(via baubauhaus)
“One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.” — OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Sr. (via tobia)
“But grit isn’t just about stubborn perseverance - it’s also about finding a goal that can sustain our interest for years at a time.” — Jonah Lehrer, “The Truth about Grit”
Kirsten Pieroth, Inflated Dinghy, 2008/2009, accordion, rubber dinghy, hose, video, dimensions variable
This is my kind of fantastic.
“If any student comes to me and says he wants to be useful to mankind and go into research to alleviate human suffering, I advise him to go into charity instead. Research wants real egotists who seek their own pleasure and satisfaction, but find it in solving the puzzles of nature.” — Albert von Szent-Györgyi (via scienceisbeauty)
(via jstn)
37,000 year old fully intact baby woolly mammoth.
If this doesn’t put history in colossal perspective, I don’t know what will. Totally mind-expanding.
fucking.hell.
Microbial bacteria genes in our stomachs outnumber all other genes in the human body.
“One day, we may even be able to treat certain health problems simply by eating a yogurt with the right bacteria in it.” - European Molecular Biology Laboratory
(via theanimalblog)(via Lumase)
Snail on my dashboard reminds me that it is my painting season.
You should know that my moods divvy up the year like so:
Snails are my painting mascot.
“The lesson here is very simple. But it is striking how often it is overlooked. We are so caught in the myths of the best and the brightest and the self-made that we think outliers spring naturally from the earth… To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages that today determine success—the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history—with a society that provides opportunities for all.” — Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers
“Those three things—autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward—are, most people agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying. It is not how much money we make that makes us happy between nine and five. It’s whether our work fulfills us.” — Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers (I’m quoting as I read, so this evening may be full of Gladwell.)