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theantidote: Neurons growing in a cell culture These time lapse...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:28:29 -0400

Neurons growing in a cell culture

These time lapse animations use phase contrast microscopy to show neural stem cells in a nutrient medium for 4 hours. They reveal the dynamic growth and recycling of dendrites and synapses as neurons establish relationships with each other. The social behavior of these cells creates the incredible properties of the mind and brain.

Credit: University of Victoria Medical Sciences

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"It’s a funny thing about the modern world. You hear girls in the toilets of clubs saying, “Yeah, he..."

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:34:52 -0400

“It’s a funny thing about the modern world. You hear girls in the toilets of clubs saying, “Yeah, he fucked off and left me. He didn’t love me. He just couldn’t deal with love. He was too fucked up to know how to love me.” Now, how did that happen? What was it about this unlovable century that convinced us we were, despite everything, eminently lovable as a people, as a species? What made us think that anyone who fails to love us is damaged, lacking, malfunctioning in some way? And particularly if they replace us with a god, or a weeping madonna, or the face of Christ in a ciabatta roll-then we call them crazy. Deluded. Regressive. We are so convinced of the goodness of ourselves, and the goodness of our love, we cannot bear to believe that there might be something more worthy of love than us, more worthy of worship. Greeting cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time.”

- Zadie Smith, White Teeth (via descroissants)

"Let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you..."

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:19:13 -0400

“Let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel, and as unaccomplished as you think you are. To believe that you must hide all the parts of you that are broken, out of fear that someone else is incapable of loving what is less than perfect, is to believe that sunlight is incapable of entering a broken window and illuminating a dark room.”

- Marc Hack (via alesthetique)

Du Pre, Elgar

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:10:34 -0400

Du Pre, Elgar

"In the last couple of decades or so, something has happened to the American dream. I don’t quite..."

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:48:02 -0500

“In the last couple of decades or so, something has happened to the American dream. I don’t quite know what it is, and it’s still not very clear in my mind. Confusion has replaced patriotism. The intellect has replaced love. If something doesn’t make money, no one is interested. Everything is for sale. Emotions are sold. Sex is sold. Everything is sex. Cars, women, clothes, your face, your hands, your shoes! Look at the ads, at television. My emotions aren’t for sale. My thoughts can’t be bought. They’re mine. I don’t want movies that sell me something. I don’t want to be told how to feel.”

- John Cassavetes (via descroissants)

fuckyeahmoleskines: Ryan Gosling steals yet another role from a...

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:43:45 -0500

fuckyeahmoleskines:

Ryan Gosling steals yet another role from a hopeful baby animal.

by Sarah @ http://insectskinlionsmane.tumblr.com

I love the idea that one thing can be different for different...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:28:45 -0500

I love the idea that one thing can be different for different people. Everything’s that way…and then there are films or writings that you could read once and then ten years later read again and get way more from. You’ve changed; the work stays the same. But suddenly it’s got way more meaning for you, depending on where you are. I like things that have a kernel of something in them. They have to be abstract. The more concrete they are, the less likely that this thing will happen. The maker has to feel it and know it in a certain way and be honest to it. Every sing decision passes through this one person, and if they judge it and do it correctly, then the work holds together for that one person, and they feel it’s honest and it’s right. And then it’s released, and from that point on there’s not one thing you can do about it. You can talk about it - try to defend it or try to do this or that. It doesn’t work. People still hate it. They hate it. It doesn’t work for them. And you’ve lost them. You’re not going to get them back. Maybe twenty years later they’ll say, “My God! I was wrong.” Or maybe, twenty years later, they’ll hate it when at first they loved it. Who knows? It’s out of your control. - David Lynch

All the 2012 Best-of Reading Lists, Together at Last

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:23:26 -0500

All the 2012 Best-of Reading Lists, Together at Last:

theantidote:

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theantidote: Awesome vintage book: An Introduction to Sigmund...

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 01:27:46 -0500

theantidote:

Awesome vintage book: An Introduction to Sigmund Freud, M.D., and Psychoanalysis written and illustrated by Paul Freeman

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leronte: ♡

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:38:20 -0500

leronte:

♡

theantidote: Edward Hopper’s...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:11:10 -0500

theantidote:

Edward Hopper’s sketchbook

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Video

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:32:27 -0500

"The small man Builds cages for everyone He Knows. While the sage, Who has to duck his head When the..."

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:45:16 -0500

“The small man
Builds cages for everyone
He
Knows.
While the sage,
Who has to duck his head
When the moon is low,
Keeps dropping keys all night long
For the
Beautiful
Rowdy
Prisoners.”

- Hafiz

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Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:54:45 -0500

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Photo

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:43:05 -0500

theantidote: The Lost Sketchbook of Guillermo del...

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:10:39 -0500

theantidote:

The Lost Sketchbook of Guillermo del Toro:

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro put all his ideas for `Pan’s Labyrinth’ in a notebook — then lost it.

The heavyset man ran down the London street, panting, chasing the taxi. When it didn’t stop, he hopped into another cab. “Follow that cab!” he yelled. Guillermo del Toro wasn’t directing this movie. He was living it. And it was turning into a horror tale.

The Mexican filmmaker keeps all of his ideas in leather notebooks. And Del Toro had just left four years of work in the back seat of a British cab. Unlike in the movies, though, Del Toro couldn’t catch the taxi. Visits to the police and the taxi company proved equally fruitless.

Del Toro’s films — “Chronos,” “The Devil’s Backbone,” “Blade II,” “Hellboy” — typically feature magical realism. Fate was about to return the storytelling favor.

The cabbie spotted the misplaced journal. Working from a scrap of stationery that didn’t even have the name of Del Toro’s hotel (just its logo), the driver returned the book two days later. An overwhelmed Del Toro promptly gave him an approximately $900 tip.

The sketches and the ideas in that misplaced journal — four years of notes on character design, ruminations about plot — were the foundation of “Pan’s Labyrinth,” a child’s fantasy set in the wake of the Spanish Civil War.

The director, who at the time wasn’t even sure he’d actually make “Pan’s Labyrinth,” took the cabbie’s act as a sign, and plunged himself into the movie.

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matt-fry: x5qu1dx: krystakaos: camdamage: matt-fry: GIVING...

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:25:56 -0400

matt-fry:

x5qu1dx:

krystakaos:

camdamage:

matt-fry:

GIVING AWAY MY FIRST CAMERA..

so i’m giving back and learning to let go. i’m giving up my Yashica Electro 35 GSN. this was my first camera that i bought when i decided to start shooting a few years ago. this is the one that i learned to shoot on and the one that i did my first sets on. this is my baby and i love it. it means to much to me to sell so i’m giving it to someone that will use it.

for those of you that don’t know, the Electro has one of the most amazing lenses i’ve ever used. it has a fixed lens 50mm f1.7; the color rendition is gorgeous and it is tack sharp! here are some examples: Melanie Bushnell, Tarren Johnson

THIS INCLUDES: Yashica Electro 35 GSN, Wide angle and Telephoto lens adapters and Viewfinder, Adapter case, Original manual, and the Original camera cover. (the camera and cover look almost brand new)

the thing is, i don’t use it much anymore and i want it to go to a good home where it will continue to make gorgeous photos..

HERE ARE THE RULES: you must use the camera; it is not meant to sit on a shelf.. you cannot sell this camera. if you stop using it you must give it away to someone who needs a camera.

…

TO ENTER: you must reblog this post to give others the chance to enter, and you must enable you must enable questions so i can contact you for your info. i will pick the winner from tumblr and facebook.

i will choose the winner at random on October 17th. thank you everyone for supporting myself and my work.. this is my small way of giving back :)

-matt

www.frybros.com | www.facebook.com/frybros | www.matt-fry.tumblr.com

do want…

omg!!! squeel!

sweet mother of god!

completely shocked by the response. i really had no idea people would want it so bad.. kinda makes me want to give away another one :)

i would love to help you all out but the drawing will be completely random. best of luck on the 17th!

episodesandaccidents: Man Ray, Kiki de Montparnasse allongée…,...

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:47:11 -0400

episodesandaccidents:

Man Ray, Kiki de Montparnasse allongée…, film still from l’Etoile de Mer, 1928 (via)

theantidote: France Cartigny by Richard Dumas (via...

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:53:59 -0400

theantidote:

France Cartigny by Richard Dumas

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npr: dynamicafrica: Soccer’s Lost Boys, Stranded in...

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:29:00 -0400

npr:

dynamicafrica:

Soccer’s Lost Boys, Stranded in Istanbul

Adam McCauley of the NYT and photographer Jason Andrew travel to Istanbul, Turkey to investigate the story behind the lives of 40 Nigerian men whose dreams of entering the world of professional soccer have become marred through a scam of dire proportions.

In March 2010, more than 40 Nigerians flew to Istanbul, carrying an invitation to try out with Turkey’s professional soccer teams. Within a week of arriving, the players realized that the promises had been false, that their money had been stolen and that they had nowhere to go but the streets.

They’ve been there ever since.

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Wow. — Tanya B.