This. Is. Beautiful.
“Unmakeable”
Book printers said Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Unmakeable” Book “could not be made.” Belgian publishing house Die Keure proved them wrong. Jonathan Safran Foer’s book is an interactive paper-sculpture: Foer and his collaborators at Die Keure in Belgium took the pages of another book, Bruno Schulz’s The Street of Crocodiles, and literally carved a brand new story out of them using a die-cut technique.
You can see more pictures of the Tree of Codes on Visual Editions’s Flickr stream. Pretty amazing.
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Heard this poem recited the other day and it warmed my heart and totally brought me back to experiences such as this one on NYC subway rides. There is beauty and kindness everywhere...even in the grungiest, darkest, smelliest places...
New York Subway
by Hilda Morley
The beauty of people in the subway
that evening, Saturday, holding the door for whoever
was slower or
left behind
(even with
all that Saturday-night
excitement)
the high-school boys from Queens, boasting,
joking together
proudly in their expectations
power, young frolicsome
bulls,
the three office-girls
each strangely beautiful, the Indian
with dark skin
the girl with her haircut
very short and fringed, like Joan
at the stake, the corners
of her mouth laughing
the black girl delicate
as a doe, dark-brown in pale-brown clothes
the tall woman in a long caftan, the other day,
serene
serious
the Puerto Rican
holding the door for more than 3 minutes for
the feeble, crippled, hunched little man who
could not raise his head,
whose hand I held, to
help him into the subway-car—
so we were
joined in helping him & someone,
seeing us, gives up his seat,
learning
from us what we had learned from each other.
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I don't play backgammon, but this pretty board is making me reconsider my resistance to learn the game...
Check out all the different variations of backgammon boards by Ara Peterson and his father Jack. (Warning: You might have a color seizure if you click on the link above)
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An iPhone is something I do not have in my possession but I like the sounds of the new Fooducate App
Fooducate’s iPhone App lets shoppers make better, healthier choices at the supermarket. It empowers you with all the tips and tricks Fooducate’s been writing about on their blog. The nifty app let’s you scan the barcode of a food product and then tells you the good and the bad. And it suggests healthier alternatives.
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This is inspiring me to actually print out some of my photos.
This photo album by Debra Folz stands on its own corner due to a reinforced front and back cover, which gives it a magic sort of ‘objet d’art’ feel. Lovely.
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Thanksgiving is in just a few days. It's been quite a big year for me, in many ways, and while it's important to be thankful everyday for the joys in our lives (and even, at times, the challenges), this time of year reminds us to be more conscious about gratitude. While the true history of Thanksgiving is not something that makes me particularly proud as an American, I do appreciate that the holiday has somewhat morphed into a day that calls upon us to actively reflect and give thanks for people, things, and situations in our lives.
This year I am especially grateful for and humbled by the guide within. I'm thankful for the wisdom and light of my inner guide and the courage I have been granted to take action in my life and make decisions/moves that are beneficial to my higher good and, eventually, to the higher good of the Universe.
And of course, I am always thankful for my beautiful family (and the exciting new changes!) and the friends who have been by my side and in my heart through it all.
What are you grateful for?
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