September 2011
1 post
In nature, there is no such thing as waste. Organisms consume; extract what they...
– Jack Layton: Speaking Out (2004).
July 2011
6 posts
We have become voyeurs and escapists. Many of us don`t play sports but love...
– Was Democracy Just a Moment? (1997)
Think of a stretch limo in the potholed streets of New York City, where homeless...
– Tad Homer-Dixon
[Capitalism`s] touted economic efficiency generates not only ‘the pursuit...
– After the Fall (1992)
As I write these reflections, Western observers, along with many citizens of...
– After the Fall (1992)
Five thousands years of civilization, more or less, twenty-three hundred years...
– Moonlight Mile (2010)
May 2011
1 post
Others imply that they know what it is like to be depressed because they have...
– Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
(via phantomwise) (via loveyourchaos, psychotherapy)
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
8 posts
The epidemic of overproduction. Society suddenly finds itself put back into a...
– Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels: The Communist Manifesto. (1848)
Only a really low IQ population could have taken this beautiful continent, this...
– George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing. (2005)
Production-consumption. You begin to wonder whether it isn`t just a question of...
– The Edible Woman (1969)
Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy...
– Fight Club (1999)
February 2011
3 posts
Thanks for the follow, youreyesaredancing!
January 2011
1 post
December 2010
2 posts
We live in this culture where everything is supposed to be so hip and so cool,...
– Andrew McMahon.
November 2010
1 post
September 2010
3 posts
Inspiration like Stars in the Night Sky.
There has always been restless stirrings in my mind`s crevices, all revolving around a single notion:
I want my life to mean more than the next paycheck or materialistic things.
It was once said that in midst of discovering what you want from life, you will discover exactly what stops you from achieving it. You can choose to pursue your journey, regardless of the hardships that you may...
Possibly the Beginning of Something Spectacular.
Imagine a clean, blank canvas; there`s a world of possibility upon your fingertips. The first stroke defines the direction for the rest of your creation; it could evolve into something extraordinary or tarnish any simple pre-existing perfection.
It`s been difficult attempting to perfect these words into elegant phrases graced by simplicity in such a way as to not destroy the beginnings of...