Daily Wander

Adventure of the Day

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:11:43 -0400

On May 17th (that’s today!), 1970, Norwegian ethnologist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl and his multinational crew set sail from Morrocco in an effort to cross the Atlantic. Made entirely of papyrus reeds, and crafted after ancient Egyptian sailing vessels, Heyerdahl named his boat the Ra II, after the Egyptian Sun God, and this voyage was an attempt to prove that Mediterranean civilizations could theoretically and may have possibly sailed to America during ancient times. The Ra II crossed 4,000 miles of ocean in 57 days, landing on Barbados and demonstrating that early seamen could have dealt with trans-Atlantic voyages.

-The Clymb

Apple Dictionary: Word of the day

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:22:14 -0400

attenuate
verb |əˈtenyo͞oˌāt| [ with obj. ]
reduce the force, effect, or value of: her intolerance was attenuated by a rather unexpected liberalism.
• reduce the amplitude of (a signal, electric current, or other oscillation).
• (usu. as adj. attenuated) reduce the virulence of (a pathogenic organism or vaccine): attenuated strains of rabies virus.
• reduce in thickness; make thin: the trees are attenuated from being grown too close together.

adjective |-wit, -ˌwāt| rare
reduced in force, effect, or physical thickness.

DERIVATIVES
attenuation |əˌtenyo͞oˈāSHən|noun
ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin attenuat- ‘made slender,’ from the verb attenuare, from ad- ‘to’ + tenuare ‘make thin’ (from tenuis ‘thin’).

The Biggest Psychological Crisis of Our Generation. ~ Kasia Budzen

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:35:54 -0400

The Biggest Psychological Crisis of Our Generation. ~ Kasia Budzen

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:25:55 -0400

““Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.””

- Carl G. Jung

"She wasn’t in a strange place, just a new one. After all, she had always dreamt of new places."

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:23:50 -0400

““She wasn’t in a strange place, just a new one. After all, she had always dreamt of new places.””

- Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

and before I knew it, right before my eyes winter has come and gone leaving me stripped and...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:55:53 -0400

and before I knew it, right before my eyes

winter has come and gone

leaving me stripped and bare.

the darkness lifts and the fog clears

sunshine enters early into a clear sky

and sets with a warm breeze;

I am reassured.

That with spring comes new growth and life within all of us;

for the seeds we planted last fall have transformed

and the changes we made are challenged.

I am stripped down and bare

I have nothing left of ours;

just me my and mine.

My soul hurts to have it torn from the nurturing between two

Yet with every new growth comes a time to prune.

The spring has come and you are gone.

I must remember how to sing to my own tune.

imgur: the simple image sharer

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:42:52 -0400

imgur: the simple image sharer

Yup.

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:58:25 -0400

Yup.

Note: Alabama Shakes - Makin’ me Itch“We caught the...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:58:55 -0400

Note:

Alabama Shakes - Makin’ me Itch

“We caught the Alabama Shakes last winter in Paris. We didn’t have much time. It was sincere, brief, beautiful. Like an old style Take Away Show.”

Filmed in Paris, February 2012
Images and Edit by Colin Solal Cardo
Sound by Jonathan André
Mix by Henri D’Armancourt
Produced by Chryde and Matthieu Buchsenschutz

www.blogotheque.net
www.takewayshows.com
www.alabamashakes.com

Watch, resonate, repeat. Even the music is harmonious within the...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:21:00 -0400

Watch, resonate, repeat. Even the music is harmonious within the soul.

anti-teachings:

I hope this trips you up too

vjoddedges:

Provoke New Thoughts (Alohas Shits Plots)

Music: Glassworks - Philip Glass
Speaker: Robert Anton Wilson

I support and stand by marriage equality. Usually I stick to...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:05:37 -0400

I support and stand by marriage equality.

Usually I stick to standing up for my opinion and choose not to pit against opposing views but this following picture is just such a great example, simple and to the point.

"There is no time like the present, for postponing what you ought to be doing, and go bicycling..."

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:15:13 -0500

“There is no time like the present, for postponing what you ought to be doing, and go bicycling instead…”

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:33:09 -0500

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”

- Plato

vimural: cervo (by Pixelpancho)

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:52:47 -0500

vimural:

cervo (by Pixelpancho)

Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy.

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:21:21 -0500

Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy.

There was no photo credit attached but this caught my attention....

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:58:14 -0500

There was no photo credit attached but this caught my attention. The currency looks like a British pound note. Dozens stuffed into the eyes, ears, and mouth of the three Wise Monkeys. The three who represent those who deal with impropriety by turning a blind eye.

All Terrain Armored Transport.

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:47:33 -0500

All Terrain Armored Transport.

I wish I knew the photography credit. Wherever this is,...

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:47:35 -0500

I wish I knew the photography credit. Wherever this is, it’s beautiful how life has come back to a concrete jungle.

…”here is the root of the root and the bud of the...

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:40:34 -0500

…”here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud.”

[as freedom is a breakfastfood]

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:59:41 -0500

BY E. E. CUMMINGS 1894–1962

as freedom is a breakfastfood

or truth can live with right and wrong

or molehills are from mountains made

—long enough and just so long

will being pay the rent of seem

and genius please the talentgang

and water most encourage flame

as hatracks into peachtrees grow

or hopes dance best on bald men’s hair

and every finger is a toe

and any courage is a fear

—long enough and just so long

will the impure think all things pure

and hornets wail by children stung

or as the seeing are the blind

and robins never welcome spring

nor flatfolk prove their world is round

nor dingsters die at break of dong

and common’s rare and millstones float

—long enough and just so long

tomorrow will not be too late

worms are the words but joy’s the voice

down shall go which and up come who

breasts will be breasts thighs will be thighs

deeds cannot dream what dreams can do

—time is a tree(this life one leaf)

but love is the sky and i am for you

just so long and long enough

E.E. Cummings, “[as freedom is a breakfastfood]” from Complete Poems 1904-1962, edited by George J. Firmage. Copyright 1926, 1954, 1991 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trust. Copyright © 1985 by George James Firmage. Reprinted with the permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.

Source: Complete Poems 1904-1962 (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1994)