I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela
31.05.12
31.05.12
creatingaquietmind: (by alshepmcr)

creatingaquietmind:

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31.05.12
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Makin' Latex: RIP, Matt.

This truly breaks my heart.  Please don’t ever play alone.

kinkengineering:

Archean and the staff at Kink Engineering are sad to report that Mad_Scientist (Matt) passed away on May 23rd, 2012, at the age of 35. His death was accidental. He was a great friend, a brilliant mind, and an exceptional lover.

Matt was awesomely creative and scientifically curious. His first…

29.05.12
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“So the images here, these I made based on a mantra I have been holding on to. ‘Safe Safe Safe’, a term that crops up in a poem by my beloved Virginia Woolf. Something that reminds me that I am loved and that I love. A notion I cling to, that my home is endlessly important to me. The magnets inside me leave me clinging to these walls.  I fear losing everything but long after I am gone these walls will carry that beat. My pulse. ‘Safe Safe Safe’. ” -Ellen Rogers

“So the images here, these I made based on a mantra I have been holding on to. ‘Safe Safe Safe’, a term that crops up in a poem by my beloved Virginia Woolf. Something that reminds me that I am loved and that I love. A notion I cling to, that my home is endlessly important to me. The magnets inside me leave me clinging to these walls.  I fear losing everything but long after I am gone these walls will carry that beat. My pulse. ‘Safe Safe Safe’. ” -Ellen Rogers

27.05.12

Everyone you know looks the same and acts the same. They may dress differently from each other or belong to different crowds, but they’re all the same. Hipsters, brainiacs, jocks, so-called ‘geeks’ — they’re all so caught up with not being left out that they’re changing who they are to fit in with whoever it is that will accept them.

When you show up and you’re not like that, it scares them. They don’t know what to do with you, because they have no idea what it’s like to think for themselves. So they try to make you feel like the loser, because there’s more of them doing what they’re doing than there are of you. In such a small group of small minds, the nail that sticks up gets hammered down.

To them, you are weird, but weird is good. No, screw that — weird is great! Being weird to someone just proves that you are being you, which is the most important thing you can ever be. There’s nothing wrong with you. There’s something wrong with them. They can’t understand what it’s like to be themselves, much less what it’s like to be you.

Joe Peacok
13.05.12
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Mirror

Mirror

09.05.12
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ianbrooks:

Black Grapes of Wrath by LUDO

These laser-cut skull-flavored grape sculptures will be available for purchase on May 7th through LUDO’s website. But dont worry, you’re not just getting a creepy dinner centerpiece, 50% of each sale will be going to skateistan, an International non-profit providing skateboarding and educational programming in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Pakistan.

Artist: flickr

06.05.12
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Happy Caturday

Funny Animal Gifs - Animal Gifs: Come! We Ride!

05.05.12
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#caturday
We are told we must choose - the old or the new. In fact, we must choose both. What is a life if not a series of negotiations between the old and the new?
Susan Sontag
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