February 2012
27 posts
“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.”
– Karl Barth (via thingsandschemes)
All things Mexico.: Oscar Statuette Modeled After... →
fuckyeahmexico:
The smoothly muscular, golden silhouette of an Oscar statuette wasn’t just based on anyone. It was actually modeled in 1929 after the nude body of a Mexican director.
Filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor Emilio Fernandez, nicknamed “El Indio,” fled Mexico for Los Angeles in the 1920s, exiled after…
“Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any...”
– Lemony Snicket (via misswallflower)
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Van Gogh's Starry Night gets Interactive →
Why women are world's best climate change defense →
“So many people enter and leave your life! Hundreds of thousands of people! You...”
– Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer (via word-collector)
