Today My Anthro Professor Said Something Kindof Really Beautiful:

Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers, drawn from the entire planet and from all our history, to instruct us without tiring, and to inspire us to make our own contribution to the collective knowledge of the human species. I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.

Carl Sagan, Cosmos  (via victoriousvocabulary)

Drake dropped the video for “Hotline Bling” earlier this week, and it looked awfully familiar.

James Turrell, the artist whose installation work with light and space Drake took inspiration from, finally answered the question we’ve all been asking:

“While I am truly flattered to learn that Drake f*cks with me, I nevertheless wish to make clear that neither I nor any of my woes was involved in any way in the making of the Hotline Bling video.”

Could’ve fooled us!

MORE: Is It Fine Art, or Is It Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’?

(Source: Wired)

What is to give light must endure burning.

Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search For Meaning   (via nezua)

lady and the tramp {scenery}

The Princess in the Forest. Gouache on paper. 35.5 x 40 cm.

Art by John Bauer.(1882-1918).

“In this presidential election season, one thing is certain: candidates will rarely — if ever — be asked what they would do to keep this nation at the forefront of science and innovation.

The truth is in the numbers. In the 1960s, the United States devoted nearly 17% of discretionary spending to research and development, reaping decades of economic growth from this sustained investment. By 2008, the figure had fallen into the single digits. This occurs at a time when the private sector has cut back on its research investment and other nations have made significant gains in their own research capabilities. China, for example, is projected to outspend the United States in research within the next decade. East Asia as a whole already does.”

— Janet Napolitano, Why more scientists are needed in the public square.

Perfect Blue | Satoshi Kon | 1997