STAR | STUFF

A small contribution to the timeless exploration of self.

[soulvoyage]

sweet springtime

[quotemadness]

Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.

Theodore Roethke (via quotemadness)

[writingbox]

[soulvoyage]

[wildcat2030]

Unfortunately, knowledge alone does not confer the right to decide what’s best for others, nor the right to impose your will on them. On the other hand, it does come with great responsibility to empower others. This is where I veer toward the idea of community-centric science communication. I believe that if I know something that can help someone else, I have a responsibility to help them to the best of my ability make use of this knowledge. But the ultimate responsibility for how they use this knowledge lies in their hands, not mine.

Confessions of a Scientist Communicator (via wildcat2030)

[bookmania]

My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.

Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (via bookmania)

[aseaofquotes]

Deb Caletti, The Last Forever

[aseaofquotes]

— John Steinbeck

[poetrysociety]

from To Autumn, by John Keats. Postcard designed by Gabriele Wilson Design.

[lazyyogi]

Concern for others gives you courage. When you are solely concerned with ‘I,’ this naturally leads to fear and anxiety, resulting in even more insecurity, making the body imbalanced and riddled with health problems. However, deep within altruism lies courage, which diminishes fear and bestows relaxation, which in turn has beneficial effects on blood pressure and overall well-being.

The Dalai Lama (via lazyyogi)

[infinity-imagined]

Thunderstorms over Los Angeles, photographed by Astronaut Karen Nyberg from the ISS on July 21st 2013.

[soulvoyage]

Indiana Woods | SusannaLenore | July 2013

[worldssmallesttrampoline]

Richard Serra

Balanced, 1970

Hot-rolled steel, 97 x 62 x 1 inches

[soulvoyage]

Perfection | SusannaLenore | June 2013

[kateoplis]

Olafur Eiasson’s installation at MoMA, Your Waste of Time, consist of broken chunks of Iceland’s Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier. The museum had to turn one of their main galleries into a walk-in freezer to able to display them. "According to PS1, the pieces of ice chosen for the project are about 800 years old. That sounds about right to Ted Scambos, lead scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Scambos speculates that the ice came from the ‘Little Ice Age,’ the period between the 16th and 19th centuries during which glaciers grew larger than they ever have since—and advanced quickly.

‘These glaciers bear testimony to our history-being suspended and frozen for thousands of years-and now they are melting away, as if our whole history is fading,’ said Eliasson."

[millionsmillions]

The book club has turned into a form of protest. Inspired by “The Standing Man,” the Turkish demonstrator who stood for six hours in a silent vigil, protesters are silently standing while reading books. The Al Jazeera photo-essay shows Nietzsche, Camus, and Orwell as popular picks.

[soulvoyage]

You have, which is a rare thing, that ability and the responsibility to listen to the dissent in yourself, to at least give it the floor, because it is the key — not only to consciousness, but to real growth. To accept duality is to earn identity. And identity is something that you are constantly earning. It is not just who you are. It is a process that you must be active in.

Joss Whedon

Commencement Speech, 2013, Wesleyan University