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Beautiful flowers self-assemble in a beaker EarthSky,...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:44:24 -0400

Beautiful flowers self-assemble in a beaker
EarthSky, earthsky.org

“Spring is like a perhaps hand,” wrote the poet E. E. Cummings: “carefully / moving a perhaps / fraction of flower here placing / an inch of air there… / without breaking anything.”With the hand of nature trained on a beaker of chemical fluid, the…

This Ad Has a Secret Anti-Abuse Message That Only Kids Can See

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:01:48 -0400

This Ad Has a Secret Anti-Abuse Message That Only Kids Can See:

In an effort to provide abused children with a safe way to reach out for help, a Spanish organization called the Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation, or ANAR for short, created an ad that displays a different message for adults and children at the same time.

John’s favorite cartoons he pulled out of the New Yorker....

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:18:45 -0400

John’s favorite cartoons he pulled out of the New Yorker. Rest In Peace, John. (at Carmel Crescent)

My #typeisart artwork from the last night of Sp@ce224 gallery....

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:30:17 -0400

My #typeisart artwork from the last night of Sp@ce224 gallery. #endofanera #BuffaloNY

TAKING NOTES DURING SEMINAR

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:01:34 -0400

whatshouldwecallgradschool:

credit: Sarajane

"Nothing hurts a good soul and the kind heart more than to live amongst people who can’t understand..."

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:02:00 -0400

“Nothing hurts a good soul and the kind heart more than to live amongst people who can’t understand it.”

-
Ali Ibn Abi Talib (as)

Principle, Principal, Affect, Effect, There, Their, Allusion, Illusion, Ensure, Insure, Eminent, Imminent, Prescribe, Proscribe, and so on.

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:01:40 -0400

professor-anonymous:

MY FRIENDS WHEN THEY TRY TO RELATE TO ME

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:39:43 -0400

whatshouldwecallgradschool:

credit: theplacewherethingsgo

Anyone ever try to convince you that there are huge lists of scientists who doubt evolution?

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:01:56 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

Well, here’s a list of just scientists named Steve who support how beautiful and valid the theory of evolution is. And it’s bigger than any list the “other guys” have put together.

Check out Project Steve! Over 1,200 Steves as of today.

There’s even a t-shirt:

You call them swear words, I call them sentence enhancers.

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:01:53 -0400

You call them swear words, I call them sentence enhancers.

When I can feel myself blushing in front of the class.

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:01:43 -0400

professor-anonymous:

Or anytime I talk to nearly anyone.

Photo

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:01:40 -0400

Professor, how do you know that?

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:01:28 -0400

professor-anonymous:

Photo

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:48:18 -0400

thedailywhat: Single Topic Blog of the Day: Reasons Why My Son...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:01:23 -0400

thedailywhat:

Single Topic Blog of the Day: Reasons Why My Son is Crying

Check out “Reasons My Son is Crying,” an anonymous dad’s daily Tumblr blog featuring photographs of his bawling toddler with captions describing all the inane reasons that made him upset, including (from top left, clockwise):

He wasn’t allowed to drink bath water

He was asked to play with his trains

He wasn’t allowed to spill his ice water

He was forbidden from drowning in a pond

descepter: Ever wonder what happens if you cry in...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:01:51 -0400

descepter:

Ever wonder what happens if you cry in space?

Anyone else’s eyes watering after looking at this?

fishingboatproceeds: effyeahnerdfighters: To: Kenyon College....

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:01:29 -0400

fishingboatproceeds:

effyeahnerdfighters:

To: Kenyon College. Love, John Green

Did I ever post this on my tumblr?

Well I have now anyway. (Also follow effyeahnerdfighters!)

Aww… I’ve been here! Kenyon is pretty awesome. I hear they have a pretty good wide receivers coach for their football team. Oh, and their school color is purple - automatic +1,000.

WHEN SOMEONE ASKS WHAT A PHD IS

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:01:31 -0400

whatshouldwecallgradschool:

(all joking aside, i love grad school)

albrightknox: Participate in the Making of Andy Goldsworthy’s...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:01:38 -0400

albrightknox:

Participate in the Making of Andy Goldsworthy’s Path

The ephemerality and unpredictability of nature have been at the center of Andy Goldsworthy’s practice since the 1970s. In 2012, the Albright-Knox commissioned the artist to create an outdoor work for the Gallery’s campus. Path, situated on the lawn facing the Delaware Park Rose Garden, comprises a meandering gravel path set in a shaded glade, beneath which lies a curved, riverlike form carved by the artist and his team of masons in granite. Being in and part of nature, the path will reveal itself in different ways at different times of the year and under different weather conditions.

Path was begun last year, but we need your help to complete it. The artist encourages people to walk on the path, as this is an essential part of its compaction. He also encourages people to take photographs of the path at different times of day, especially in the early morning and late afternoon, when it most reveals itself. Please share your photos on Instagram or Twitter and include #akpath and @albrightknox in your caption. We will share all of the photos with the artist so that he can monitor the path’s progress from his home in England.

Goldsworthy will return to the Albright-Knox in mid-May to check on the status of Path and to install another work on the Gallery’s campus, which we’ll post more about in the coming weeks. Join us for a rare opportunity to hear Goldsworthy talk about his work on Wednesday, May 15, at 7:30 pm, in the Gallery’s Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for Members, $20 for non-members, and $15 for students and seniors. Learn More and Buy Tickets

IMAGE: Installation view of Andy Goldsworthy’s Path (working title), 2012–ongoing. Photograph by Pam Hatley.

I have always ALWAYS loved Goldsworthy. So cool he is now part of Buffalo.

thephotographicjournal: Interview 006: Ezra Caldwell Ezra is...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:01:26 -0400

thephotographicjournal:

Interview 006: Ezra Caldwell

Ezra is one of two people who initially inspired me to pick up a camera with any kind of purpose. His documentation of existence, with its frank honesty and beauty has had a profound affect on who I am today. It’s strange that someone on Flickr, who lived half a continent away, could leave such an indelible impression on your soul. But that’s just the kind of guy Ezra is.

Ezra’s story is both inspiring and heart wrenching. A Dancer, Bicycle Fabricator, Sous-Chef, Photographer, Husband, and Ass-Cancer veteran. Yep, cancer. His story reminds us to not waste a breath in vain, to rethink our priorities, and to live our lives to the fullest.

– A.S.

Read Ezra’s Interview »

He’s married to my friend’s sister… and the cancer is now diagnosed as terminal. Heart-breaking… but his words and his story and his art are truly inspirational.