(via Bailey)
Melt Mirror
Bower Studios keep delivering fresh ideas. Love the sculptural quality of their Melt Mirrors.
The Hill We Climb
When day comes, we ask ourselves:
Where can we find light
In this never-ending shade?
The loss we carry, a sea we must wade.
We braved the belly of the beast,
We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace,
And the norms and notions of what ‘just is’
Isn’t always justice.
And yet the dawn is ours before we knew it,
Somehow, we do it.
Somehow, we’ve weathered and witnessed
A nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished.
We, the successors of a country and a time
where a skinny Black girl, descended from slaves
and raised by a single mother,
can dream of becoming president
only to find herself reciting for one.
– The Hill We Climb, by Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman took my breath away during today’s inauguration.
I cried my eyes out when Kamala Harris was sworn in. Madame Vice President! What a moment!
Kindness
“Kindness multiplies and it enables possiblity. When we’re of service to people, we have the chance to make things better.”
Three types of kindness, by Seth Godin
Where Are My Chickens?
I don’t have chickens, gut the sheer existence of this egg-pocket-apron makes me want to have chickens. It helps you collect the eggs in the chicken coop.
Animals Interrupting Wildlife Photographers
These photos of animals interrupting wildlife photographers made me smile. So stinking adorable.
(via Chris)
Shitaku Lemon Squeezer
This simple porcelain lemon juicer was made in Hasami, a small town in Nagasaki Prefecture, known as the birthplace of fine Japanese ceramics. So simple. So beautiful.
Link Pack
Complete strangers playing a card game called, We are not really strangers. (via Chris)
– National Gallery: How do you make six huge frames for Titian’s mythological paintings? (via)
– Emily Nussbaum asked what’s your biggest life hack? I loved reading the answers on this thread.
– Hang with your friends, digitally with Gather. (looks like a modern version of Habbo hotel which I used to enjoy in 1999/2000)
– It’s a dream of mine to one day get to drive the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. (I love the quote: There is nothing more aerodynamic than a wiener.)
– Ah, yes, I like you, white marble bath caddy.
– How cool is this freestanding, modern fireplace? My heart!
– This picture made me look. More context here.
– I love the resilience of humans.
– Letterboxd allows you to track films you’ve watched and save those you want to see.
– This is currently my favorite recipe: Creamy cauliflower soup. What’s yours?
– I am trying to be more knowledgable and thoughtful about money and investing. This is a good start. Also this Reddit thread.
– This parkour video made my head spin. (Via)
– Want some more poetry in your life? Here are hundreds of free poetry audio books.
– You know you want one of Arlo’s handmade Lightsabers.
– The internet is so weird. I love it.
– Hard to believe Tattly is turning 10 this year.
– Over 370 remote friendly job on the CreativeMornings job board. Whoo!
– A big thank you to Parsons at Open Campus for sponsoring my blog this week.
Bond
‘Bond’ appears as a combination of photographic, sculptural and performative elements. The Finnish photographer Anna Reivilä uses the traditional rope technique to bind rocks, trees and other elements of the landscape, presenting a series of images that are ultimately representative of transient objects.
You Are The Sky
“You are the sky.
Everything else –
it’s just the weather.”
– Pema Chödrön
Car Choir Concert
I love how resilient hoomans are. For members of Luminous Voices, a professional choir ensemble in Alberta, Canada, rehearsing and performing safely during the pandemic has meant getting into their cars, driving to an empty parking lot and singing with each other’s voices broadcast through their car radios.
Old Concept Cars
This archive of old concept cars is pure delight! I love you, internet! (If only it didn’t feature all those ads. Ugh)
(via)
Teak Black Stool
Love this minimal Teak Black Stool.
Squirrel Ninja Obstacle Course
My son Tilo (10) just shared this delightful Squirrel Ninja video with me. 20 minutes well spent.
Ethel Smyth
Beautiful Read: Dignity, Daring, and Disability: The pioneering queer composer and defiant genius Ethel Smyth on making music while going deaf. Thank you Maria!
Black Dip Mug
Can you fall in love with a mug? Yes you can! I got a few of these CB2 mugs and I can’t get over how beautiful they are and how good they feel. They have an incredibly smooth finish.
Deviation from the Norm
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
– Frank Zappa
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The Potential of the Internet
“I don’t think we’ve even seen the tip of the iceberg. I think the potential of what the internet is going to do to society, both good and bad, is unimaginable. I think we’re actually on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying… I’m talking about the actual context and the state of content is going to be so different to anything that we can really envisage at the moment. Where the interplay between the user and the provider will be so in simpatico, it’s going to crush our ideas of what mediums are all about… The idea that the piece of work is not finished until the audience come to it and add their own interpretation and what the piece of art is about is the grey space in the middle. That grey space in the middle is what the 21st century is going to be about.”
– David Bowie
Sideboard Forest
This sideboard! Be still my heart!