My name is Janine. I collect stories. I do science experiments. I draw and paint. This is my idea/process/project blog. Formspring me. Portfolio: janinerecio(dot)comEmail: janine(at)janinerecio(dot)comTumblr (3.0; @niner)http://non-adventures.com/“One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.” -...http://non-adventures.com/post/439008574http://non-adventures.com/post/439008574Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:58:01 -0500“But grit isn’t just about stubborn perseverance - it’s also about finding a goal that can...http://non-adventures.com/post/435913957http://non-adventures.com/post/435913957Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:51:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyzj2mnI6U1qzw5wjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.iheartmyart.com/post/435410797/kirsten-pieroth-inflated-dinghy-2008-2009" target="_blank">iheartmyart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://cgi.klosterfelde.de/user-cgi-bin/artists/?s1=Kirsten+Pieroth" target="_blank">Kirsten Pieroth, </a>Inflated Dinghy, 2008/2009, accordion, rubber dinghy, hose, video, dimensions variable</p> </blockquote> <p>This is my kind of fantastic.</p>http://non-adventures.com/post/435505865http://non-adventures.com/post/435505865Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:34:55 -0500“If any student comes to me and says he wants to be useful to mankind and go into research to...http://non-adventures.com/post/435503429http://non-adventures.com/post/435503429Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:33:34 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kytsmbzVGF1qz4mo8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thetaoofdana.com/post/434196782/via-jstn-37-000-year-old-fully-intact-baby" target="_blank">i-peach-feng-shui</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://jstn.cc/post/428773250" target="_blank">jstn</a>)</p> <p>37,000 year old fully intact baby woolly mammoth.</p> <p>If this doesn’t put history in colossal perspective, I don’t know what will. Totally mind-expanding.</p> </blockquote> <p>fucking.hell.</p>http://non-adventures.com/post/434706089http://non-adventures.com/post/434706089Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:24:52 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyxqvuwN3U1qadiaro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://makeitbrilliant.tumblr.com/post/433336799/microbial-bacteria-genes-in-our-stomachs-outnumber" target="_blank">makeitbrilliant</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Microbial bacteria genes in our stomachs outnumber all other genes in the human body.</p> <p><i>“One day, we may even be able to treat certain health problems simply by eating a yogurt with the right bacteria in it.” - <span><b>European Molecular Biology Laboratory</b></span></i></p> </blockquote>http://non-adventures.com/post/433445002http://non-adventures.com/post/433445002Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:32:44 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyw8hhYJ381qzya49o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote></blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://theanimalblog.tumblr.com/post/431564966/via-lumase" target="_blank">theanimalblog</a>)(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/lumase" target="_blank">Lumase</a>)</p> <blockquote></blockquote> <p>Snail on my dashboard reminds me that it is my painting season.</p> <p>You should know that my moods divvy up the year like so:</p> <ul> <li>Spring and summer are for fine arts. </li> <li>Fall and winter are for crafts.</li> </ul> <p>Snails are my painting mascot.</p>http://non-adventures.com/post/431877047http://non-adventures.com/post/431877047Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:48:00 -0500“The lesson here is very simple. But it is striking how often it is overlooked. We are so...http://non-adventures.com/post/431812352http://non-adventures.com/post/431812352Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:10:30 -0500“Those three things—autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and...http://non-adventures.com/post/431494015http://non-adventures.com/post/431494015Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:23:51 -0500“To Sternberg, practical intelligence includes things like “knowing what to say to whom,...http://non-adventures.com/post/431308980http://non-adventures.com/post/431308980Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:42:00 -0500“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” - Lao Tzu (via keylime)...http://non-adventures.com/post/429821494http://non-adventures.com/post/429821494Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:13:30 -0500“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his...http://non-adventures.com/post/429817380http://non-adventures.com/post/429817380Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:10:31 -0500piggyfying the layout with my colored pencil drawing up in the corner.http://non-adventures.com/post/429639187http://non-adventures.com/post/429639187Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:15:00 -0500layoutpiggylogo““Art is an addiction. There’s a compulsive need to create and express your self. It’s sweet...http://non-adventures.com/post/429410090http://non-adventures.com/post/429410090Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:09:00 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyow5mPETe1qze5wuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://hikenow.tumblr.com/post/428733466/barroomhero-i-must-go-to-this-underwater" target="_blank">hikenow</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://barroomhero.tumblr.com/post/423524904/i-must-go-to-this-underwater-restaurant-in-the" target="_blank">barroomhero</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I must go to this underwater restaurant in the Maldives before I die.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>ohh!!</p>http://non-adventures.com/post/429407823http://non-adventures.com/post/429407823Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:08:29 -0500“That’s how art history and literary history gets made: by living artists connecting with the...http://non-adventures.com/post/429406509http://non-adventures.com/post/429406509Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:07:45 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky5zk7JQmi1qz7t0xo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://eatsleepdraw.com/post/428809003/also-here" target="_blank">eatsleepdraw</a>:<a href="http://ohdrella.deviantart.com" target="_blank">also here</a>)</p>http://non-adventures.com/post/429389338http://non-adventures.com/post/429389338Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:58:06 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kytj4aPy4n1qz50o1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><i>Shall We Kiss</i>, 2007.</p>http://non-adventures.com/post/428516994http://non-adventures.com/post/428516994Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:57:46 -0500All-Nighters: A series of essays on insomnia (New York Times): i-peach-feng-shui: At one am and...http://non-adventures.com/post/426247431http://non-adventures.com/post/426247431Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:59:53 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyq6a1kEBY1qzw5wjo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.iheartmyart.com/post/424759313/dennis-lin-n-1-60-2010-to-see-the-sections-of" target="_blank">iheartmyart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.forty-seven.ca/?q=exhibition/2010/n%C2%B0-1-60" target="_blank">Dennis Lin</a>, <span><a href="http://viewoncanadianart.com/2010/02/15/in-the-studio-with-artist-dennis-lin/" target="_blank">n° 1-60, 2010</a></span></p> <p><span>“To see the sections of the tree is to wonder how it grew, how it lived and how it died,” said artist Dennis Lin. “I’ve cataloged this tree out of my own curiosity and to make it accessible for others to question how this organism came into being.”</span></p> </blockquote>http://non-adventures.com/post/425589942http://non-adventures.com/post/425589942Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:44:14 -0500