"Cooking gave us not just the meal but also the occasion: the practice of eating together at an appointed time and place. This was something new under the sun, for the forager of raw food would have likely fed himself on the go and alone, like all the other animals. … But sitting down to common meals, making eye contact, sharing food, and exercising self-restraint all served to civilize us."
— Michael Pollan on how cooking civilized us. (via explore-blog)
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"How long then will you seek for beauty here?
Seek the unseen, and beauty will appear.
When the last veil is lifted neither men
Nor all their glory will be seen again,
The universe will fade — this mighty show
In all its majesty and pomp will go,
And those who loved appearances will prove
Each other’s enemies and forfeit love,
While those who loved the absent, unseen Friend
Will enter that pure love which knows no end."
Seek the unseen, and beauty will appear.
When the last veil is lifted neither men
Nor all their glory will be seen again,
The universe will fade — this mighty show
In all its majesty and pomp will go,
And those who loved appearances will prove
Each other’s enemies and forfeit love,
While those who loved the absent, unseen Friend
Will enter that pure love which knows no end."
— Farid ud-Din Attar (via ajarfullofdreams)
"The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind"
— Caroline Myss (via elige)
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“When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.”
—Carl Jung
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Mihrab (prayer niche), A.H. 755 / A.D. 1354–55. Isfahan, Iran.
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Multimedia: Artist Imran Qureshi Creates ‘Dialogue’ in Site-Specific Installations
As the acclaimed Pakistani artist returns to New York City with a major new installation, a look back at his site-specific work for Asia Society Museum in 2009.
Read the full story here.
Brian Eno, born on May 15, 1948, on art.
‘When Saddam Hussein fell, we Iraqis were disoriented. For all our lives, he had always been there. His image was everywhere,’ says photographer Jamal Penjweny, whose series Saddam is Here depicts Iraqis in everyday locations covering their faces with pictures of the former dictator. ‘His image was in the cities where we live, on the walls of our schools, on our money, everywhere. Then he vanished. So taking a picture with Saddam was breaking a taboo that was created after the fall of the regime.’
Photograph: Jamal Penjweny/RUYA Foundation
This is incredible. Read Kevin Williamson’s first hand account or Gothamist’s write up.
About last night: I will never understand what thought process occurs (or maybe ‘thought process’ right there is the wrong phrase) to allow someone to think that basic house rules or…
AJE Magazine - The Shoot: A filmmaker’s world
In the May issue of the Al Jazeera magazine, we go behind the lens and onto the frontlines.
