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[katherinehenson]

Don’t give people so much power over you that their silence leaves you questioning your worth.

katherinehenson (via awelltraveledwoman)

[voxsart]

I cannot always sympathize with that demand which we hear so frequently for cheap things. Things may be too cheap. They are too cheap when the man or woman who produces them upon the farm or the man or woman who produces them in the factory does not get out of them living wages with a margin for old age and for a dowry for the incidents that are to follow. I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth or shapes it into a garment will starve in the process.

Benjamin Harrison, President, the United States of America, Rutland, Vermont, 1891 (via voxsart)

How powerful and how much change would it be if we thought like this as consumers.  It would also take more education and openness from retailers and producers on their part to show why they actually needed to charge more.   

[pwhl]

One of Henri Cartier-Bresson's "Decisive Moments" - Gestapo informer

A lunchtime read on street photography led me to search the Google for apparently Cartier-Bresson's widely inspirational The Decisive Moment book and accompanying 126 photos.  They are all wonderful pictures, and I particularly liked the one above, as well as cotton market and child playing baseball   (Cartier-Bresson did not appear to be into titling his photos).

Cartier-Bresson's street photography is inspirational to me for the fact that while most street photographers would be strongly associated with the 'streets' and neighborhoods where they worked most, his 'street' was wherever he was in the world.  As someone who finds photos to take in my neighborhood by walking through it everyday, it is great that Cartier-Bresson was able to see the shots worth taking as life happened in front of him, truly able to see and focus on the "decisive moment."

Additional Quotes from his book, The Decisive Moment:

-"There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment"

-"To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression."

(lunchtime diversion provided by Artsy, photos from Magnum Photography, quotes from Wikipedia)

[susannacole-deactivated20150530]

I’m giving away six of my favorite books, as a insufficient, but heartfelt thank you to all of you who have faithfully supported me and read what I’ve written and shared throughout the years. This is not, in any way, a sponsored giveaway, these are all brand new books which I bought myself solely to give away. I only ask that anyone entering already be following or have friended me, I am not looking to gain likes or followers from this, just a thank you to the ones who have already been there (and I will check, to verify that). I will give the books to six different people, and will ship them anywhere in the world, just please be patient as I might need to spread out when I ship them to offset the expense of international postage. I will also send some tea from my collection (because books and tea go so wonderfully together, unless you really don’t have a taste for tea, than please tell me) and maybe a postcard with my thoughts on that particular book and why I love it. To enter, please comment and tell me which one of these books you’d like to win (I will not enter you otherwise), as I know some of you might already have one or more of these books. If you don’t have any of them, and aren’t picky, than you can just comment with that, as well. The books are as follows: “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison “On The Road” by Jack Kerouac “Blow-Up and Other Stories” by Julio Cortázar “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros Sending much love to you all. “A book is a gift you can open again and again.” — Garrison Keillor

P.S. Is everyone who wants to able to comment on this? If not, let me know, or enter on Facebook if we’re already connected there, or if not, when you comment please tell me what your Tumblr is. 

[pwhl]

You are an inspiration for the type of person more of us should strive to be - giving your time and attention, but not expecting attention for it or anything in return. If these books have inspired you to be the person you have become, I would love to be able to learn from one of these books that made you who you are today.

[pwhl]

Wonderful inspirational shots of NYC to take in the future

(source: Japan Gentlemen's Lounge)

[hiro8plus]

2104/9/19

[pwhl]

Fridays

[pureblyss]

Do the truth quietly without display.

Brennan Manning  (via awelltraveledwoman)

[pwhl]

William Zinsser, author of On Writing Well and 4th generation New Yorker.

(credit to his website)

[theangrytherapist]

April 22, 1958 57 Perry Street New York City

Dear Hume,

You ask advice: ah, what a very human and very dangerous thing to do! For to give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal— to...

[pwhl]

Maybe success isn't sticking to goals that we once set many moons ago...

[itsworn-blog]

LL Bean Blucher Mocs in saddle one year of almost daily wear on right, new pair on left

[pwhl]

I think about these shoes at least once every 2 weeks. I wish the last pair didn't break.

[novh]

By Amy goodman & Denis Moynihan Read or Listen to the full article at Democracy Now!

[pwhl]

These are the problems that our generation should be trying to solve.  

[newyorker]

Cartoon by Tom Toro. For more: http://nyr.kr/QTRAJd

[drakes-london]

BWS on Haberdasher St

Wearing Guernsey Knit Sweater and Blue Striped OCBD

[thisfits]

Wonderfully simple.

[pwhl]

Everyday wear worn well, and well worn, especially the boots.

[theangrytherapist]

[pwhl]

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered; Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank,...

[pwhl]

U.S. Textile Plants Return, With Floors Largely Empty of People

Textile factories are bustling again in the United States, but the savior was automation, meaning few of the jobs lost since the ’90s came back with the plants.

Great article explaining how and why Made in America is coming back in the textile and apparel business

[aigleroyal]

Yasuto Kamoshita

[pwhl]

Another Kamoshita, twice as nice with another outfit with the brown suit (and yellow shirt).

[christopherfenimore]

Yasuto Kamoshita.

[pwhl]

Something a little different than the usual navy and gray...but just as nice.