PostSecret: Missed Connection

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via PostSecret

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BYRON: Solitude

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar
I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

—Lord Byron

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, 1812

Orpheé

…sunlight falls my wings open wide, there is a beauty here that I can’t deny…

Overcoming > Suffering

Although the world is full of suffering,
it is also full of the overcoming of it.

—Helen Keller

Internal Journies

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The only journey is the one within.

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— Rainer Maria Rilke

Solitary Refinement

Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement.

—Alice Koller

Rest in Power: Josephine Harris

Miracle of 9/11, Dies of Heart Attack at Age 69

On September 11, 2001 Josephine Harris was in the North Tower of the World Trade Center when disaster struck. As she reached the area of stairwell B between the…

[OMG: Josephine’s story inspired me, and I’m so very sad she died]

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via Josephine Harris, Miracle of 9/11, Dies of Heart Attack at Age 69 | Gowanus Lounge

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KUMAR: Let Peace

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Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust; Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace; Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe.

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—Satish Kumar

We hardly need to use our ears

WEB DuBOIS: Becoming

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The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.

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— W.E.B. Du Bois

Map of North American English dialects and subdialects

Rick Aschmann has made a hobby out of studying and mapping North American English dialects: This is just a little hobby of mine, that I thought might be interesting to a lot of people. Some people …

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via Map of North American English dialects and subdialects | FlowingData

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Black Water

RIP Mick Karn:

Carl put this song on a mixtape for me years ago and this song above all others enchanted me like very few can…both in sonic resonance, sweet tremolo vibrato, and lyric enigma this is one of my favorite songs of all time…never knew there was a video, and have now watched it like 15x in a row…

7 Billion

Mistakes to Keep

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

—Scott Adams

24 Hours of Air Traffic