I wonder. I will.

long story short...

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"The larger notion of accountability may be losing value the more we live in a hybrid society between the real and the digital. As we connect to one another, we also diffuse responsibility for certain actions, which has the opposite intended effect of building those connections because that diffusion actually places greater distance between our actions and those who may be harmed by them."

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New York like so many other cities is one that has been revived by musicians and artists who are determined to beautify their surroundings. As both an artist and resident here in Brooklyn, it has been difficult to watch gifted creatives driven out by rising rents and watch intimate community forward businesses close their doors to make room for another chain store or luxury condo. 

When people of society are weighed down by systematic oppression and injustice they turn to the artists to restore their hope. We have made the choice to live life the way we believe it was intended to, guided by dreams and visions of a better way. It is not an easy path but one rewarded by spiritual fulfillment and an undying desire to create harmony with the world we live in. 

The fellow in this video is someone who has personally enhanced my life here with his gift of music. The long waits for the G train after a soul-sucking late night of work were lifted by his song and spirit, reminding all who were lucky enough to listen that all our worries will work itself out. I am disheartened to have watched how such a giving, law abiding human was treated by an police officer "doing his job". 

There's a lot to be angry about these days. The unrest continues to grow. Friends I urge you to stop and take a look at what's wrong and broken and how you can help paint a better picture. Seek the truth, speak your mind, stand your ground and stick to your convictions. Do all this in love. 

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Future please

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The tracks Criss and cross Illuminating paths For the lost The tired soles Who are trying to find the meaning of it all.

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When the outlook is grim The cities gray From the world caving in Retreat to the silence And be reminded by her Colors That you too carry beauty Light and pieces of peace Within

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Practicing four part round for this sundays performance. first volcano//last glacier 830pm Bowery arts and sciences $5-25 sliding scale donation

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Elevated. #sunset #brooklyn #rooftop #stop #slowdown #clouds #orange #bk #nyc #aftertherain

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Footage of the Solar Impulse 2 taking off for the first time in Switzerland. This plane is run on 100% solar power and is gearing up for it's first flight around the world in 2015. Future looks sunny. 

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Big draw for gardeners! Pencil can sprout into 11 different plants

Any budding artist who really wants their work to blossom should try using these pencils – which sprout into fresh herbs, flowers or vegetables.

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By copyrighting his property as an artwork, he has prevented oil companies from drilling on it.

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Portland, OR

Dilettante’s not a word you’d normally conjure up to compliment. But there’s something in Stephanie Simek's restless digressions that makes the idea of artful inexperience seem kind of revolutionary. Her muse sends her headlong into arcane and circuitous studies of natural science — flirting with botany, circuitry, crystallography, electro-magnetics, phosphorescent algae husbandry — self-sufficient sojourns into worlds wading just deep enough for her exquisite purposes.

"Radio Room," a functional, gallery-sized crystal radio composed of copper, fool’s gold, steel and paper. 

Her work’s got a wide breadth — spread out across sound art, conceptual fine art, a fantastical jewelry line and most recently her own line of fragrances. She’s made circuitry triggered by the behavior of venus flytraps, quail eggs lined with gold, a room-sized radio made from copper and crystals, a strangely well-publicized eyelash necklace made from human hair and countless other curios. In everything, Stephanie’s tactile creations share a common curiosity with the wonders of the natural world — an imaginative distillation of scientific complexities into their most elemental forms. 

Necklace sculpted from the Mitsumata branch, traditionally used in Japanese papermaking. 

Stephanie’s latest departure is a forthcoming third installment of her fragrance line — her selenite fragrance. Made from plant-based essential oils, it evokes soft florals with mandarin and vanilla notes and is housed inside a unique selenite crystal, complete with silver spray top with cap.

The reception for her latest installation — “Sounds in 6 Cities" — happens tonight in Portland at PSU’s Littman Gallery, running now through May 28.

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"I do understand that I am not a real bear but I know what I am. I am what I am. But I’m a real puppet. I’m happy with my lot in life."

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Paper skyscrapers, boats float by the river. The days of the new and the living. Riding my bike and singing along, the tune of Spring is a glorious song. #bikeride #beautifulday #queens #brooklyn #nyc #river #boats #bikes #bridges #water #sky #spring #newyork

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in other words

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Get up and go. #dayadventures #adventure #bike #bicycle #bridge #aquaducttrail #upstate #gorge #water #newyork #water