoeba’s channel One of the most singular and outre artists in the world Peaches visits the Amoeba shop and picks out her fav albums and films. This was interesting because she has some pretty wild choices includingContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 187”
Quirky insights into lost worlds: Ex Libris book plates
Passionate devotees of books from throughout history share a common thread with all of us modern-day bibiophiles, they longed to celebrate their books and mark their ownership with an Ex Libris book plate. Ever since Pharaonic Egypt, marking one’s ownership of a book has been a thing. Ex Libris bookplates are more than the stamped or printed marks denoting ownership. They represent the taste, values of their owner, how they saw themselves and the aesthetic styles of the eras when they were made.
