If you are going to learn from other writers don’t only read the great ones, because if you do that you’ll get so filled with despair and the fear that you’ll never be able to do anywhere near as well as they did that you’ll stop writing. I recommend that you read a lot of bad stuff, too. It’s very encouraging. “Hey, I can do so much better than this.” Read the greatest stuff but read the stuff that isn’t so great, too. Great stuff is very discouraging.
EDWARD ALBEE

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Everyone tells you to write what you know. It’s the tried-and-true advice every writer hears at some point in her career. But to take my writing to a deeper level, I’ve found that a better practice is to simply write what frightens you, haunts you, even. … I now keep a sign on the bulletin board in my office that reads: “Write What Scares You.” I’ve learned that tapping into the hard stuff — whether it’s the fear of loss or a boogeyman lurking in childhood memories — is what ultimately gives a story the power to leap off the page and grab you by the collar.
SARAH JIO

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Buildings Based On Human Bone Structure Could Be the Future of Cities
“Biomimicry borrows design solutions from the embedded intelligence within animals’ bodies—chiefly from other species. But occasionally, it also borrows from within the human body. For example, a new study from MIT suggests that buildings of the future could be built with super-strong materials based on the structure of human bones…”
http://gizmodo.com/buildings-based-on-human-bone-structure-could-be-the-fu-514102789?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Buildings Based On Human Bone Structure Could Be the Future of Cities

“Biomimicry borrows design solutions from the embedded intelligence within animals’ bodies—chiefly from other species. But occasionally, it also borrows from within the human body. For example, a new study from MIT suggests that buildings of the future could be built with super-strong materials based on the structure of human bones…”

http://gizmodo.com/buildings-based-on-human-bone-structure-could-be-the-fu-514102789?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

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littledallilasbookshelf:

Acqua Alta Bookstore, Venice, Itlay

All the books are kept in boats so that in the time of high tides they can be dry :)

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kateoplis:

Suitcases left behind by patients of Willard Psychiatric Center by Jon Crispin 

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odditiesoflife:

Frozen Swiss Landscape

In January 2005, Lake Geneva and the surrounding area were hit with a horrific ice storm. Everything was completely blanketed with ice when waves breaking on the lake’s shore hardened into a solid coating in the sub-freezing temperatures. Several boats even sank under the weight of the ice. The wind gusts reached 110 km/h (60 mph) and literally froze water sprays in their place.

Source 1, 2

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collectivehistory:

London readers continue to browse at a bombed-out library, WWII. 

collectivehistory:

London readers continue to browse at a bombed-out library, WWII. 

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Yes, Of Course There Is Kinect Porn [NSFW]
“With the announcement that the Xbox One requires Kinect, there’s been plenty of outcry that its ever-present robot eyes are creepy. Especially if you want your Xbox in the bedroom. Artist Alejandro Gomez-Arias probably wouldn’t mind, though. Hell, he’d probably be into it; he’s already starred in his own Kinect porn..”
http://gizmodo.com/yes-of-course-there-is-kinect-porn-nsfw-513379661

Yes, Of Course There Is Kinect Porn [NSFW]

“With the announcement that the Xbox One requires Kinect, there’s been plenty of outcry that its ever-present robot eyes are creepy. Especially if you want your Xbox in the bedroom. Artist Alejandro Gomez-Arias probably wouldn’t mind, though. Hell, he’d probably be into it; he’s already starred in his own Kinect porn..”

http://gizmodo.com/yes-of-course-there-is-kinect-porn-nsfw-513379661

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