"PEEL"

This is an animation, an animation done in oil. It is not an artist being unable to make up his mind about what he wants to paint. The artist, Duane Keiser, really has a handle on his subject matter. I think it's simply brilliant.

Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts. By Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen is the author, most recently, of “Freedom.” This essay is adapted from a commencement speech he delivered on May 21 at Kenyon College.

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"In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving." -Sheldon Kopp

Will Smith inspiration

"It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens." -Pema Chodron

Great Advice!

How to steal like an artist

"You were born original. Don't die a copy." -John Mason

How thinking for others can boost your creativity

How thinking for others can boost your creativity

Do you have writer/painter/creator block... this
may help! I'm going to try it. :)

Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world | Video on TED.com

Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world | Video on TED.com
Paul Stamets believes that mushrooms can save our lives, restore our ecosystems and transform other worlds.
This Ted Talk makes me want to ask Mr. Stamets a lot of questions!

This makes my hands sweat!

Devils and demons, zombies, ghosts, vampires and other assorted
monsters are not the stuff of my nightmares... But this, this
is exactly what gives me the serious creeps!!
You would never, and I mean NEVER, get me to do this!!

Or this: