Across the Universe

Share is the new love.

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Dear Inner Adult Self, Whenever you think you're going completely crazy, like when your mood swings go from screaming rage to tired sobs and tears to happy hysterical laugh, please remember this: you already survived this once, you can do it again. I know. Love, Your Inner Toddler Self.

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Sigo cruzando ríos, andando selvas, amando el Sol, cada día sigo sacando espinas de lo profundo del corazón, en la noche sigo encendiendo sueños para limpiar con el humo sagrado cada recuerdo. Cuando escriba tu nombre en la arena blanca con fondo azul, cuando mire al cielo en la forma cruel de una nube gris aparezcas tú, una tarde suba una alta loma, mire el pasado sabrás que no te he olvidado. Yo te llevo dentro; hasta a raíz, y por más que crezca vas a estar aquí, aunque yo me oculte tras la montaña y encuentre un campo lleno de caña, no habrá manera mi rayo de Luna que tú te vayas. Pienso que cada instante sobrevivido al caminar y cada segundo de incertidumbre, cada momento de no saber, son la clave exacta de ese tejido que ando cargando bajo la piel, así te protejo; aquí sigues dentro. Yo te llevo dentro; hasta a raíz, y por más que crezca vas a estar aquí, aunque yo me oculte tras la montaña y encuentre un campo lleno de caña, no habrá manera mi rayo de Luna que tú te vayas, que tú te vayas. Yo te llevo dentro; hasta a raíz, y por más que crezca vas a estar aquí, aunque yo me oculte tras la montaña y encuentre un campo lleno de caña, no habrá manera mi rayo de Luna que tú te vayas, que tú te vayas. Yo te llevo dentro; hasta a raíz, y por más que crezca vas a estar aquí, aunque yo me oculte tras la montaña y encuentre un campo lleno de caña, no habrá manera mi rayo de Luna que tú te vayas.

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Nebula

My eyes are closed. I’m floating. Suspended in the middle of an immense nothingness. Yet, millions and millions of tiny shiny dots surround me too far away to be touched but too close not to be marveled. It’s so dark and crisp here. My skin has bumps all over from cold and excitement. All I can think of is this melody in my head. Throbbing. Spiraling. Ethereal. Making me languid and peaceful. Nebula.

This is Nebula, the first single in Julianna Barwick’s new album Will. It’s delightful as it conjures that early-morning feeling of lying in bed half-awake as sunlight creeps in, or walking at night through streets blanketed in fresh snow, or watching distant landscapes roll by through a car window.

"Nebula" shows off this newfound interest in synth textures, adding a throbbing low-end drone and a brighter sheen in the upper registers while she sings what almost sounds like "I don't know who..."

You can close your eyes and listen to this while you’re transported a million miles away or watch the video. Either way, you have to use headphones for it to be worthy.

Now, some notes about the album.

'Will' is a late afternoon thunderstorm, a cathartic collision of sharp and soft textures that sounds looming and restorative all at once.

Julianna Barwick's music inevitably sweeps you away to a place that's equal parts bliss and nostalgia. It's the sound of yearning, searching and escape that imply a sense of momentum. Barwick's vocal loops embrace spontaneity and human imperfection rather than precision; there's a push and pull between complex structure and amorphous unpredictability.

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The Moon Song. Karen O.

I'm lying on the moon My dear, I'll be there soon It's a quiet and starry place Time's we're swallowed up In space we're here a million miles away There's things I wish I knew There's no thing I'd keep from you It's a dark and shiny place But with you my dear I'm safe and we're a million miles away We're lying on the moon It's a perfect afternoon Your shadow follows me all day Making sure that I'm Okay and we're a million miles away

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Hey, you! Yes, YOU.You, who rise before the sun without an alarm clock. You, the one who at 8am has already showered and doesn't have pillow marks on their face. You, who already ate breakfast and it was better than my rushed coffee and half a cookie. I'm talking to you, who already heard Morning Edition on its first run today before I was even able to drag myself out of bed. I hate you.

Mostly, because you'll never know what it's like to lose a red-eye flight or miss an 8am meeting. You don't even know what's like to wait 45 minutes to be seated for brunch while you're starving! I hate you… with the same passion that wishes I.Were.Like.You.

But I, just like you, can be a morning person too. All I need is to kill the Snooze Button. Die, Snooze Button, dieeeeeeeee! Dieeeeeeee!

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Fred O'Clock, in a Nutshell

In a nutshell, Fred O'Clock is a beautiful alarm clock with a very special kind of alarm. It's not just an alarm, it is a game. After the alarm goes off, it won't stop until you finish the game. We believe that, once your mind is awake, it will be impossible to go back to sleep. Please don't smash your iPhone though!

Posted by Fred O'Clock on Monday, February 29, 2016

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“Growing Up (sloane’s Song)” featuring Ed Sheeran. 

This is beautiful.

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What if you just don’t know if you ever want to have a baby?

I was ambivalent about becoming a mama for most of my life. I could never bring myself to make a decision about having or not a baby. A year ago, I decided to let things happen and welcome whatever Life had planned for me. In the most humble and honest way possible, I wrote about it on Medium and I’m posting here to share with you:

If It Happens, It Happiness.

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So there’s not even ONE female judge for the Círculo Creativo and AHAA 2015 USH Idea Awards.

Seriously @hispanicad @circulocreativo @AHAA? 26 judges for USH Idea Awards, ALL MALE? http://t.co/jc6GdsEAvv #changetheratio @3PercentConf

— Cindy Gallop (@cindygallop) April 2, 2015

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Why the hell do we need to celebrate working mothers in advertising? Because it’s so damn hard to do both simultaneously. My hope? That in the near future we won’t need to celebrate working mothers in advertising. We’ll be applauding Advertising Working Humans of the Year. In the meantime, we need to be the change agents for those coming after us. We need to consciously work at changing the industry by calling out gender inequalities. We need men to jump on board. It’s not only the decent thing to do – it’s good for business.

Jean Batthany, Why this Advertising Mother of the Year hopes we won’t need to celebrate working mothers in advertising much longer. She’s ECD at DDB Chicago.

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[…] surviving could be more than just living on. It could be a kind of freedom, too.

Emily Nussbaum, Candy Girl: The bright-pink resilience of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

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Watch 5 Late-Night Lullabies From SXSW

Let Laura Marling, Torres, Luluc, Tom Brosseau and The Mynabirds' Laura Burhenn sing you to sleep in church courtyards and on the banks of Waller Creek in Austin, Texas.

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It’s shocking and I think that man has rendered himself absolutely unfit to be running for office.

Jerry Brown on Ted Cruz (via salon)

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How do you build a digital strategy that rockets past loyalty through the horizon of marketing as we know it and into the wild blue yonder of trust, respect, and maybe even love? Simple. Forget about 'building the brand.' Ignore the rules of communication. They were built to sell miraculously mass-made 'product' to a stable, secure, sedated middle class forever ascending upwards into the plastic cornucopia of perfect prosperity. Instead, focus on giving people what matters most to them — but what they feel cheated of, stymied from, and suffocated by at every turn. Improve their lives. Deliver lasting gains in their quality of life. Don’t just carrot-and-stick them into 'loyalty.' Be loyal to them. Don’t win their attention  — give them your attention. And one tiny interaction at a time, help them live lives richer with meaning, happiness, and purpose. After all, they’re the only people that can help you find something greater, truer, and better than a strategy. A point.

Umair Haque in “Your Digital Strategy Shouldn’t Be About Attention”

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¿Es necesario el día internacional de la mujer?

Más que celebrar algo, creemos conciencia.

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Antes de criticar este día, démonos cuenta de la realidad en la que vivimos.

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We still may not agree on a woman’s right to choose, but surely we can agree it’s a good thing that teen pregnancies and abortions are nearing all-time lows, and that every woman should have access to the health care she needs.

President Barack Obama

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[…] things like child care and sick leave and equal pay; things like lower mortgage premiums and a higher minimum wage — these ideas will make a meaningful difference in the lives of millions of families. That is a fact.

President Barack Obama

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That’s what middle-class economics is — the idea that this country does best when everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. We don’t just want everyone to share in America’s success — we want everyone to contribute to our success.

President Barack Obama.