My Utopia

I'm trying to find my tiny spot in this world, so this blog contains things that make sense to me. I love reading, writing and wandering. I live with books and the Internet. You can find all kinds of nerdy yet beautiful stuff and my thoughts here.

[metrocosmblog]

Half of the world’s population lives in the yellow and half lives in the black

More population maps  

[y-ureii]

[nerdyyfun]

無題 + 女子詰め合わせ

[explore-blog]

Wendell Berry on solitude and why pride and despair are the two great enemies of creative work – such a beautiful read.

[chibird]

[humansofnewyork]

“I grew up in Jerusalem. When I was a child, I loved to paint. My father told me that he was going to send me to the biggest art academy, so that I could become a famous painter. But he died before I came of age, so I started making jewelry to support myself. I designed medallions and amulets for Orthodox Greek patriarchs to wear on their robes. I became quite known in the Old City, but when I moved to America, I had to start over. When I first arrived, I decided to try to sell my jewelry to a fancy jewelry shop on 47th Street. My friend told me: ‘You are crazy. Why would they buy from you? You are nobody.’ But I told him to watch me. I went into one of the big stores— one of those stores with 5 or 6 million dollars worth of jewelry in the window— and I told them: ‘I have some designs I want to show you.’ And the owners laughed at me. I told them: ‘You wouldn’t be laughing if you knew who I was.’ And they stopped laughing at me. Then they asked to see my work. They ended up buying all five of my moldings, and they told me to come back whenever I had something new.”

[ninatypewriter-deactivated20200]

Caffeine molecule coffee mug.

[scienceyoucanlove-deactivated20]

source

[medschoolapplicant-deactivated2]

Today I’m wearing a nice dark shade of exhaustion under my eyes.

[quotes-shape-us]

Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.

Rumi, The Essential Rumi (via quotes-shape-us)

[covetedcoast]

[calmily]

i hope that there is a time in my life to do this. travel with friends, have fun, yet still be mature, and write down our adventures and stories and not feel that it is tiresome or annoying. be with people who you really love, go to amazing places you have dreamed about, and shop for exotic antiques or the newest styles. and to just be able to love life in the moment and live.

[existentialist-bitch-deactivate]

modern Mulan

[scienceisbeauty]

Linguistic Family Tree. Brilliant.

Via (High-Res)

[staypozitive]

[compoundchem]

Happy Mole Day!

[quotes-shape-us]

It’s not that I don’t like people. It’s just that when I’m in the company of others - even my nearest and dearest - there always comes a moment when I’d rather be reading a book

Maureen Corrigan (via quotes-shape-us)

[specgram]

It is not healthy to swallow books without chewing.

—German proverb (via speculativegrammarian)

[maudit]