Lauren Crichton
@laurencrichton
Lauren Crichton
On your birthday, someone else is meant to arrange things for you. This shows love, of course, but it takes the job off your shoulders, so that you really can Be Here Now. Just have it. Have the day. Have the time. It might be as simple as a breakfast tray, as romantic as a surprise weekend away, as heartfelt as a friend who cooks you dinner... (th... See more
Happy Birthday.
“I would agree that translation is impossible. But I guess it depends on how I define translation, because I do think that equivalence is a fantasy”
In this interview excerpt, @yuchenyuchen explores the possibility of translation as something beyond simply finding a match between languages.
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instagram.com“The truth is, that you cannot create anything of value without both self doubt and self belief”
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Full speech is on YouTube:
“Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie addresses Harvard’s Class of 2018” at Harvard University
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instagram.com"What information, if we had it, would make this decision easy?"
Then: "What's the quickest way we can get that information?"
(Via Matt Lerner)
Was the Renaissance Real?
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it’s my therapist, journal, playlist, and shopping list all in one
// credit/permission: @ppyowna
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A new still life with all my favourite things . No2 of five to be completed for my exhibition at Celf Gallery Cardiff in November
#oiloncanvas
#celfgallerycardiff
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Can a sculpture be a poem?
Artist Saloua Raouda Choucair thought so. In the early 1960s, the Lebanese artist began creating what she called ‘sculptural poems’ using interlocking forms that could be rearranged in various formations.
'Poem of Nine Verses' is influenced by Sufi poetry, Islamic... See more
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Buenos Aires #notestostrangers pic by @hell__hanna
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