Having spent so much time near the ocean, this image horrified me. How could the ocean open up in such a way? You can find Buzzfeed’s 45 most powerful photos from 2011 by clicking the photo. This underwater sculpture garden, called Silent Evolution, was created by Mexico-based British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, off Isla Mujeres is…
Category Archives: Going out on a limb
Peacock award or Dear Adele – please get therapy!
Dear Adele, When you break up with someone, and you truly love them, do not show up in middle of their life uninvited. That’s just personality disordered crazy. I can’t think of a more horrible thing to do to another person than to show up in the middle of their dream came true – a new…
Peacock award #2
This week’s peacock award goes to Courtney Stodden for talking about her lack of plastic surgery with Dr. Drew. After the release of these photos: First, how stupid are we?? She’s the one who most likely released the photos. (Remember a peacock shows his feathers to get attention.) Now, she gets attention for the…
What do you see? A case for devils and Jesus in cheese, smoke and paint
I posted this photo to Facebook. It’s a photo of a fresco in the Basilica of Saint Francis in Giotto, Italy. The fresco was painted by Giotto in the 13th Century and depicts the life and death of Saint Francis. Do you see a face? Art historian Chiara Frugone sees a devil with black horns. The face,…
Blog 4 Peace
Blog Blast for Peace was created in 2006 by the incomparable Mimi Lenox. Click here to find out more.
On my mind today…
“First they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for me…
Get out of bed!
“This is your life, your work, your family, your friends. All of these things are like plates of food in front of you, and you’re getting so caught up in what’s next, your food is getting cold. I say, eat it all up! It will sustain you.” Playwright Eve Ensler as quoted by Rosario Dawson…
Traitors
We’ve all heard the news stories. Corporations, supported by their employees the US Congress, pay no taxes. They rip resources from the country in the form of police protection, schooling for their children and their employees children, and military support here and abroad. Yet, they don’t bother to pay for what they use. To many people,…
Aware
“The aim of Life is to Live, and to Live means to be Aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely, Aware.” – Henry James I worry that in our smartphone, hooked in world, we are not aware. I am not aware. This quote is a great reminder. Happy Friday!