26.

[the-home]

Terretts Place

[iafeth]

[iapheth]

[spitblossoms]

[chloedinhhh]

Lovely

[avellino]

snarkybutdelish

[11990904]

“I would never leave. even when things got hard. I have endless forgiveness, understanding, and patience for you. I always will. And endless love to go along with all of that. I wish I could tell you this. I love you. I miss you dearly.”

[redrola]

Mediterranean Dinner in Sicily 🍅🥖🍝

[speedygal]

"Reach for the sun, burn your fingers."

@ralfmaximus, a perhaps epic quote.

[nightlyquotes]

“Please remember: things are not what they seem.”

— Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

[thoughtkick]

“Take care of your loved ones, particularly when they are doing everything in their power to push you away. A broken heart, like a wounded beast, will often lash out at those it is nearest, but that does not mean they don’t need you.”

— Beau Taplin

[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

“Look, we don’t love like flowers, with only a single season behind us; immemorial sap mounts in our arms when we love.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke, “The Third Elegy,” Duino Elegies: A Bilingual Edition (North Point Press, 2000)

[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

“Summer? My memory flutters — had I — was there a summer?”

— Emily Dickinson, from a letter to J. G. Holland, The Letters of Emily Dickinson, ed. Mabel Loomis Todd (Kessinger Publishing, 2010)

[yoursoethereal-deactivated20230]

— Haruki Murakami, from Norwegian Wood

[october5th2016]

subwayhands + reading

[perfectquote]

“Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.”

— Victor Hugo

[archaic-stranger]

the architecture students

detailed sketches done on thin paper

a love for precision

learning about architectural styles and innovations across different regions and time periods

wandering around a new city, admiring the buildings

sketching ideas on scraps of paper 

a fascination with how the physical contours of a space can affect our experiences within it

visiting famous architectural landmarks, both ancient and modern

knowing that a building is far more than the materials that form it

having a favorite style of architecture and working its elements into your designs

arched ceilings, towering above your head

smudged ink from blueprints on your hands

designing buildings that are both beautiful and functional 

studying historical architectural feats

appreciating the smallest details of everything you do

carved stone tiles

using new technologies to make architecture more sustainable

an intricate combination of firmness, commodity, and delight, as Vitruvius described so long ago

the joy of seeing your concepts brought into the real world

making connections between mathematics, art, and engineering

dreaming of creating something that will last

[archaic-stranger]

the translation & interpretation students

a love for words and how they communicate meaning

obsessing over the minute details of a word and its synonyms

wanting to transmit meaning and intent as accurately as possible

the wafer-thin pages of a dictionary

puzzling over how to interpret something that doesn’t have a direct translation

being fascinated by tiny details

debating connotations and implications of one word over another

a cup of coffee grown cold as you lose yourself in concentration

the ability to look at everything around you in deep detail and never grow tired of it

being able to understand more languages than you can speak

a commitment to interpreting meaning without bias

understanding the importance of accurate translations that fully convey meaning, both explicit and implied

owning copies of the same book in multiple languages

an appreciation for the power of words

thinking on your feet to interpret accurately on the spot

experimenting with new machine translation systems

debating the role of creativity in an interpreter’s job

the satisfaction of a translation that matches the original text as closely as possible

admiring the work of translators and interpreters throughout history

knowing the importance of accurate communication

comparing different translations of your favorite books, debating the choices made by the translator