I wanna be here (Iceland!)
Lakagigar seen from Laki by ystenes on Flickr.
Man belongs to the earth. Earth does not belong to man.
99% v 1%: the data behind the Occupy movement - animation
It has been the rallying cry of the Occupy movement for the past two months - but is the US really split 99% v 1%? As poverty and inequality reach record levels, how much richer have the rich got? This animation explains what the key data says about the state of America today.
They … brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks’ bells. They willingly traded everything they owned… They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features… They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane… They would make fine servants… With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.
Christopher Columbus,
Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States
(via cultureofresistance)
Food for thought.
(via terraffirmative)
Consumerism
“there’s none but ourselves to make this thing last, none but ourselves.
everybody take a long hard look at you.”
The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us? When we begin to take the lowest place, to wash the feet of others, to love our brothers with that burning love, that passion, which led to the Cross, then we can truly say, “Now I have begun.
— Dorothy Day
Can’t wait for the fall. For rain. For golden leaves, warm drinks, and pulling out those records that always sound better in autumn.
At the Hollywood Bowl with Jessica for The National! (Taken with Instagram at Hollywood Bowl)
On the west coast, we watched it on TV. In 2007, I saw Ground Zero. Even today it’s still unbelievable that 2819 people died. These flags remember them. (Taken with instagram)
Street art I found today: “I was awoken by a man with a hand gun.” (Taken with instagram)
