Take These Roads and Take Them Fast

22 year old waste of space.

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arguably best pop song ever. ill say it twice

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Like honestly arguably the best pop song ever

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on repeat 😥

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Watch: Ahmed Mohamed speaks out about being arrested 

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:’)

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The Annual ‘Corso Zundert’ Parade Honors Van Gogh with Monumental Floats Adorned with Flowers

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Oh my god thus is absolutely incredible

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Impressive Ceramic Sculptures by Christopher David White Look Like Wood

Sculptor Christopher David White creates impressive ceramic sculptures, which resemble the characteristic of wood through a trompe l’oeil style. By deceptively molding wood’s flaws, such as its knots and veins, White aims to capture the perpetual transformation of nature and the cycle of growth and decay. By exploring the beauty of wood, he depicts the impermanence of nature and its relationship with humanity. Since White successfully replicated his subject’s texture, colors and shape, the concept of illusion exposes the juxtaposition between artifice and nature in art. 

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Green Varnish by Nomad Studio

The green fabric acts as a cover, exploring the necessity of hiding inconvenient realities with polite beauty. 

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Exploring music and math

How is it that Beethoven, who is celebrated as one of the most significant composers of all time, wrote many of his most beloved songs while going deaf? The answer lies in the math behind his music. Using the “Moonlight Sonata”, we can begin to understand the way Beethoven was able to convey emotion and creativity using the certainty of mathematics.

The standard piano octave consists of 13 keys, each separated by a half step. A standard major or minor scale uses 8 of these keys with 5 whole step intervals and 2 half step ones.

The first half of measure 50 of “Moonlight Sonata” consists of three notes in D major, separated by intervals called thirds that skip over the next note in the scale. By stacking the notes first, third, and fifth notes - D, F sharp, and A - we get a harmonic pattern known as a triad.

But, these aren’t just arbitrary magic numbers. Rather, they represent the mathematical relationship between the pitch frequencies of different notes, which form a geometric series. The stacking of these three frequencies creates ‘consonance’, which sounds naturally pleasant to our ears. Examining Beethoven’s use of both consonance and dissonance can help us begin to understand how he added the unquantifiable elements of emotion and creativity to the certainty of mathematics.

For a deeper dive into the mathematics of the “Moonlight Sonata”, watch the TED-Ed Lesson Music and math: The genius of Beethoven - Natalya St. Clair

Animation by Qa’ed Mai

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Oh my god. Math.

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this is my favorite vine in existence, no contest

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A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour

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Beginners (2010) dir. Mike Mills

“Our good fortune allowed us to feel a sadness that our parents didn’t have time for and a happiness that I never saw with them. And I can really see Anna’s eyes in 2003. Her ears. Her feet. This is what it looks like when she says, ‘I love you,’ in 2003. This is what it looks like when she cries. When she tells me there’s always a new empty room waiting for her. They used to make her feel free. Now they make her feel the opposite of free.”

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this looks like a movie i need to see

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This film made me cry.

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^multiple times

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In the world we live in today it’s succ or get succdt