Old Polaroid yields eerie development — a long-dead uncle: A random garage sale purchase surprises a 13-year-old with a picture of a relative he had never known.
Wow.
Photo credit: Matt Pearce / For The Times
Worth a listen
"But together or alone, we are still embedded in a kaleidoscope, ruthlessly varied and continuous, until the end of the end."
— Miranda July
"It suddenly seemed obvious to me that the whole world, and especially LA, was designed to protect me from these people I was meeting…if someone isn’t in my house or my car we’ll never be together, not even for a moment. And just to be absolutely sure of that, when I leave my car my iPhone escorts me, letting everyone else in the post office know that I’m not really with them, I’m with my people, who are so hilarious that I can’t help smiling at myself as I text them back."
"Si consideras largo y loco
el viento de banderas
que pasa por mi vida
y te decides
a dejarme a la orilla
del corazón en que tengo raíces,
piensa
que en ese día,
a esa hora
levantaré los brazos
y saldrán mis raíces
a buscar otra tierra."
el viento de banderas
que pasa por mi vida
y te decides
a dejarme a la orilla
del corazón en que tengo raíces,
piensa
que en ese día,
a esa hora
levantaré los brazos
y saldrán mis raíces
a buscar otra tierra."
— Pablo Neruda
“he would realize he was selling tress not because he thought it would help anything- he actually felt it was much too late for that- but because he loved this place, Earth. It was an act of devotion. A little like writing or loving someone- it doesn’t always feel worthwhile, but not giving up somehow creates unexpected meaning over time.”
Today,while watching the BBC life series I was mesmerized by many aspects of nature, but what stuck with me most was that a female octopus lays many many eggs (approximately 100 000) tends to them for six months. Caressing them, and just making sure the eggs are protected. During that time she doesn’t leave her den, Not once, so she doesn’t hunt for food which holds vital energy for her survival. During her pregnancy she thus, slowly starves herself to give the eggs a chance. On her last energy she apparently blows water over them to help them hatch and then she dies.
This sacrifice makes them (to me) one of the most devoted mothers in nature.
Oh and they also have 3 hearts and blue blood.
Absolutely fascinating…
(via allcreatures)
