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July 2
Kiva.org is a site that enables indivuduals to loan others money. This is one of the smartest charity organizations I have ever seen. Microlending like this cuts out the buracracy of government/corporate organized funding; gets money directly to the people who need it - and let’s you see how you helped. Awesome. (pinchpennies:) Agreed…and I recently heard that many more American’s are applying for the KIVA loans then ever before.

Kiva.org is a site that enables indivuduals to loan others money. This is one of the smartest charity organizations I have ever seen. Microlending like this cuts out the buracracy of government/corporate organized funding; gets money directly to the people who need it - and let’s you see how you helped. Awesome.

(pinchpennies:)

Agreed…and I recently heard that many more American’s are applying for the KIVA loans then ever before.

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MOMA is hosting a Tim Burton retrospective from this November through April, featuring over “700 examples of rarely or never-before-seen drawings, paintings, storyboards, moving-image works, puppets, maquettes, costumes, sketchbook, cartoons, and cinematic ephemera.” (via LAT spaceships:) Must see this!!!

MOMA is hosting a Tim Burton retrospective from this November through April, featuring over “700 examples of rarely or never-before-seen drawings, paintings, storyboards, moving-image works, puppets, maquettes, costumes, sketchbook, cartoons, and cinematic ephemera.” (via LAT spaceships:)

Must see this!!!

July 1
“21st Century Plowshare went on a mission this past April to transform the urban landscape of Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. The group set out to plant wildflower seeds on every single patch of abandoned soil within the neighborhood, creating a massive”urban meadow”.” via: PSFK

“21st Century Plowshare went on a mission this past April to transform the urban landscape of Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. The group set out to plant wildflower seeds on every single patch of abandoned soil within the neighborhood, creating a massive”urban meadow”.”

via: PSFK

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I think this portfolio of photographs by Rachel Sussman of The Oldest Living Things in the World is worth spending some serious time observing. Above is a photo of the Clonal quaking aspens in Fish Lake, UT. It is 80,000 years old. Try and sit for a minute and comprehend 80,000 years ago…! More images here. (thanks for the link spaceships)

I think this portfolio of photographs by Rachel Sussman of
The Oldest Living Things in the World is worth spending some serious time observing.

Above is a photo of the Clonal quaking aspens in Fish Lake, UT. It is 80,000 years old. Try and sit for a minute and comprehend 80,000 years ago…!

More images here.

(thanks for the link spaceships)

June 30
“Sophie Blanchard was a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist, and after her husband’s death she continued ballooning, making more than 60 ascents. Known throughout Europe for her ballooning exploits, Blanchard entertained Napoleon Bonaparte, who promoted her to the role of “Aeronaut of the Official Festivals”. On the restoration of the monarchy in 1814 she performed for Louis XVIII, who named her “Official Aeronaut of the Restoration”. In 1819, she became the first woman to be killed in an aviation accident when, during an exhibition in the Tivoli Gardens in Paris, she launched fireworks that ignited the gas in her balloon. Her craft crashed on the roof of a house and she fell to her death..” (unpalombaro:x:neverneverland)
“Sophie Blanchard was a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist, and after her husband’s death she continued ballooning, making more than 60 ascents. Known throughout Europe for her ballooning exploits, Blanchard entertained Napoleon Bonaparte, who promoted her to the role of “Aeronaut of the Official Festivals”. On the restoration of the monarchy in 1814 she performed for Louis XVIII, who named her “Official Aeronaut of the Restoration”. In 1819, she became the first woman to be killed in an aviation accident when, during an exhibition in the Tivoli Gardens in Paris, she launched fireworks that ignited the gas in her balloon. Her craft crashed on the roof of a house and she fell to her death..” (unpalombaro:x:neverneverland)
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“I’m going to see the documentary Food, Inc. tonight, so today is Know Your International Food Conglomerates Day. This is Phil Howard’s chart of the current structure of the organic food industry.” Note that “Cargill’s strategic alliances with French Meadow and Hain Celestial are to develop products with nutritionally enhanced organic ingredients such as phytosterols, soy isoflavones, trehalose, inulin, and chondroitin….” Emphasis mine. (noraleah)

“I’m going to see the documentary Food, Inc. tonight, so today is Know Your International Food Conglomerates Day. This is Phil Howard’s chart of the current structure of the organic food industry.”

Note that “Cargill’s strategic alliances with French Meadow and Hain Celestial are to develop products with nutritionally enhanced organic ingredients
such as phytosterols, soy isoflavones, trehalose, inulin, and chondroitin….”

Emphasis mine. (noraleah)

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“A (mostly accurate) life cycle of a tree using a creative combination of 2D animation and 3D stop-motion papercraft.” From Good.
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I love this sweet little animation by thegooglymoogly!

Bryan made me music for Hello. March 6th! Will post a higher quality version to Vimeo soon, but enjoy this in the meantime (it loads faster directly from YouTube). He used his MPC 2500, Gameboy running LSDJ, Casio VL-Tone, Evolver Analog synth, Moogerfooger FreqBox & Bass Murf, and Logic 8 with a few vinyl samples scratched in. He synced the final beat to the animation in SoundTrack Pro.

June 29
This mornings garden goodies (jonathansadlowe)
This mornings garden goodies (jonathansadlowe)
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Weekend sights in the sky! (more photos on click through)

Weekend sights in the sky! (more photos on click through)

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The reason creativity is so fascinating is that when we are involved in it, we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life. The excitement of the artist at the easel or the scientist in the lab comes close to the ideal fulfillment we all hope to get from life, and so rarely do. Perhaps only sex, sports, music, and religious ecstasy— even when those experiences remain fleeting and leave no trace— provide as profound a sense of being.

But creativity also leaves an outcomes that adds to the future.

 Mihlay Csikszentmihalyi (via ronenreblogs) (via paintyhands)
June 26
..and then, the sun came out. Though only for what seemed like a moment, it reminded us just how powerful and beautiful it’s radiant presence is.
..and then, the sun came out. Though only for what seemed like a moment, it reminded us just how powerful and beautiful it’s radiant presence is.
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Spencer Tunick Montauk, © Casey Kelbaugh “Spencer Tunick Corrals 300 Naked People in Front of Montauk Lighthouse” I love Tunicks work…read an interview and see more images from his most recent shoot here.

Spencer Tunick Montauk, © Casey Kelbaugh

“Spencer Tunick Corrals 300 Naked People in Front of Montauk Lighthouse”

I love Tunicks work…read an interview and see more images from his most recent shoot here.

June 25
“This is a roof of a warehouse in Greenpoint, which is now covered with 200,000 pounds of soil, 1,000 earthworms, and an abundance of vegetables, herbs, and flowers.” (nymag) “Husband-and-wife green roof architects Chris and Lisa Goode starting planning this rooftop garden atop a warehouse in Greenpoint last December, enlisting the help of an aspiring urban farmer and a planting specialist from the New York Botanical Garden along the way. And so far the results are very encouraging, according to an article this week from New York Magazine. Corn, radishes, lettuce and peppers have all been planted, and the yield thus far is being snapped up by such locavore-friendly restaurants like Marlow & Sons and Anella. Great stuff.”This Is a Roof [New York Magazine] (via: Brownstoner) Photo by Lucas Foglia This makes me very very happy!

“This is a roof of a warehouse in Greenpoint, which is now covered with 200,000 pounds of soil, 1,000 earthworms, and an abundance of vegetables, herbs, and flowers.” (nymag)

“Husband-and-wife green roof architects Chris and Lisa Goode starting planning this rooftop garden atop a warehouse in Greenpoint last December, enlisting the help of an aspiring urban farmer and a planting specialist from the New York Botanical Garden along the way. And so far the results are very encouraging, according to an article this week from New York Magazine. Corn, radishes, lettuce and peppers have all been planted, and the yield thus far is being snapped up by such locavore-friendly restaurants like Marlow & Sons and Anella. Great stuff.”
This Is a Roof [New York Magazine] (via: Brownstoner)
Photo by Lucas Foglia

This makes me very very happy!

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Umm… yes. Absolutly. (via oldauntamy via bullshit thegooglymoogly)

Umm… yes. Absolutly.

(via oldauntamy via bullshit thegooglymoogly)