The Gold Chronicles

My personal chronicle of inspiration, beauty, and the "credulous hope [which] supports our life". Credula vitam spes fovet et melius cras fore semper dicit - Tibullus

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In case you need to feel uplifted today.

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Dear undergrads,

If I’ve already gone over your assignment grade with you once, including reevaluating it and explaining the grading rationale to you, DO NOT ask me for more points back. This does not make me more likely to raise your grade. It makes me annoyed and dislike you because rather than learning from what I’ve told you and appreciating the extra consideration I have put into your evaluation, you insist on being bull-headed and arguing the point for a few precious percentage points. Fuck off. 

Sincerely,

Your TA

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Froschkönig

Architects: Splitterwerk

Location/Year: Graz, Austria / 2008 

Pictures: Nikolaos Zachariadis

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AUSTRIA!!! 

I used to live just down the road from this place. Pictures don’t do justice to being there...

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Fei Fei Sun - Vogue US May 2015

photos Steven Meisel

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Love everything about this.

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I came into this with such a strong viewpoint – even when I was 13 or 14, my sense of self felt too permanent for anyone to fuck with. (x)

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Ph. Simon Emmett for Vogue China July 2015

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Space suit.

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#hightidesoclock Marco Gaggio

A small sampling of the images of Venice you will find on Marco Gaggio. This particular photoset highlights one his series: the high tide series. A flooded St Mark’s Square, gondolas about to float inland, half sunken tables and chairs, all constant reminders of time and the power of nature.

Check out this tumblr!

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It is a good tumblr.

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These are incredible. So surreal it’s hard to believe it is real. 

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This is terrifying

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heart of a 30 year old woman

a colored pencil drawing from when I first started medical school & was trying to learn anatomy. based off a photo in Color Atlas of Anatomy.

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I absolutely LOVE this.

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Awesome.

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Imagining a Friendsgiving with artists Robert Arneson on dinner and Wayne Thiebaud on dessert. 

But who would be in charge of bringing the drinks? Explore Artscope and have a deliciously artful turkey day!

Images, as viewed through Artscope: Top: Robert Arenson, Smorgi-Bob, The Cook, 1971; Bottom: Wayne Thiebaud, Display Cakes, 1963

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So on-board

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(PC: Chengdu Research Base)

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I'm a pudgy panda and I DON'T CARE.

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A panda reenacts that famous scene Grey's Anatomy: "Pick me, choose me, love me." We know how that ends for Meredith, but this panda seems to be having a harder go of it.

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"Brazilian Treatment" Karlie Kloss by Mario Testino for Vogue US July 2012

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"Shit, I'm elegant."

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2014 10 16 Taipei Zoo - Yuan Yuan & Yuan Zai 019 by giantpandazoo.com on Flickr.

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Snack time!

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Red Panda at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Washington D.C., US. "In June, we celebrated a baby boom of seven red panda cubs at our Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. When red pandas return to the Zoo, they will be ambassadors for their species and will support the North American Species Survival Plan for red pandas." © Smithsonian’s National Zoo

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(via Almost Popup: 15 Pre Fab And Shipping Container Hotels | WebUrbanist)

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Now this is something I can get on-board with.