Lets Head West

Providence-Photographer Tea-Constellations instagram-portfolio

[lets-head-west]

Sometimes I despise the world & what it means to be human. Sometimes I look up at universe to offer all that have in return for all that we've lost.

[lets-head-west]

I made a new tumblr. I will no longer use this one. If like to focus on writing and my own photos more. Thanks.

[lezbeyan]

Femme Nation: A photo series by 16 year old Hailey Corrall to provoke a message about misogyny in our youth.

[nprfreshair]

Artist recreates six famous cultural icons in one take (for the Sunday Times)

1. Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker (Le Penseur) 2. Forrest Gump (1994) 3. Mad Men (TV series, 2007) 4. Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam at the Sistine Chapel 5. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 6. Daft Punk

video via twistedsifter (with a cool behind-the-scenes look)

[tedx]

You’ve probably heard of kombucha tea — that bubbly, fermented, sorta vingeary drink lining the shelves of your health food store. But did you know it can make clothes?

If you’re science-loving fashion designer Suzanne Lee, you know. She coaxes the bacteria in the drink to expel a material for designing clothes.

How? "Tea, sugar, a few microbes and a little time," she says in her talk at TED2011. “I’m essentially using a kombucha recipe,” she says, “which is a symbiotic mix of bacteria, yeasts and other micro-organisms, which spin cellulose in a fermentation process. Over time, these tiny threads form in the liquid into layers and produce a mat on the surface.” Watch the whole talk here» Above, some of Suzanne’s creations made from her kombucha-based material as part of the BioCouture research project.

And for a super cool complement to this talk, check out this talk from TEDxVienna about fabric … you spray on.

(All photos Suzanne Lee & BioCouture)

[stripped-teas]

Gives new meaning to sustainable fabric

[middernacht]

MillyCope 

[night-rooms]

Awww! Thanks so much for uploading my photo

[teacoup]

Have you stopped for your TEA MEDITATION today? - You must be completely awake in the present to enjoy the tea.

Only in the awareness of the present, can your hands feel the pleasant warmth of the cup.

Only in the present, can you savor the aroma, taste the sweetness, appreciate the delicacy.

If you are ruminating about the past, or worrying about the future, you will completely miss the experience of enjoying the cup of tea.

You will look down at the cup, and the tea will be gone.

Life is like that.

If you are not fully present, you will look around and it will be gone.

You will have missed the feel, the aroma, the delicacy and beauty of life.

It will seem to be speeding past you. The past is finished.

Learn from it and let it go.

The future is not even here yet. Plan for it, but do not waste your time worrying about it.

Worrying is worthless.

When you stop ruminating about what has already happened, when you stop worrying about what might never happen, then you will be in the present moment.

Then you will begin to experience joy in life.” Quote by Thich Nhat Hanh. #teacoupritual#tea#meditation#quote#zen#inspiration#ayurvedicteaologist#teacoup#

[teaismycupoftea]

[clone-clone]

[random-poetry]

[patjonasson]

Patrik Jonasson

[billmurray]

[nevver]

Sound advice

[year9000ovvvhellfireandratbites]

how do i get the moon to notice me back

[lets-head-west]

The winter

It makes me so lazy.

[nprmusic]

We took Yuja Wang, the ultra-glam pianist (seriously, those stiletto booties), to the Steinway & Sons factory in Queens to play some fierce and fiery Prokofiev on a new instrument.

[nevver]

The 80s, Paul Kelley