My curated world

An islander curating the world for good music, quirky and inventive experiences of creative people.

[marcel-and-his-world]

Carpet of green.

[fleur-aesthetic]

naughtyteas

[dreamingofgoingthere]

Barcelona, Spain

[mistikkimzi]

Great art from https://store.dftba.com/collections/refugee-art-posters

[humansofnewyork]

“I play the drums on the subway for about three hours per day. It’s like the matrix down here. A lot of bad energy. Everyone is rushing and tense and people don’t like to look at each other. So I’m trying to spread some positivity and keep people out of the zombie zone. Yesterday I was singing some Bob Marley and a man screamed at me to stop playing. I think he was bothered by my light. He got too close to the sun.“

[humansofnewyork]

“I’m different than other people. I’m never sad. I make my life happy through discipline. I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, and I eat lots of fiber. Every day I take a walk in the park to think about my balance. I’ve been a chef, a fashion designer, a painter, and now I’m learning martial arts. I do Tai Chi in the park every morning. It helps give me energy for my painting. I have already learned forty-two moves. I’m ahead of everyone. I’m almost eighty years old, but all the women in my group think I’m in my fifties.”

[bohnak3r]

Powerful Images Showing Where Young Syrian Refugees Sleep

These heartbreaking photographs document what happens when the night comes for the most vulnerable of refugees — the children.

These heartbreaking photographs document what happens when the night comes for the most vulnerable of refugees — the children.

[itsonlythefirstdraft]

When someone calls me a nerd for writing/reading

[anastasiagreenleaf-deactivated2]

[humansofnewyork]

(6/6) “I’m trying to make it on my own. It’s been a tough road. I fell behind at our first apartment and we got evicted. But I went through a job program for women and now I work as a case manager with Coalition for The Homeless. We moved into a two-bedroom in Bedford-Stuyvesant. I love my job, but I’m trying to raise four kids on a single income. We don’t have much extra stuff. We don’t have cable. The kids say they need internet for school but we’d need a computer for that, so we just go to the library. I’d love to hang up nice curtains. Or paint the house. But I don’t want to make our apartment into a home because I’m afraid to get too comfortable. I’ve already come close to missing rent so many times. I feel like I can never relax. But I have the most wonderful children. They never want me to buy them new things. But I’m afraid that I’m damaging their confidence. I can’t do anything nice for them. And I don’t want them to grow up feeling like they don’t deserve nice things. But at least we’re together. And we have a home. And we’re safe. I tell the girls all the time that we should feel lucky. I think they get tired of me saying that. But I honestly feel that we’re so lucky.”

[humansofnewyork]

“I’m working at a preschool where we let the kids determine the curriculum. Say we’re learning about rocks, and one of the children uses his rock to smash a nearby gourd. Instead of correcting him, we ask ourselves why he likes to smash things. Maybe he’ll be interested in planting the seeds we find inside the gourd, so we’ll try to plan a lesson around that. If that doesn’t hold his interest, we’ll just find more things to smash.”

[obojkovski]

Giants gathering by Bojkovski

[j-christabel]

My condensed note, there might be some spelling error but oh well ~~

[mistikkimzi]

In love with her notes taking :) 

‘Think like a proton, be positve’ This made me smile :)

[kandradas]

[stevemccurrystudios-deactivated]

“We read to know we’re not alone.” - William Nicholson, Shadowlands

[transislandskyway]

[leuochic]