a bruise lifting

"You can’t measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange."

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:33:34 -0500

““You can’t measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.””

- Milan Kundera (via kari-shma)

"On paper we’re ideal. But life isn’t on paper."

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:36:53 -0500

“On paper we’re ideal. But life isn’t on paper.”

- Whatever Works (2009)

"The only thing more painful than being an active forgetter is to be an inert rememberer."

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:04:11 -0500

““The only thing more painful than being an active forgetter is to be an inert rememberer.””

- Jonathan Safran Foer (via mariecriedwolf) (via suzywire) (via excellentdevice)

vacantlots:(via dondante)

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:59:17 -0500

vacantlots:(via dondante)

"Language constantly fails me. That’s why I continue writing."

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:54:10 -0500

“Language constantly fails me. That’s why I continue writing.”

- Charles Simic (via thebronzemedal) (via tsunamis)

"Fill all thy bones with aches."

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:27:01 -0500

““Fill all thy bones with aches.””

- William Shakespeare (via inmyskin) (via dondante)

closertotheocean:lavenderlines:isabelthespy:(via worb) OH, I...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:43:33 -0500

closertotheocean:lavenderlines:isabelthespy:(via worb)

OH, I loved these.

julyonfire:allofthisistrue Post Secret’s derivative video...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:23:39 -0500

julyonfire:allofthisistrue

Post Secret’s derivative video project: Fifty People One Question.

Moving, to say the least.

selectic:architectureblog:lickystickypickyme: source I am far...

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:58:37 -0500

selectic:architectureblog:lickystickypickyme: source

I am far too much of a city girl for this, but the romanticism gets me always.

scout: Faulkner’s typewriter

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:13:21 -0500

scout: Faulkner’s typewriter

loveallthis: The wave door by Matharoo Associates.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:11:53 -0500

loveallthis: The wave door by Matharoo Associates.

(via ache)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:52:43 -0500

(via ache)

spaceships: Home. So evocative. The best ad I’ve seen in a long...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:52:34 -0500

spaceships:

Home.

So evocative. The best ad I’ve seen in a long while.

(via papertissue)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:03:06 -0500

(via papertissue)

"Of love, happily, I know nothing."

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:55:00 -0500

“Of love, happily, I know nothing.”

- EXIT MUSIC

treee:(via muthapucker) “There are limits to the...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:06:17 -0500

treee:(via muthapucker) “There are limits to the imagination.”-Robert Hass

"Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:05:46 -0500

““Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.””

- Holden Caulfield

(via plsj)

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:32:33 -0500

(via plsj)

treee: New York, I love you, BUT YOU’RE BRINGING ME DOWN.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:05:22 -0500

treee: New York, I love you, BUT YOU’RE BRINGING ME DOWN.

A book-filled staircase London-based Levitate Architects came up...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:56:00 -0500

A book-filled staircase

London-based Levitate Architects came up with this ingenious solution to a book storage problem and created a loft-like bedroom nestled under the roof of the top-floor apartment. Here’s what Levitate’s Tim Sloan had to say about the project:

The flat occupies part of the shared top floor of an existing Victorian mansion block. Our proposal extended the flat into the unused loft space above, creating a new bedroom level and increasing the floor area of the flat by approximately one third. We created a ‘secret’ staircase, hidden from the main reception room, to access a new loft bedroom lit by roof lights. Limited by space, we melded the idea of a staircase with our client’s desire for a library to form a ‘library staircase’ in which English oak stair treads and shelves are both completely lined with books. With a skylight above lighting the staircase, it becomes the perfect place to stop and browse a tome. The stair structure was designed as an upside down ‘sedan chair’ structure (with Rodrigues Associates, Structural Engineers, London) that carries the whole weight of the stair and books back to the main structural walls of the building. It dangles from the upper floor thereby avoiding any complicated neighbour issues with the floors below.