a wonderment beyond meanings

The things that I love. Cecilia ~ 28 ~ Boston

[caroldanversenthusiast]

i want to live in Dakota Johnson’s brain

[dreamyfilms]

marie antoinette (2006, dir. sofia coppola)

[taylorswift]

I know I never think before I jump…

[simpl-beautiful]

[artfoli]

Detail of Portrait of Isabella of Portugal, 1548, by Titian (1490-1576)

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

Remember that thunder storm in July when the lightning came down the hill,

Anne Sexton, from The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton; “December 13th,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

[-norrington]

Yo, ho, haul together Hoist the Colours high Heave ho, thieves and beggars Never shall we die

[ponderation]

the skipper by Tom Magnum

[rachelemartignoniportfolio]

[athens-riots]

[tierradentro]

“Landscape with the Fall of Icarus“ (detail), c.1558, Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

[coolchicksfromhistory]

Still cheerful in spite of being driven from their homes by the German invaders. These two refugees grandmother and grandchild, are cared for by the free canteen maintained at the Gare de Lyons, the Bon Accueil, a French relief organization, with the aid of the American Red Cross.

[dolm]

Portugal. Porto. A barco rabelo carries Porto wine down the Douro river. 1985. Bruno Barbey.  

[makerswomen]

“They were going to the moon. I computed the path that would get you there. You determined where you were on Earth when you started out, and where the moon would be at a given time. We told them how fast they would be going, and the moon will be there by the time you got there.”—Katherine Johnson

We’re highlighting a couple of important TechMAKERS this week for Women’s History Month. These women have made incredible strides in STEM, despite the challenges they faced entering professional and academic fields that are overwhelmingly male-dominated.

It was only recently, with the release of Hidden Figures, that Katherine Johnson received the public recognition she deserved. There was not much visibility granted to a woman of color working at NASA in the 1960s.

Katherine made innumerable contributions to our space program, but the most important was being part of the team that put an American on the moon. She calculated the trajectory analysis for the mission because the computer they used was known to be faulty. We repeat: Katherine Johnson’s calculations were more trusted than that of NASA’s computers. 

To see our full video profile of Katherine Johnson, head on over to MAKERS. 

[sassydw]

[georgianadesign]

@kseniaskos  London, UK 🇬🇧

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

Rise up, then. Mend your ways, start seeing what you are instead of calculating what you should become.

Franz Kafka, from a diary entry c. August 1916, featured in “Diaries,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

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