parabola-magazine: Film Still from Wings of Desire, by Wim...
Film Still from Wings of Desire, by Wim Wenders, 1987.
"I can't see you, but I know you're here. I feel it. You've been hanging around since I got here. I wish I could see your face. Just look into your eyes and tell you how good it is to be here. Just to touch something. See that's cold; that feels good. Or to smoke. Have coffee. Or if you do it together, that's fantastic. Or to draw. You know, you take a pencil and you make a dark line, then you make a light line and together it's a good line. Or when your hands are cold and you rub them together. See that's good, that feels good. There's so many good things, but you're not here. I'm here. I wish you were here. I wish you could talk to me…cuz I'm a friend."
—Peter Falk's character communicating with an angel in Wim Wenders remarkable film, Wings of Desire. Watch the trailer at Criterion.
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saveflowers1: Art by Dugald Stewart Walker (1920) from...
Art by Dugald Stewart Walker (1920) from DREAMBOATS AND OTHER STORIES.
museumuesum: Linda Connor contact prints on printing-out paper...
Linda Connor
contact prints on printing-out paper from vintage glass plate negatives of Solar Eclipse from the collection of The Lick Observatory
1893-1910, prints made 1977-1996
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sisterwolf: Cyril Power, 1929 via
Cyril Power, 1929
slone: I get a little OCD with my palette.
I get a little OCD with my palette.
valscrapbook: 54534-20 Papaver somniferum by horticultural art...
54534-20 Papaver somniferum by horticultural art on Flickr.
workman: bijoux-et-mineraux: Optical Calcite with...
Optical Calcite with phantoms
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n-a-s-a: Moon Meets Jupiter Image Credit & Copyright:...
Moon Meets Jupiter
Image Credit & Copyright: Cristian Fattinnanzi
crashinglybeautiful: The Illusion of Separation "A human being...
The Illusion of Separation
"A human being is a part of the whole called by us 'the universe,' a part limited in time and space," wrote Einstein in 1950. "He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest—a kind of optical illusion of consciousness." It's a brilliant and fascinating perspective, and science tells us that it's true. Our eyes inform us that there is a definite boundary between us and the world around us, and so we perceive ourselves as entities separate to the wider universe—as individuals just making our home in this vast place. But when we take a step back, we can see that we're molecular machines built from a specific arrangements of atoms—atoms that existed before we were born and will continue to exist after we die. They were recycled from the dust of dead stars, and we're only their temporary custodians. Fundamentally, each of us is just a tiny individual expression of an enormous singular entity—so we are the universe perceiving and studying itself. The idea that the individual and the universe are inseparable is a humbling, counter-intuitive and ultimately awe-inspiring idea—there's a mad kind of beauty in knowing that we do not live in the universe, but rather we are the universe. As Feynman wrote: "I…a universe of atoms…an atom in the universe."
via: sciencesoup
deadendqueen: Heh by ~TALONABRAXAS
Heh by ~TALONABRAXAS
mirroir: Albert Bierstadt - Cloudy Study, Moonlight (ca. 1860)
Albert Bierstadt - Cloudy Study, Moonlight (ca. 1860)
olgainoue: album page ~1630, india
album page ~1630, india
crashinglybeautiful: Charles Koechlin (1867-1950), Beach and...
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950), Beach and Sea, May 1907. Thank you, les-sources-du-nil.
likeafieldmouse: Louise Bourgeois
parabola-magazine: Among the grasses,An unknown flowerBlooming...
Among the grasses,
An unknown flower
Blooming white.
―Zen Haiku
Painting by Agnes Martin, Gratitude, 2011.
hiscinnamongirl: Marigolds
Marigolds
workman: Heart-Shaped Glomerocryst Photomicrograph While...
Heart-Shaped Glomerocryst Photomicrograph
While studying samples of lavas from the Aeolian Islands off the west coast of Italy, I came across an interesting aggregate of crystals (glomerocryst).
A photomicrograph thin section of the aggregate is featured above. Aeolian lava is studied to understand how magma forms at depth and the level of risk of its eruption. This particular glomerocryst is made of two minerals; plagioclase and pyroxene, whose chemical compositions, textures and melt inclusions help decipher just what happens in a magma chamber.
But, if you look closely at its shape, you might learn something more — that even something as hard as a rock has a heart. — Bernardo Cesare
mythologyofblue: Felix Vallotton, Clair de Lune, 1895
Felix Vallotton, Clair de Lune, 1895
mythologyofblue: Henry Prellwitz, Moonlight Ring, ca....
Henry Prellwitz, Moonlight Ring, ca. 1910s-1920s +
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