Metaphorest

When I heard the learn’d astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.

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—	Walt Whitman (via wirrow)

Hear us, you who are no more than leaves always falling, you mortals benighted by nature,You enfeebled and powerless creatures of earth always haunting a world of mere shadows,Entities without wings, insubstantial as dreams, you ephemeral things, you human beings:Turn your minds to our words, our etherial words, for the words of the birds last forever!

From The Birds by Aristophanes, 414 BC

I believe in Cartesian common sense. I think people have the capacities to see through the deceit in which they are ensnared, but they’ve got to make the effort.

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—	Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)

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paintyhands:

I don’t know if I’m about to laugh or cry, but what I do know is… VICTORY!!!!!

Uka & Her Lele’s & Her First Open Mic Night *o*

Lexy rayonne de mille feux!!! Ukulele à la main, sourire orné de rouge à lèvre et son âme rêveuse sur scène, je voudrais tellement voir ça. Go Lula !!!!! <3333

Felicitations!!!!!!!!! xxx

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jonnyrodgers:

On the culture of character vs. the culture of personality

“To some extent, we’ve always had an admiration for extroversion in our culture. But the extrovert ideal really came to play at the turn of the 20th century when we had the rise of big business. Suddenly, people were flocking to the…

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Apparition [detail], Giclee Print. ©RebelUnlit 2011

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megalord:

Check out this demo of my score to Day Glo’s reading of Metaphorest’s A Modest Proposal (Jelly Babies Version).

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