“To heal a wound you need to stop touching it.” — Unknown
“Certainly there are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.” — Jules Renard
“Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” — Langston Hughes
“He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.” — Charles Lamb
This animation project done several years ago captures the true spirit of why photography and taking pictures is so important. They may be called snapshots, photographs, pictures, selfies or pics, but they serve a very important role in the lives of many. I think you will appreciate this even more after watching this short animation.
Photographs from B.Ki.Animation on Vimeo.
Our undergraduate animation thesis film, made at Loyola Marymount University in LA.
By Brendan Clogher and Christina “Kiki” Manrique
“On Earth there are more people inside this tiny circle than outside of it:”
valeriepieris / Via io9.com
It is amazing how big Africa is relative to the other land masses of the world.
Kai Krause / Via informationisbeautiful.net
I don’t think many people appreciate how large some of the comets flying around earth actually are. At one time I was skeptical that a comet hitting the earth at any speed could wipe out a city, but after seeing the image below, I have changed my mind!
Matt Wang / Via mentalfloss.com
There are many more interesting and “mind blowing” facts on the original BuzzFeed website. Click here to visit that site and see the other startling comparisons.
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” — Alice Walker
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Never take a mean advantage of anyone in any transaction, and never be hard upon people who are in your power.” — Charles Dickens
“Success is a great deodorant.” — Elizabeth Taylor
I am constantly being inspired by the creativity I see exhibited on the Internet. One reason I enjoy reading the variety of blogs that I visit is to appreciate and admire all the talent that is “out there!”
Every once in a while something resonates strongly with me and I need to try it myself. These explorations are the beginnings of ideas for me to consider and possibly try and perhaps use to grow as an individual.
At one time, I tried calligraphy, but it was nothing like this. These are quite amazing!
Visit the site below to see more examples and perhaps you might want to try your hand (pun) at it!
See more and read the article here: 3D Calligraphy Experiments by Tolga Girgin
* The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”
― Omar Khayyam
“And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch’d by the thorns.” — Thomas Moore
“Too many people undervalue what they are and overvalue what they’re not.” — Malcolm Forbes
“Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.” — Ludwig Börne
“Knowing when to play stupid is pretty smart.” — Unknown
10 – Utah
9 – New Jersey
8 – New Hampshire
7 – Vermont
6 – New York
5 – Massachusetts
4 – Connecticut
3 – California
2 – Minnesota
1 – Hawaii
To find out why people live longer in these states and how the information was derived, visit the Wall Street Journal’s article: States Where People Live Longest
For each state particular factors such as Life expectancy, Obesity rate and Poverty rate are listed and ranked for comparison.
Note – Sorry for all the “click throughs.” Use the links at the bottom of the page to get to the next section.
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” — Vincent van Gogh, Dutch artist
“If you must err, do so on the side of audacity.” — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
“Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.” — Charles Dickens
“Extra blankets will be placed in all your rooms and there’ll be no additional cover charge.” — Groucho Marx
“Ricky Jackson spent 39 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit, the longest anyone who has been exonerated has served in the United States.”
Mr. Jackson and 14 other people detailed in this article spent a total of 350 years in prison before they were exonerated. The National Registry of Exonerations lists 1,541 people who have been exonerated in the USA since 1989. Some of these stories, including that of Ricky Jackson, are heartbreaking.
It makes one wonder how many have died behind bars without getting the chance to be freed or to clear their names. We will never know!
Read the entire article on BuzzFeed
Watch the NBC National News report of Ricky Jackson’s story here [ FYI – These men were imprisoned during President Gerald Ford’s administration and during the first year for Saturday Night Live ]
“We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.” — Horace Walpole, British historian
“To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction is to live twice.” — Khalil Gibran
“Nobody got where they are today by living for tomorrow.” — Tom Wilson
“When you throw dirt, you lose ground.” — Texas Proverb