Carolina Girl

[bunlly]

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Confucius (via lazypacific)

[culturenlifestyle]

Inspirational Illustrations Pay Homage to the Magic of Nature by Katie Daisy

Oregon-based illustrator Katie Daisy admits to being raised by “birds and warm breezes” in a small town, “where she was brought up among the other wildflowers with roots planted deeply in the natural world.” Deeply impassioned by nature, Daisy’s aim is to interpret the beauty of Mother Earth she has engraved deeply in her velvet bones.

She hopes to convey the message of our surroundings through her adventurous and vibrant illustrations. Composed by watercolor, acrylic, photoshop, the watercolor creations contain messages of inspiration, love of beauty, poetry and nature expressed by the most influential minds in literature, art and humanity.

Adorned with floral patterns, constellations, landscape sceneries, and plants, Daisy’s work is a wildly romantic series, which urges everyone to dream. The small literary excerpts communicate the simple joys of life and the magic found in nature. You can find her entire collection in her Etsy shop.

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[juliasjule2]

My response on Woodshop As Soulcraft

[mikewdriver]

Glow

[juliasjule2]

Given their likely acquaintance with such a cognitively rich world of work, it is hardly surprising that Henry Ford introduced the assembly line in 1913, workers simply walked out.

Matthew B. Crawford

[juliasjule2]

Every trade is different. Each offers its own intrinsic satisfactions, characteristic frustrations, and cognitive challenges; sometimes these challenges are rich enough to be totally absorbing.

Matthew B. Crawford

[juliasjule2]

First, it assumes that all blue-collar work is as mindless as assembly line work, and second, that white-collar work is still recognizably mental in character.

Matthew B. Crawford

[juliasjule2]

Give the intrinsic richness of manual work-cognitively, socially, and in it broader psychic appeal-the question become why it has suffered such a devaluation as a component of education.

Matthew B. Crawford

[juliasjule2]

As Sennet argues, most people take pride in being good at something specific, which happens through the accumulation of experience

Matthew B. Crawford

[juliasjule2]

Because craftsmanship refers to objective standard that do not issue from the self and its desires, it poses a challenge to the ethic of consumerism

Matthew B. Crawford

[juliasjule2]

The satisfactions of manifesting oneself concretely in the world through manual competence have been known to make a man quiet and easy.

Matthew B. Crawford

[archatlas]

A Studio - A Tree House Phillip Lühl + Nina Maritz Architects

From the architect. 

The idea for this tiny studio of about 35 usable square meters was born out of its spectacular setting. The incredibly dense garden is home to everything from porcupines to guinea fowl and slopes down steeply to the dry ravine beyond. The clients’ insistence that no single tree may be cut required an unconventional approach. The only buildable space available was a 3 x 3m storeroom between the garage and the living room of the existing house.

A double storey structure was proposed, transforming the 3 x 3m footprint of the former storeroom into a kitchenette and bathroom. The new first floor accommodates the actual studio, cantilevering over the existing veranda and thus exposing the entire north and east façades to the surrounding treetops. Fully protected from the harsh sunlight, both facades are fully glazed to maximize the feeling of a “tree house” - one of the client’s childhood fantasies. Yet for the balcony the client had wanted there was not enough space. Large sliding-folding windows now create an open corner, transforming the entire first floor into a “balcony” when needed.

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[acrylicalchemy]

Michael Carini | Series: The Up-Side of Down

[juliasjule2]

I'm an electrical engineer

[grimelords]

I think the internet is connecting us in ways we’re not ready for because the other night a guy I went to school with who I haven’t seen on facebook in about a year made a status at 2am that just said “sick of these nightmares…”. Who could have predicted this is where technology would lead us in 2016. Live reports on the anguish of people on the absolute periphery of our lives. Nobody saw this coming. There’s no Jetsons episode where George gets a holo-call from a guy he hasn’t even thought about in three years saying “hey, I had the dream about the blood again…” and George says “hmm” and hangs up.