It’s official: I can’t get enough of Cookie Monster. Today, our favorite blue monster shares some poetry.
“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire”
A lovely find on Bobulate, today:
Located in the grounds of Hay Castle, Wales is the Honesty Bookshop, a 24-hour open air bookshop where people select books and post the money for them through a small letterbox. Hardbacks at 50p and paperbacks at 30p. The Castle is at Hay-on-Wye, the “town of books,” so much so that according to my guidebook, “if you don’t like books, you should certainly avoid Hay-on-Wye.” If you’re of the sort who does, however, be sure to make it out for the Hay Festival of Literature and Arts.
I would very much like to visit Hay-on-Wye, soon.
“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
I remember attending Rock the Bells a couple of years ago. It was at the International Centre in Mississauga, and the place was a mess, with horrible organization and customer service. The acts were late, the venue was poorly ventilated, there wasn’t enough water being sold, and all in all, it had all the makings of a horrible show.
But it wasn’t. It was amazing. It was amazing because we spent 6 hours listening to some of the greatest hip hop acts in history prove why they were so great. It was amazing because A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Ghostface and Raekwon, MF Doom, Rakim, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Jay Electronica, De La Soul, Method Man & Redman, Little Brother and so many more took the stage and entertained us, despite the dreariness of the venue.
This year, Rock the Bells didn’t come to Toronto, but I’ve been re-living the experience by looking at photos of the Governers Island show.
Looking at them, I wish I could have been there, but most of all, I’m glad that, a few years ago, I was.
“Every once in a while, you find somebody who’s iridescent. When you do, nothing will ever compare.”
Daniel Sinker recently re-discovered a book that he bought when he was a boy, written in 1972, called “2010: Living in the Future.” Now that we’re in 2010, he’s re-posting the contents of the out-of-print book on the web. From the page above:
In the year 2010 you do not sleep on a bed. There are no beds, no tables, no chairs. The floor is made for sitting, sleeping, and walking on. It is soft where you sit or sleep, hard where you need a table or desk.
Your home is very carefully planned.
Click through to read the rest of the book. It’s great to see how people forty years ago imagined the future. I wonder what people forty years from now will think of the predictions we make about the future today.
“More than kisses, letters mingle souls.”
I’ve been remiss in my letter writing recently, down to about one letter a week. Starting in September, I’ll get back to my usual routine of 3-4 a week, I’m sure. All of you that are waiting on a letter from me, there’ll be one on its way soon, I promise.
I thoroughly enjoyed Conversation, a short doc by Lenka Clayton and James Price:
Conversation is a fascinating and frank look at the hidden judgments we habitually make about others based on their faces. In this cleverly composed and edited short doc, filmmakers Lenka Clayton and James Price explore the semiotics of body language. We observe candid interviews with 29 strangers from the streets of the East-End of London, England, as they read another stranger’s face.
Fascinating to see how two people can read someone’s face in completely different ways.
“So be it. Evoke the forms. When you’ve nothing else, construct ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them.”
I’ve got a craving to take to the skies today, either by flying in a balloon or simply getting on a swing and pushing my feet off the ground and having the wind blow against my back. Today is a day to look up to the sky, smile, and soar.
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
Via the Sesame Street tumblr, your moment of zen for the day: Cookie Monster asks the tough questions.
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
Timelapse video of the Perseid Meteor Shower and the galactic core of the Milky Way as seen from Joshua Tree National Park.
I’d like to put this video in full-screen and project it on my wall one night, on repeat.
