#desitination

[amusteredmind]

[brooklynmuseum]

🔵  Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our European art collection, currently on view in Infinite Blue.

Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte identified the small town of Argenteuil as an ideal modern landscape where nature’s blue skies and rivers mingled harmoniously with heavy industry—represented here in the town’s new concrete and iron railroad bridge spanning the Seine. In 1851 the Paris/Saint-Germain-en-Laye railway line came to Argenteuil, bringing with it thousands of middle-class tourists from the French capital in under twenty-five minutes. Developers and industrialists followed, transforming the suburb into the region’s most popular boating and sailing destination.

Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848-1894). The Seine and the Railroad Bridge at Argenteuil (La Seine et le pont du chemin de fer d'Argenteuil), 1885 or 1887. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1999.76.1 

[cathaypacific]

And the winner is....

We’ve chosen the winner of the #MyChinaExperience Contest! 

We are very excited to announce that the winner of the #MyChinaExperience Contest is Genmae T.! Her story is driven by one thing: the pursuit of self-discovery.

Genmae Torelle

At 15 months old, she was adopted from an orphanage in China. During this time, adoption was illegal in China. Genmae was “lucky to be adopted at such an ‘old’ age, as most people looking to adopt want a younger baby.” Her adoptive mother was part of a group of people living closely in the U.S. that were adopting from the same orphanage. The families became close friends as Genmae grew up and referred to them as her “China sisters”. One of her sisters had the opportunity to return to China and visit the orphanage and the caregiver that looked after them. Genmae explained, “I’d love to finally get to go back and see my roots, including a trip to see the Chinese culture in general. I’ve dreamed about this and I would love to spend time really experiencing the country, from tourist sights to the more local sights. All in all, it would be a dream to go back home.”

Check out the Student Universe blog to follow along with Genmae on her trip, and to view some worthy honorable mentions: http://bit.ly/2tHFqaz 

[abukhadeejahsp]

Article: The Pre-Decree: “Allah does whatever He wills. Nothing occurs except by His will and nothing is excluded from His will and decree.” Read below or download to your device by clicking the download PDF button:

[liberat1on]

Life, as I see it, is not a location, but a journey. Even the man who most feels himself "settled" is not settled—he is probably sagging back. Everything is in flux, and was meant to be. Life flows. We may live at the same number of the street, but it is never the same man who lives there.

Henry Ford

[indreshverma-blog]

Basistha Temple, Guwahati | Temple visit | Assam Heritage, India

[futuretowns]

I really miss you!

La puñetera verdad es que no todo pasa por una razón. A veces tomamos decisiones equivocadas y tenemos que vivir con ellas el resto de nuestras vidas. Y yo soy muy consciente de que debo vivir con la mía. Aún así, en las noches más solitarias, cuando estoy a medio camino del infierno y no he dormido bien en semanas, miro hacia arriba hacia la fiereza profunda e infinita del cielo y me detengo y sonrío. Recuerdo que aunque ahora vayamos por caminos separados, que aunque los años pasarán y algún día todos seremos polvo, siempre tendré conmigo el conocimiento de que por un breve destello de un momento, y contra todo pronóstico, nuestras estrellas se cruzaron. Y eso siempre -siempre- será suficiente.

[bbonthego]

First timer / SheSheretreats & me /  #sheshe_official

(June 2016) The moment I learned about the fitness/yoga retreat I knew that I wanted to be part of it: Thursday to Sunday – Mallorca, 14 women, remote location with 3 activities per day👍🏽. Plus believe it or not,I have never been on Mallorca  before even so being a German.  Actually Thursday I take the liberty to claim 4 activities: getting up before 4 in the morning to be ready for the taxi…

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