Quote of the Day – September 24 2015
“By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.”
Franz Kafka
Porn chic… social media’s double-edged sword
Porn-chic is on the rise as girls pose suggestively in bikinis and lingerie in their Facebook pictures and try and out-do each other in a game of social media strip poker and playing right into men’s hands. Their worth seems sadly determined by the number of Facebook friends, the number of ‘likes’ and comments photos […]
Quote of the Day – September 23 2015
“A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.”
Vernon Howard
Inspiring – Ekaterina Moré, artist
Ekaterina Moré has dedicated her work to the modern day woman.
Colourful, sensual and erotic – her paintings spread strong positive energy and are a compliment for every woman.
Her “soul pictures” open doors to a different inner world. They invite us to encounter ourselves with love and appreciation. The colourful paintings open a window to the […]
Quote of the Day – September 22 2015
“In Ulysses I have recorded, simultaneously, what a man says, sees, thinks, and what such seeing, thinking, saying does, to what you Freudians call the subconscious–but as for psychoanalysis, it’s neither more nor less than blackmail.”
JAMES JOYCE – interview, Vanity Fair. March. 1922
Photographers I Admire – Baron Wolman
Baron Wolman (born June 25, 1937) is an American photographer best known for his work in the late 1960s for the music magazine Rolling Stone, becoming the magazine’s first editor of photography from 1967 to 1970.
Wolman began working for Rolling Stone from its first issue was published, and continued for another three years. […]
Quote of the Day – September 21 2015
“Without music life would be a mistake.”
Nietzsche
Thanks to:
Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche by Edvard Munch, 1906.
Meet the Woman Who Started a Blog About Female Orgasms
From the article :
“Whether or not we’re actually living in a time of female liberation, the female orgasm remains a mystery to many people. Men can pretty much count on an orgasm during sex (with a few exceptions), but women have no such guarantee. Enter How to Make Me Come, a blog collecting women’s essays […]
Quote of the Day – September 20 2015
“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
Leonardo da Vinci
Why are we outsourcing our humanity to the app store?
From the article :
“Technology has reached a point where almost every human function has been turned into a business, absolving us of the need to develop the virtues we need to get along.
Activities that were once considered part of the human experience have been outsourced to the Apple store, and it’s a sad indictment of […]