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Photos by John Templeman Coolidge (1856-1945), John Singer Sargent painting Mrs. Fiske Warren and Her daughter Rachel in the Gothic Room, 1903. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Painting by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Mrs. Fiske Warren and Her Daughter Rachel, 1903, oil on canvas, 152.4 x 102.55 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Gretchen Osgood Warren, member of a prominent Boston family and an accomplished poet posed with her eldest daughter at Fenway Court, now the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

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Atey Majeed Ghailan  -   http://ink361.com/app/users/ig-1982936395/snatti89/photos  -  http://blog.sina.com.cn/snatti  -  https://www.behance.net/snatti  -  https://www.artstation.com/artist/snatti  -  https://www.instagram.com/snatti89  -  https://www.facebook.com/atey.ghailan  -  https://www.patreon.com/snatti?ty=h  -  https://www.youtube.com/user/rabuf666 -  http://snatti.tumblr.com  -  http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?id=3143520

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[nasa]

Chandra X-Ray Observatory, We Appreciate You

On July 23, 1999, the Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center carrying the Chandra X-ray Observatory. In the two decades that have passed, Chandra’s powerful and unique X-ray eyes have contributed to a revolution in our understanding of the cosmos.

Since its launch 20 years ago, Chandra’s unrivaled X-ray vision has changed the way we see the universe.

Chandra has captured galaxy clusters – the largest gravitationally bound objects in the universe – in the process of merging.

Chandra has shown us the powerful wind and shock fronts that rumble through star-forming systems.

And a star school, so to speak – home to thousands of the Milky Way’s biggest and brightest.

Carl Sagan said, “We are made of star-stuff." It’s true. Most of the elements necessary for life are forged inside stars and blasted into interstellar space by supernovas. Chandra has tracked them.

Thank you Chandra X-Ray! To more adventures with you!

Check out Chandra’s 20th anniversary page to see how they are celebrating.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com.

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La Meditación por Claudio Naranjo

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[conflictingheart]

15+ Of The World’s Most Magical Streets Shaded By Flowers And Trees

[thefusspot]

So it appears that Autodesk did a thing.

Go nuts, my friends.

[vivienvalentino]

Lord of The Rings: Two Towers (2002)

[scientificphilosopher]

Oliver Sacks (9 July 1933 – 30 August 2015)

There will be no one like us when we are gone, but then there is no one like anyone else, ever. When people die, they cannot be replaced. They leave holes that cannot be filled, for it is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.

I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers.

Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.

Read all of Oliver Sacks’ beautiful and heartwrenching final essay at the New York Times

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[imovedimovedimovedimoved-deacti]

Do any of you know about that one painting with Aphrodite being born out of lava with a black swan by her side or did i completely hallucinate that? Been searching for a while but i can’t find it for shit.

[thecavenest]

I tried googling that description but no luck either, anyone might know what painting this might be (or if it does exist? cause it sounds sick lol)

[semicolonthefifth]

It took a bit of googling magic, but I think I’ve found it.

This is “Kindled” by Laura K. Cannon, which is part of her portfolio that can be found here: http://navate.com/2wk6im1sartc92iwza7il07bxq2mk5

Is this what you were looking for? @sakyubaso

[tiffanygladiator]

I’m in love.

[introvertunites]

7 Common Misconceptions about Loneliness

According to John Cacioppo, author of Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection, loneliness is on the rise because we aren’t as closely bound the way we used to be. With the ever-changing ways the world is evolving on a geographic scale, we no longer live in the same village for many generations. The way we form connections and build relationships have become dependent on the social media platform. Today, dating apps, forums, and blogs provide us with networking opportunities that didn’t exist before. As a result, within the last 15 years, many of our face-to-face connections have been replaced with social networking.

“Introverts are generally lonelier than extroverts.”

Both introverts and extroverts need time to be alone and recharge, but introverts often need it more because of their biological makeup. Whereas some extroverts prefer to meet new faces on a daily basis, introverts may be content with meaningful interactions with one or two close loved ones. Because an introvert’s…..

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What a misty autumn. It’s been super foggy around the clock almost 2 weeks in a row.

Sep 2017. Southern Lapland, Finland. 

by Tiina Törmänen | web | FB | IG | STOCK

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By Tanja Askani

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Three Women Healers

It is our Day of the Dead tradition to honor Latin American historical figures. In previous years we have honored La Llorona, La China Poblana, La Catrina, among others, and this year we have chosen three women that represent the history and leadership of their cultures. This year we are honoring Salomé Ureña (Dominican Republic), La Mulata de Córdoba (Mexico), and Palla Chimpu Ocllo or Isabel Suárez Chimpu Ocllo (Peru). 

Scholar and writer Xanath Caraza, and Frida Larios and Manuel ‘Ché’ León from Indigenous Design Collective have joined us to commemorate these emblematic figures. We asked Indigenous Design Collective to share their thoughts about their creative process during this project inspired by Caraza’s poems. 

“The three women, healers, and leaders hold their hands and rise in their indigenous light. On the left: the light of the Cempasúchil flower guiding our ancestors to the underworld gateway. In the middle the Inti: the strength of the Inka sun in our blood. On the right: four linked hearts, a symbol of agreement in Ghanian peoples mourning garments. Together, the three women unite in diversity to form a woven fabric: an unbreakable continuous pattern. We use textile and cultural visual language to illustrate the cultural essence and history of these notable women. LatinX and indigenous women in the US today are root to these same values, we must harvest our crop.” –Indigenous Design Collective, Frida Larios & Manuel (Che) León. 

Sun Princess/Princesa del Sol inspired by Palla Chimpu Ocllo or Isabel Suárez Chimpu Ocllo (Peru). 

“Sun Princess, in your womb you conceived a new race. Within your forebear, love for your culture On his forehead, you tattooed gold. From Inti, strength in your bloodline”

Mother of the Lands/Madre de las Tierras inspired by Salomé Ureña (Dominican Republic)

“From your heart, letters grow, nature poet from the mountains of Quisqueya”

Dressed in Marigolds/Vestida de Cempasúchiles inspired by La Mulata de Córdoba (Mexico)

“Dressed in marigolds, your scent lingers along pathways shrouded in pearly fog.”

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