Quote of the Day – November 16 2014
“The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.”
Susan Sontag On Photography
Quote of the Day – November 15 2014
And later I thought, I can’t think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography.
Nic Roeg
Julie Christie in Nic Roeg’s ‘Don’t Look Now’
Baroness Susan Greenfield says social media is rewiring our brains
Renowned British neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield says modern technology is not only changing the way we interact, it is changing the wiring in our brain.
Professor Greenfield, who is also a member of the British upper house, says the hyper-connectedness of today’s youth gives them shorter attention spans and makes them more narcissistic, more susceptible to […]
Quote of the Day – November 14 2014
Nudity is an essential part of all primitive agricultural rites … By unveiling the body, and especially the sexual organs, women more effectually represented the goddess of fertility, and more effectually as her representatives, or through their own powers, magically conveyed fertility to the fields.
John Arnott Macculloch, The Religion of the Ancient Celts
Bad sex in fiction awards…
Bad sex in fiction award includes Booker winner among shortlist targets
Read article :
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/12/bad-sex-award-booker-winner-shortlist-haruki-murakami-kirsty-wark
As embarassing and possibly unfair as it may be for the listed authors to have their descriptions of sex taken out of context and ridiculed, perhaps the existence of this award serves a useful purpose in encouraging more realistic and truly […]
Quote of the Day – November 13 2014
One tantric sex experience, and even for days you will feel relaxed — at ease, at home, non-violent, non-angry, non-depressed. And this type of person is never a danger to others. If he can, he will help others to be happy. If he cannot, at least he will not make anyone unhappy. Only tantra can […]
Sex museums: A global guide
From article:
“I believe sex education through the arts is incredibly important. As I see it, the arts are a good way to help people to be less judgmental. It also helps give people an idea of what they can and can’t do sexually, and I believe that everybody deserves a good sex life,” […]
Quote of the Day – November 12 2014
“Film spectators are quiet vampires.”
Jim Morrison
Quote of the Day – November 11 2014
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”
Dalai Lama
With Some Dating Apps: Less Casual Sex Than Casual Text
From the article:
“More and more technophilic and commitment-phobic millennials are shying away from physical encounters and supplanting them with the emotional gratification of virtual quasi relationships, flirting via their phones and computers with no intention of ever meeting their romantic quarry: less casual sex than casual text.”
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Non-IRL (non in real life)? Pathetic. […]