life is a banquet

terriwindling: “How monotonous our speaking becomes when we...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:48:40 -0400

Red Fox in sunset light by Hermann Hirsch

When it gets dark by Christoph Kaula

Returning from the hunt by Michael Lohmann

Fox in cloudy forest by Klaus Echle

terriwindling:

“How monotonous our speaking becomes when we speak only to ourselves! And how insulting to the other beings — to foraging black bears and twisted old cypresses — that no longer sense us talking to them, but only about them, as though they were not present in our world….Small wonder that rivers and forests no longer compel our focus or our fierce devotion. For we walk about such entities only behind their backs, as though they were not participant in our lives. Yet if we no longer call out to the moon slipping between the clouds, or whisper to the spider setting the silken struts of her web, well, then the numerous powers of this world will no longer address us — and if they still try, we will not likely hear them.” - David Abram (Becoming Animal)

Images above: Some of the winning photographs from the German Nature Photographers’ 2013 Photographs of the Year competition.

The Summer Day

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:09:00 -0400

Who made the world?

Who made the swan, and the black bear?

Who made the grasshopper?

This grasshopper, I mean-

the one who has flung herself out of the grass,

the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,

who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-

who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.

Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.

Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.

I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.

I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down

into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,

how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,

which is what I have been doing all day.

Tell me, what else should I have done?

Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?

Tell me, what is your plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?

Mary Oliver

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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:15:00 -0400

ladypoints: REBLOG for a chance to...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:20:11 -0400

ladypoints:

REBLOG for a chance to win LADYPOINTS SWAG!

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Follow and repost on all three sites, and you’ve got 3 chances to win!

You have until the end of our Kickstarter, Sunday April 21st at 12pm, to enter! Good luck!

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Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:19:59 -0400

likeafieldmouse: Hense - 700 Delaware (2012) - Mural on...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:50:31 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

Hense - 700 Delaware (2012) - Mural on abandoned church

"No Need for Seduction" by Victoria Libertore

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:40:38 -0400

"No Need for Seduction" by Victoria Libertore:

vic is an amazing performer, teacher, curator, mentor…help support her new show at dixon place!

ladypoints: Meet the ladies of LADYPOINTS Season One! - Edition...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:13:08 -0400

ladypoints:

Meet the ladies of LADYPOINTS Season One! - Edition #3

AIMEE BROWN

Aimee is a performance artist and freelance hairstylist. She cuts hair in her Brooklyn apartment, getting to know her clients and providing them with great cuts that fit their lifestyle.

We can’t wait to talk to Aimee and find out more about what it takes to be a performance artist and hairstylist and the creativity of both crafts. Stay tuned!

lordbyronsbloomers: Women’s History Month: March 3, Warsan...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:02:49 -0400

lordbyronsbloomers:

Women’s History Month: March 3, Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire is a London-based, Kenyan-born, Somali writer whose powerful poetry has left me blown away each time I read it. In her book of poetry “Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth” Shire explores the relationship of women’s bodies to war and displacement.

Some of my favorite poems by Shire are “I’m Not Sad” and “For Women Who Are Difficult to Love.”

Check out this interview if you’d like to learn more. If you’re a writer or poet or someone who just enjoys being knocked off your feet by words, read all the poetry!

“If our secrets are secrets because we are told to be ashamed, then we must share them.”

her work is stunning!

dapper & dandy

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:24:06 -0400

dapper & dandy

ladypoints: The LADYPOINTS Webseries Kickstarter is...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:30:36 -0400

ladypoints:

The LADYPOINTS Webseries Kickstarter is here!

LADYPOINTS is a webseries that interviews and celebrates women who have come to define success in their own terms, and seeks to find out how they do the awesome things that they do. But to film these ladies, and get access to their amazing art, music, and creative processes, we need your help!

We’ve just launched a Kickstarter to raise $5,000.

It is easy to feel disheartened in fields where men consistently dominate in representation, but LADYPOINTS seeks to de-mystify these assumptions and prove that women, in fact, are leading amazing projects of their own. We want to provide a resource for women to see their potential in the creative arts, no matter their age, race, class, sexuality, size, or ability. We want to show that you have the power to create amazing things.

Please check out our Kickstarter for more info on how to contribute - and check out our donation rewards, provided by our gracious and talented LADYPOINTS contributors.

Thanks, everyone!

Love,

the LADYPOINTS Webseries Team

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witchpunk: slvttering: Flash by Izabela Dawid...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:45:36 -0400

witchpunk:

slvttering:

Flash by Izabela Dawid Wolf

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Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:44:43 -0400

wickedclothes: “Smile, girl. You’re too pretty to let your own...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:09:24 -0500

wickedclothes:

“Smile, girl. You’re too pretty to let your own feelings interfere with my viewing pleasure.” — asofterworld.com

Sick of the “smile, beautiful” shit that guys on the street, mistakenly, think is flattering? Want to dissuade the creepy dude at the gas station from telling you that you’re too pretty to scowl like that? This is the sweatshirt for you.

Sold on Etsy!

yes

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:42:38 -0500

yes

allison miller / 'You Don't Play Like a Girl': Queer in a Jazz World - The Huffington Post

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:35:00 -0500

allison miller / 'You Don't Play Like a Girl': Queer in a Jazz World - The Huffington Post:

allison is a talented drummer & inspiring person. she also has great hair….

LADYPOINTS: LADYPOINTS: An Introduction

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:25:47 -0500

LADYPOINTS: LADYPOINTS: An Introduction:

meandthestereo:

ladypoints:

Hi There!
Welcome to Ladypoints, a webseries focused on celebrating women who have come to define success in their own terms. Each episode provides interviews with awesome ladies that will empower and inspire young women with insights and advice – making their passions, crafts, and successes less mysterious and more accessible!

Ladypoints strives to present a wide range of women*, as we recognize how extremely meaningful it is to be seen, heard, and represented, especially for girls and women, not only in gender but also race, class, sexuality, size, and ability.

Please stay tuned! You can also keep in-touch via FB, Twitter @LadypointsShow, Instagram @Ladypoints & Mailing List.
-Ladypoints Team

Super psyched to get this rolling! Please check it out / follow / re-blog /spread the word.

Thanks!

LADYPOINTS YA’LL!

more chris uphues hearts

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:15:14 -0500

more chris uphues hearts

Hubert Duprat / collaborating with the caddis fly

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:28:00 -0500

Hubert Duprat / collaborating with the caddis fly:

Ilona Royce Smithkin her diy eyelashes, her humor, her mermaid...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:55:00 -0500

Ilona Royce Smithkin

her diy eyelashes, her humor, her mermaid paintings, her outlook & passion…epic SHERO!