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masterpiecedaily:

John Singer Sargent

Paul Helleu Sketching with His Wife

1889

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fishingboatproceeds:

Congratulations to the 2014 Printz Award winners!!!!! (For those who don’t know, the Printz Award is like the Oscars of YA literature.)

Whenever anyone tells you that YA books lack quality or diversity, read some Printz winners. They show that YA fiction is broad and deep and wonderful. 

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becausebirds:

Potoo

DERP

because…birds!

More on becausebirds.com

Haha. I totally want for the Potoo to attend PJH. It has no business going there taxonomically, but I just really want to read Sally’s drabble.

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drug-child:

Surprised my forest picture got this many notes 🌲🌲🌲

This forest is totally cosplaying a Caspar David Friedrich painting.

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The waterlily studio at Claude Monet’s home at Giverny.

Photo by Guy Bouchet.

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Promises are a priviledged hope: sentiment a poison:

letschoosethelie:

I wanna talk about privilege.
I went to a private school.

Both my parents have jobs.

I don’t have to share my bedroom.
I did not choose this. I did not put in a mail order for life.
I was very very lucky. I am very very lucky.My parents worked hard for me. Their parents worked hard for…

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nprfreshair:

Actress Emma Thompson tells Fresh Air’s Dave Davies about a memorable moment filming Sense and Sensibility:

I remember Hugh Grant looking at me and saying, “Are you going to do that?”

I said, “What?”

He said, “Cry like that, all the way through my last speech.”

And I said, “Yeah, what’s the problem?”

And he said, “Well, it’s my last speech! You can’t.”

And I said, “Yeah, but Hugh, it’s funny.” Which is the point: It’s funny. Of course it’s moving, but it’s that, I think, very difficult … but vital balance between something having humor, having wit, but also being moving that I always strain to reach and achieve.

It’s difficult. Alexander Payne is one of the people who achieve that so often in his movies, that you’re laughing and you’re also very moved at the same time. That’s my favorite thing in a movie, actually.

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yulinkuang:

Socially Awkward Poe’s Tell Tale Birthday

Reblogging to tag appropriately.

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stability:

hahaha why is harry potter flinging around a condom what is this from

This is from Extras. And the episode gets better.

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On feminism and Rochester Apologism:

thelirivera:

sarapauff:

matterofawesome:

anonsally:

matterofawesome’s long post about AoJE got me thinking about something.

Book spoilers below, along with some pontificating (and some foul language, not quite sure how that happened!).

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This is beautiful and I’m going to cry. :’)

Yes,…

Also, this: How to be a fan of problematic things

Reblogging for wisdom.

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masterpiecedaily:

John Singer Sargent

On His Holidays, Norway

1901

Omg, I know, right? :-)

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bibliophilefiles:

Pride and Prejudice | Folio Illustrated Book illustrated by Anna and Elena Balbusso (via pinterest)

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directingfilm:

On Thursday evening, I attended a directing masterclass with Godfrey Reggio, best known as the director of Koyaanisqatsi. The man was damn brilliant. He talked a lot about erasing the traditional foreground of cinema, and focusing on the background. 

He pointed out that it is within the background that ordinary evil exists. Ordinary evil is the worst kind of evil, because it is evil we simply accept, or as he put it:

The more ordinary something is, the more blind we are to it.

The average racist born into racism never considers himself or herself racist. It is woven into the very fabric of the only life they know.

He continued on this thread by saying:

It’s our behavior that determines the content of our mind. […] We become what we do; we become what we see; we become the routine that we are a part of…

Want to change the world? Start by changing your routine.

Simple ideas, but incredibly powerful.

~ü

[Video: Trailer for Koyaanisqatsi]

I kind of wish the trailer didn’t have the VO. But it’s a trailer, so I guess it has to sell it.

I saw it once with a live orchestra performing the Phillip Glass score at Royce Hall. That was awesome.

I was talking with a descendent the other day, and he said he didn’t recall ever seeing it. My bad. Fixing shortly.

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yulinkuang:

shipwreckedcomedy:

In which Shipwrecked director/showrunner yulinkuang and actress/writer sineadpersaud drink tea while answering some of your questions on Kissing in the Rain, VidCon, and costume/production design.

Thanks to our Tumblr friends, inkingideas, clavisa, and scribblesnjots for the questions! Also to lies for one that we answered in a separate post. And on Twitter, thanks goes to @KatieLouFidiam, @felofHe, @JenniferCatania and @iD4rkAngel! We had a blast responding to you guys, hope you enjoy the video!

In case you missed it, we also posted Socially Awkward Poe’s Tell Tale Birthday yesterday as well! Leave Poe a belated birthday wish in the comments and check out the rest of the series, if you’re so inclined! :)

Much love,

Shipwrecked Comedy

Those tea cups were a flea market find. I do love my fleas.

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Jane Austen illustrations

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readitand-leap:

Excited to start this new read!

Huh. New cover. And what’s this about bonus content?

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