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Imagine Dragons - Radioactive

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:56:23 -0400

Imagine Dragons - Radioactive

happy fathers day. i miss you.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:45:55 -0400

happy fathers day. i miss you.

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Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:00:18 -0500

Here’s the thing about life. On the one hand, none of it matters. Many philosophers come to...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:04:11 -0500

Here’s the thing about life. On the one hand, none of it matters. Many philosophers come to this conclusion and cannot figure out why anyone should care either way. Human beings will expand from Earth to the next galaxy and the next and then what? Our technology will increase without bounds. Life will constantly change for our species but, as a whole, we don’t have a goal nor a well-defined purpose nor a mission statement for humanity. We are just trudging through the universe one day at a time. This is why people war. They don’t think things through. They crave purpose and meaning. They are incapable of projecting far enough into the future to do something useful. They are irrational, always, and they often cause more trouble than is needed. You could look at all of that and decide you don’t want to live in such a world. But, if you do that you neglect a key aspect of it all–being a human being is a highly unique experience.

Really think about that: no one will ever have a brain like yours, or your quirks, or your combination of experiences. Even your fellow INTJs differ from one another despite many similarities. Expand that– humans are different from you. Consider even more the unlikeliness that you would be here in the first place. We humans take life for granted because it is all around us but you should not be here, statistically speaking. Neither should I. We are that one in a billion sperm that made it into the highly elite University of Mommy’s Egg. In our case, the penalty for not getting into that university was not sulking and licking wounds or retaking the entrance exams–it was death. Right off the bat, many of the potential replacements for you never got the chance to come into existence and as such never got the privilege to truly experience being a human being. They never got the opportunity to develop a brain that is better than any supercomputer pound per pound. They never got the opportunity to reason. They were never able to use those hundreds of thousands of sensors we call rods and cones in conjunction with the world’s best, all-natural, dynamically adjusting, camera lens (eyes) and the processing centers of our brain to interpret the energy given off by a sunset and translate it all into the beautiful image we know. Think about that. When you SEE, you are translating waves of energy into colors. That’s insane. When you HEAR, you are translating pressure waves into the audio you are perceiving. The other sperm never even got the opportunity to hear the most gorgeous note which is capable of sending chills down your spine.

Why is being a human so great? Because as a species, we are not only complex but are statistically anomalies. We go from hydrocarbon blueprints redundantly encoded in biological structures to sacks of meat to children who very quickly figure out for themselves how to take random sensory input like sight, sound, balance, etc. and make sense of it in real time. We are self-aware and dynamically adjust to life’s curve balls. Why should you want to live? Because you have eternity to be dead. That’s a hell of a lot longer than the 70-100 years you will be alive on this planet. As long as you are going to die anyway in the future, you may as well enjoy the privilege of being a human now while you can appreciate it because it is a gift that you would be a fool to squander.

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Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:30:52 -0500

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Panoramic Rainbow Walkway Illuminates ARoS Museum

Want to see more? View Olafur Eliasson’s “Your rainbow panorama” through the ARoS location page, the “Your rainbow panorama” location page, and the #ARoS hashtag.

Imagine what it would be like to live inside of a rainbow. That is exactly what Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has created in his rooftop installation, “Your rainbow panorama.” Positioned atop ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, a 10-story art museum located in Århus, Denmark, the elevated walkway yields a spectacular 360-degree view of the city.

Made entirely out of glass with panels in every color of the spectrum, the rainbow installation’s walkway measures 150 meters (492 feet) around. It’s also visible from a great distance throughout the surrounding area, acting as a multicolored compass for those navigating Århus both during the day and at night when spotlights installed in the floor light it up from inside. The project, as Olafur Eliasson explains, inspires a rich dialogue between visual arts and architecture.

"Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” - Voltaire"

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:39:23 -0500

“Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” - Voltaire”

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Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:37:11 -0500

"Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above..."

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:16:28 -0400

“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life. To be at peace.”

"Why tiptoe through life only to arrive safely at death?"

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:16:08 -0400

“Why tiptoe through life only to arrive safely at death?”

architizer: Meet The Mesmerizing “Iris,” An Interactive Pixel...

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:17:01 -0400

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Meet The Mesmerizing “Iris,” An Interactive Pixel Screen

dav-lee: INFO: This stray cat was filmed in Turkey( Kızılsaray...

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:14:34 -0400

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INFO: This stray cat was filmed in Turkey( Kızılsaray district of Antalya ) trying to reanimate his female friend who got hit by a car. Even though some people tried to help him, the white cat wouldn’t let them come near for two straight hours. Finally a vet arrived and took the injured cat. Sadly, it was too late and he couldnt resuscitate the feline

architizer: Shanghai Botanical Has One Rockin’ Quarry Garden

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:50:35 -0400

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Shanghai Botanical Has One Rockin’ Quarry Garden

"You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:45:14 -0400

““You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.””

- Winston Churchill

Lakers’ general manager Mitch Kupchak introduces Dwight Howard...

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 00:14:01 -0400

Lakers’ general manager Mitch Kupchak introduces Dwight Howard as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday (8/10/12)

nba: August 8, 2012: USA Basketball defeats Australia 119-86 in...

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:57:30 -0400

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August 8, 2012: USA Basketball defeats Australia 119-86 in Quarterfinals at 2012 Olympics.

architizer: A Teeming Metropolis Built Entirely Out Of...

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:56:32 -0400

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A Teeming Metropolis Built Entirely Out Of Staples!

Hillsong United - From the Inside Out

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:31:25 -0400

Hillsong United - From the Inside Out

Leeland - Sound of Melodies

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:15:18 -0400

Leeland - Sound of Melodies

The City Harmonic - Manifesto

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:14:45 -0400

The City Harmonic - Manifesto

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Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:09:00 -0400