February 2012
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Feb 21st
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Dear Restless Self
Tonight, you seek peace. Tonight as you lay in the dark, a strange being came and went, barely a glance as it inquired about you but as soon as it turned away from the door, you spring onto your feet and wonder of what and where and why.  Silhouettes dance where a sliver of light shines through the crack in the doorway.  “It doesn’t mean anything, does it?” “It really...
Feb 18th
Feb 18th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 15th
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“Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English...”
– Brene Brown
Feb 10th
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Thursdays are for soul-searching.
Feb 9th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 6th
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January 2012
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“The greatest of all the accomplishments of 20th century science has been the...”
– Lewis Thomas, physician, poet, etymologist, essayist (1913-1993) cited in Forbes, Feb 1, 1998. (via amiquote)
Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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“We discover truth alone, we err in groups.”
– Language and Solitude, Ernest Gellner
Jan 19th
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“Why would someone learn 20 or 50 languages? “Hyperpolyglot, Alexander...”
– Alexander Arguelles, American scholar of foreign languages, polyglot, Adventures with an Extreme Polyglot: Excerpt from ‘Babel No More’, cited in Michael Erard, Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners, Free Press, 2012. This quote is pleasantly accurate to my...
Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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The time is now 3:48 am.
Jan 10th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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December 2011
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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“The more you understand, the more you find it difficult to talk. When we talk,...”
– Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
Dec 31st
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November 2011
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Nov 15th
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Nov 13th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 5th
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Nov 5th
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Nov 5th
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Nov 3rd
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“Out of this same light, out of the central mind We make a dwelling in the...”
– Wallace Stevens
Nov 3rd
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TEDx Vancouver →
I was lucky enough to be selected to attend TEDx Vancouver on November 12 but what I’m most stoked about is the fact that my sister is going with me. My brain is so ready for this!
Nov 2nd
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Nov 2nd
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October 2011
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Oct 31st
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Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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Oct 27th
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POLL
I’m thinking of separating my design/art/web related posts from my personal stuff. Granted, my tumblr is generally one big design bookmark organizer for me but are you followers down with that? What sort of content would you like to see? TALK TO ME Y’ALL: twitter.com/cmariee, christiemariee@gmail.com (Love you all!)
Oct 27th
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Oct 19th
Oct 18th
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ashleyandmatt: The Girl Store: Buy A Girl Her Life Back Every day, Indian girls are being sold into marriage and sex slavery but you can help. Simply purchase an Indian girl the items she desperately needs to attend school. Because the most effective way to break the cycle of exploitation is education.
Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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WatchWatch
I tweeted about the children’s book illustrations made by Andrew Kolb inspired by David Bowie’s song, ‘Space Oddity’ but thanks to Andrew Ruttan, we now have the animated version!
Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
Oct 17th
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Letter to Fukushima →
sabbi: The link above leads to a photo essay on the New Yorker about Fukushima in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami. There’s also a letter from the photographer that made me tear up a bit. Someone recently asked me about Fukushima after I spent a weekend with several people who have my job in that area. I can’t quite remember what I said, but I remember that we briefly discussed...
Oct 17th
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Oct 17th
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