Devablogger

I use this page mostly to post little blurbs about my life and interesting finds from other sites online. Find me on: facebook flickr etsy twitter pinterest pinboard kongregate ravelry ancestry Recent FOs on Ravelry devaburger RavelryRecentFOs.drawRecentFos({photos: true});

[somethoughtseeds]

[lustik]

Embroidery Art - Eun-jeong Lee.

[sasj]

Geometric Shapes / 170116

[oessa]

the textures of greenland / google earth

[corruptela]

The Actually Ugly Duckling, by pictures for sad children

Print available at TopatoCo.

[quasi-normalcy]

Nothing about mathematics is actually difficult.

I’m serious. Once you get down to it, pretty much everything that you do in math can be reduced to a series of really quite simple logical-reasoning steps. It’s just that math can seem overwhelming because these steps build upon one another.

Think about this way; other subjects that you learn at a high-school level are like old, episodic TV series. You can sit down and watch any given episode and be reasonably confident that the plot will make sense, regardless of its relative position in the season or the season’s relative position in the series. So if you can, for example, read a history of the middle ages without necessarily needing to know anything about Ancient Greece; you can study human physiology without knowing anything at all about the mitochondria. The order in which these subjects are presented, at least at a high-school level, is somewhat arbitrary.

Math is like a modern, prestige format TV series full of story arcs and ongoing plotlines; each episode builds upon the one before it, to the extent that if you just put on a random episode, the odds are good that you will have only the faintest idea of what the fuck is going on. You cannot, for example, just plunk yourself down to learn about trigonometry. You need to learn about geometry, algebra, arithmetic, and even, ultimately basic counting before you understand the plot. And if you have not been paying attention, or if you have had poor teachers in the past, you may find it (temporarily) incomprehensible and be put off of the subject, but it’s important to remember that, fundamentally, it’s not anymore difficult than any other subject. It’s just that sometimes, you may need to review previous plot points in order to understand what’s going on.

[mioxenoblade]

You deserve shelter at no price You deserve water and food at no price You deserve healthcare at no price You deserve education at no price

You deserve to live your life regardless of money. You deserve to live your life whether you “contribute” or not. You should be able to live with no strings attached.

[accidental-art]

Trying to fit all the information on one plot seemed like such a good idea at the time…

via @seaotternerd

[lasmaracuyas]

[fyeahindigenousfashion]

These Mayan Weavers Could Be Paving the Way For Indigenous Communities to Trademark Their Work

This year, a group of 1,000 indigenous women has pushed to change a system that has long profited from Mayan groups.

[saradujour]

[hopieannc]

I have this constant need to remind myself it’s okay to have days where I crawl out of bed after the suns up, and it’s okay to have days where I spend 2 hours watching the birds, squirrels, & chipmunks with my best friend, it’s okay not to be doing all the time. I have this tendency to follow the all or nothing path; and forget balance. • Balance, balance, balance…. • I go between extreme routine to none because I forget that it’s a balance. It’s having go and stop. Time for sleeping in, time for waking up. Time for slowing down and speeding up. Time to use less and be more sustainable but to also realize I don’t have to disappear. • What a beautiful life, that we get the chance to learn to be better people everyday; and if you have the chance to take up space, be thankful. It’s a privilege we all deserve. • Show up for you. • Balance. Balance. Balance…

[99percentinvisible]

The anatomy of America’s vast infrastructure

[vortexsophia-deactivated2022110]

[juliastreou]

Close up of a new handwoven cushion cover from the ‘Schemata’ series 📐📏 #weaving #woven #handweaving #textiles #woventextiles #interiors #design #cushion #furnishings #loom #cotton

[maxwellsequations]

Arccot(z), real part purple, imaginary part red.

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

In “Memories of Paintings,” Thomas Blanchard gives us an up-close view of fluids and mixing. It’s a calming and curious video made from combinations of paint, oil, oat milk, and soap. The fluids feather and intertwine, driven by differences in surface tension. Paint gets encapsulated by immiscible oil to create little islands of color that float and dance against the background. It’s a fun journey through effects that we witness daily but rarely take the time to watch. (Video credit: T. Blanchard; via Gizmodo)