Vivir no es sólo existir,
sino existir y crear,
saber gozar y sufrir
y no dormir sin soñar.
Descansar, es empezar a morir.
Cuando la vida te presente razones para llorar, demuéstrale que tienes mil y una razones para reír.
– AnonimoFarhad Moshiri. Life Is Beautiful.
Life is Beautiful is a 2009 installation by Iranian artist Farhad Moshiri using hundreds of kitchen knives to create some exquisite typography. (via notcot) (by Christopher)
Via Dark Silence In Suburbia
No. 141 | Near & Far | HI
Taken at 14,000 feet above sea level about 10 minutes apart at sunset.
woooooah!
Donald Judd’s Bedroom, 5th Floor, 101 Spring Street, New York, NY
Just finished my workout, and sipping a cup of delicious green tea with real mint. So, so good : )
My first Tumblr post was on 23 February 2010. There were four months no posts were made (I think between November 2010-February 2011). By June, 2011, I discovered quite by accident this little outpost on art was appreciated by many more Tumblrs than I had realized. With approximately 2,000 followers, I discovered the blog had over 100,000 pageviews! In truth, I nearly fainted with surprise.
This post will be the 13,000th post. It will also be my last. It has been difficult to balance all my responsibilities and other interests. Yet this is one of many art blogs on Tumblr - some much better than mine, I think, and posting works of art I have never seen before! Believe this! I am truly grateful to learn more about art from other Tumblrs. And, although I will no longer post, I will poke about from time to time to see what I can continue to learn : ) Ah, and, should someone wonder, I will not be starting another blog.
I think blogging should be an act of love. Full stop. It is not, contrary to some, a matter of how many people visit and follow a blog. If one wise man wrote a blog where only one person thirsting to learn reads it, the blog is a great success. And if my blog only had one person that thrilled in it, I would be pleased beyond measure and grateful beyond words.
For the sincerely interested, however, I will share some statistics on this blog - but only to make a dramatic point afterward. As of the past couple of hours the statistics to date are:
Visits: 186,894, Page Views: 623,365
These statistics might appear impressive. But note: the blog has 35,166 followers.On 6 June 2010, the total-to-date was:
Visits: 32, 511, Page Views: 137,739
On that date, 6 June 2010, the blog had approximately 2,000 followers.
I argue that based on arithmetic that this humble blog was a greater success June 2010 : ) And argue further that this blog was even a greater success with the first followers who were thrilled to learn about works they never knew existed and immediately loved. And I argue even further that this blog was a greater success, still, when some wrote they liked this blog, or were grateful for it, whether they followed it or not. Truly.
Would I do things differently, if I were to begin anew? Yes. I would include the birth/death year of the artist. Add a map showing the original location of the work, which to me is more important than were it is now. I would write a short piece on something unique about the work or artist, circumstance, era or eqoch. Would keep it simple, though. Would add the work’s genre and medium (example ‘oil on wood’, etc). I would download a picture of the work, then upload rather than using the url; if the picture linked to is removed, I believe there will be a blank post as a result. There are many more things that come to mind, but these are the most important, I think.
A word of advice, also. If you get strange, obnoxious or pathological notes from a Tumblr, simply ignore and delete them. Or write back politely, ‘This is an automated message to thank you for your note’ (etc). Just realize that a certain percentage of the population has problems and people like me get paid to address them. Not you. Right? : ) Good! : )
One last thing comes to mind. I wrote a comment on a post - I think a quote - that was perhaps misconstrued. My remark was about atheists. It was written about atheists I know that are not so nice. However, I have atheist friends, although I am very religious, that I value because they are such good people. There was another post. Ah, yes, regarding Karl Marx. Some unfavorable replies indicate they had no family history or first hand experience with communism or socialism. I feel compelled to pray that one day they will; nothing trumps an ideal with as much impact as an experience : )I want to give my endless thanks to all those who have enjoyed this blog, and pray that it has added some good to your hearts, minds & souls, and made living on this planet a wee bit better : )
My very best to all! No exceptions.
Miss Folly
