hi i'm reyi (ray) (:
im a 5-year-old stuck in a 20-year-old body.
USC trojan, boston native.
Buckminster Fuller’s “Dymaxion Map” turns many of our assumptions about world maps on end, for considerable benefit; landmasses experience the least distortion of any projection, and are almost entirely contiguous. Furthermore, it folds into a perfect icosahedron, for viewing in the round.
The boldness and sensibility that were stifled by convention in cartography are released here, with a long, thoughtful creative process, fueled by a life of practicality.
Europe why you so little?
Hit the end of my sketchbook notebook. Time to steal from a leavey printer. #therestisstillunwritten? #finals #sigh
"Learn to listen. This is especially difficult for members of dominant groups. If someone confronts you with your own behavior that supports privilege, step off the path of least resistance that encourages you to defend and deny. Don’t tell them they’re too sensitive or need a better sense of humor, and don’t try to explain away what you did as something else than what they’re telling you it was. Don’t say you didn’t mean it or that you were only kidding. Don’t tell them what a champion of justice you are or how hurt you feel because of what they’re telling you. Don’t make jokes or try to be cute or charming, since only privilege can lead someone to believe these are acceptable responses to something as serious as privilege and oppression. Listen to what’s being said. Take it seriously. Assume for the time being that it’s true, because given the power of paths of least resistance, it probably is. And then take responsibility to do something about it."
Sociologist Allan G. Johnson from his must read book The Gender Knot. (via radicalbytes)
(Source: wretchedoftheearth, via andrewclee)
but actually. I feel like I have so many answers to the “asks” waiting to be said.
(Source: tylerfaith, via aybeibei)
Aramgah-e Shah-e Cheragh (Mirrored Mausoleum for Imam Reza’s brothers) in Shiraz, Iran.
hai oh rabba….
woah
Excerpt from a larger infographic on America’s 100 largest libraries by the numbers. And yet the future of libraries hangs in precarious balance as important decisions need to be made.
Complement with this infographic on the state of public libraries circa 1946.
(via teachingliteracy)
"Great final papers are born of adrenaline and stink of desperation. Great final papers are the things you create because you don’t have quite enough time to fake your own death."
Maureen Johnson (via jarfuls-of-wisdom)
(via jarfuls-of-wisdom)
Looks like ms. Swift is having a happy birthday. :)TAYLOR. Hold on to the scarf this time, okay?
(Source: onedmofos)
10 Signs That You’re a Writer
by Writability
- You constantly edit. Whether it’s while you’re driving down the street and pass a misspelled sign, or grammatical errors in Facebook posts, you fix errors constantly in your mind—and sometimes not so silently.
- You’re highly observant. And not only do you notice things all the time, but you file them away in your I could write about this later folder.
- You often ask, “How could I describe this?” You don’t ignore your life experiences—everything from walking outside during a torrential downpour, to burning yourself while cooking, to taking the first bite of a piping-hot homemade chocolate chip cookie can be used in your writing, and you often pause to think about how you would describe it in words.
- You have a hyperactive imagination. There’s never a dull moment in that head of yours—your imagination is always working on overtime to keep you entertained and give you fresh ideas.
- You feel inspired to write after reading a good book. Enough said.
- You often daydream about your WIPs. Your characters never completely leave you— they walk alongside you throughout the day and give you new ideas when you least expect it.
- You feel guilty if you haven’t written anything in a while. What a “while” is depends, but after a writing hiatus, a part of you begins to demand that you get back to the keyboard and reprimands you if you don’t.
- Grammar jokes are funny. Well, they are.
- You can’t get enough books. After all, every new book is a couple hours worth of inspiration.
- You keep doing this writing thing. It doesn’t matter if you’re not published, if no one else cares if you continue to write, if you don’t make a penny off of the words that you put on the page—none of that matters, because you’ll continue to write anyway.
10 Signs by Writability
Reblogged from Writers Write
One time for my health comm class I read this afterword forBetter: A Surgeon’s Tips on Performance. It had five tips for physicians and one of them was Write. I love it when things fit together.
writing is so imbued with so many professions. i remember from the age of six, my biggest and best dream was to be a published author: I was always so enamored with books. I loved getting lost in different worlds for hours at a time, reveling in the adventures I was having while happily warm and cozy at home. I imagined doing that for others someday, taking them on adventures both personal and fantastic. I think I still may. I hope so, anyway!
