December 2009
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“If you were to slow everything down, this is what you would see: scoop of sauce,...”
– The New York Times discovers shawarma (via negevrockcity)
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our...”
– Eric Hoffer, Reflections On The Human Condition (via psychotherapy)
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chrkcheung:
Her work consists of large-format, color photographs that explore the distinctions between banality and normalcy, and the ways in which people impose structures and ideals on the world.
Best Albums of the Decade: 28. I'm Wide Awake,...
fuckyeahbrighteyes:
bibliotheque:
28. I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning by Bright Eyes, 2005
Say what you will, this is a fantastic album. Conor had previously flirted with country but here he goes full out with it, even having Emmylou Harris accompanying him on vocals on a few tracks. The themes on this record range from the desperate floating feeling of age 22 to the war in Iraq to an old...
Know yourself, Know your environment, Know your...
buddhabrot:
yourwonderingmind:
“…[Psychedelics are] not for every brain - only the healthy, happy, wholesome, handsome, hopeful, humorous, high-velocity should seek these experiences. This elitism is totally self-determined. Unless you are self-confident, self-directed, self-selected, please abstain.” - Timothy Leary, Ph.D
Using [Psychedelics] to Imprint the Tibetan-Buddhist Experience ...
“Why do people have to be this lonely? What’s the point of it all? Millions of...”
– Sputnik Sweetheart, Haruki Murakami (via meew)
accismusaccismus
n. feigned disinterest in a desired object
If you are depressed you are living in the past....
myserendipities:
“There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison. We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself? That is why life is always like a sketch. No, “sketch” is not quite a word, because a sketch is an outline of something, the...
Study: Experiences make us happier than... →
psychotherapy:
…Another reason for increased happiness in experiences, the researchers found, was that people felt a greater sense of vitality or “being alive” during the experience and in reflection, Howell said.
“As nice as your new computer is, it’s not going to make you feel alive,” he said.
Most psychologists who study the phenomenon say people adapt to a new purchase in six to eight...
“Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the...”
– Arthur Schopenhauer (via psychotherapy)
