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From the moment an event occurs, it is simplified and purified in memory. We shave off the rough edges and what happened becomes a story or even, over time, a legend. If we’re not careful, though, we grind it down to raw superlatives, with none of the banalities or complications that make truth feel true.
So often a memory depends on who we need to be at the moment of remembrance.
” —From the stunningly beautiful interactive reminiscence Pine Point. The writing is lyrical and emotional to compliment (or act in spite of) the raw, scrapbook-ish graphics.
Past the pure melancholy of the subject matter, I wonder if this would happen in NZ and consider Picton? Perhaps? There was that time they mooted moving the ferry landing from there but would the town suffer and diminish or would it actually be _removed_? Even a place with just a single purpose surely should not be cleaned up and wiped out when it’s an important part of past inhabitants lives. Or is that not really enough?
The style of this also makes me want to make something similar - to push words outside and away from text; to try and create multi-sensory storytelling the same way I hear it in my head when I write something.
(via megpickard)
How to torture your project manager -
Some of these made me laugh - though also note 1 and note 2 apply!
“Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.” —
Banksy (via debsidelinger)
YES.
“I get worried for young girls sometimes; I want them to feel that they can be sassy and full and weird and geeky and smart and independent, and not so withered and shriveled.” — Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler is one of my new heroes. Lesley Knope, the character she plays in “Parks & Recreation” is all of the things above. Even in episodes where she does ditzier things, Knope’s own heroes are strong women in power - her own goal is to be President of the United States.
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ljm:
This is the kind of trivia my brain will squirrel away for ‘later’ - probably over-writing the last bit of eroded high school maths equations.Lignin, the stuff that prevents all trees from adopting the weeping habit, is a polymer made up of units that are closely related to vanillin. When made into paper and stored for years, it breaks down and smells good. Which is how divine providence has arranged for secondhand bookstores to smell like good quality vanilla absolute, subliminally stoking a hunger for knowledge in all of us.
Perfumes: The Guide (via)
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“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.”
— Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye
“The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had.” — Eric Schmidt (via krislane)
(Source: krislane)
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A 12-YEAR-OLD EXPLAINS THE INFORMATION AGE'S FACTS OF LIFE TO HER MOTHER -
Via McSweeney’s:
Mom, it’s gonna be a long ride to Grandma’s, and while we have some time alone together, I think it’d be good for us to talk about some things. I’m getting older, and I’m not always gonna be around the house to explain stuff to you. I know you have a lot of questions, and I want us to be open with each other. So, I think it’s time you learned where blogs and tweets come from.
I don’t know what kind of stories you’ve heard from your friends or the ladies in your book club. Sometimes, old people will spread around what they’ve heard from other old people. This can make things even more confusing and scary. That’s why it’s important you get the straight facts from me…
They grow up so fast…
“Choose a book and read it at the same time as a bunch of people you hang out with regularly—your friends or colleagues, or just your partner. But: do not discuss the book. Allow the world of the book to seep into yours. Enjoy the sensation of temporarily inhabiting a common fiction, a shared memory palace. Crack in-jokes, reference characters and situations, share metaphors. No pressure. Just enjoy the experience.” —
Oblique Reading: a Tutorial | booktwo.org (via adactio)
This is a nice, relaxed way to do it I think. Who wants to read a book at the same time as me?
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