David #Szalay’s sixth #novel, #Flesh, is a provocative, vulnerable and deeply moving portrait of one man’s life shaped by circumstance, sexual entrapment and unresolved childhood trauma. #masculinity #books #Bookreview #review
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10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 163
Wholesome Meme: Appreciate Where You Are Now Rare Historical Photo: African American maid, does the food for the family who employs her, 1950s. kodachrome shot It wasn’t so long ago was it? It explains a lot about why the racists are in power there now, the people in this image and their children are stillContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 163”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 162
How #animals interact with the soil, a vintage beer vending machine, $Tokyo #techno, creepy-cute stop-motion #animation, in the train driver’s seat in the Swiss Alps, sweet miso tarte tatin and much more…enjoy friends! 🥳 🎉
Albert Camus: A society based on symbols is an artificial society
“Consumer society can be defined as a society in which objects disappear and are replaced by symbols. When the ruling class no longer measures its wealth in acres of land or gold bars, but rather by how many digits ideally correspond to a certain number of financial transactions, then that society immediately links itself toContinue reading “Albert Camus: A society based on symbols is an artificial society”
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See a mini pony take his first shy steps on specially made legs, a Gibson Girl riding a lobster, some serene paintings by Iris Scott and some frenetic modern punk music. It’s all here. Enjoy edition #92!
Birds, Mana and Maori Culture
Māori iwi have long held beliefs and customs about the native birds of Aotearoa New Zealand. Birds or Ngā Manu had a vital place in Maori tribal life as they provided food, beautiful feathers for adornment and their strengths and personalities were a rich source of metaphor and poetry. Their behaviour was use to predict theContinue reading “Birds, Mana and Maori Culture”
Comforting Thought: Our hearing is evolved to clearly hear animals’ sounds
“Our bodies evolved not for cocktail party conversation but rather to harvest #sounds from wild creatures. These are the aural signals on which our #species’ success depended: #Birds chatting, unconcerned. Herds gathering. #Corvids flocking.” #quote #books #nature
Travel: Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens
In the Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens is an Edo era (Tokyo) garden of hushed quiet contemplation amidst the bombastic, rushing and striving modern world
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This week, #alien enigmas in ancient #Japan, Tiny Yu’s monstrous #fish #sculptures, tips to avoid bad decisions, #chickpea and potato stew recipe, #Rothko explained for those who don’t get it and much more! #ContentCatnip #InterestingThings
Comforting Thought: Great art gives homage to the finest examples of humankind
“Artists are the perpetual defenders of living creatures, precisely because those creatures are alive. They truly advocate to love whoever is close by right now, and not those far in the future, which is what debases contemporary humanism, turning it into a catechism of the courthouse. Quite the reverse: a great work of art endsContinue reading “Comforting Thought: Great art gives homage to the finest examples of humankind”
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