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youmightfindyourself: At the age of twelve, Coco Chanel was...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:54:39 -0400

At the age of twelve, Coco Chanel was handed over to the care of nuns, and for the next six years spent a stark, disciplined existence in a convent orphanage, Aubazine, founded in the twelfth century. From her earliest days at Aubazine, the number five had potent associations for Chanel. Aubazine had been founded by Cistercians, a Catholic order who placed great emphasis on numerology. The number five was especially esteemed as signifying the pure embodiment of a thing, its spirit, its mystic meaning. The paths that led Chanel to the cathedral for daily prayer were laid out in circular patterns repeating the number five.

Her affinity for the number five co-mingled with the abbey gardens, and by extension the lush surrounding hillsides abounding with cistus, a five-petal rose. Cistercians, an ancient monastic order of Catholicism, derived the name of their order from this flower.

In 1920, when presented with small glass vials of scent numbered 1–5 and 20–24, for her assessment, she chose the sample composition contained in the fifth vial. Chanel told her master perfumer, Ernest Beaux, whom she had commissioned to develop a fragrance with modern innovations: “I present my dress collections on the fifth of May, the fifth month of the year and so we will let this sample number five keep the name it has already, it will bring good luck.”

Chanel N°5

"A great deal of what people say, think, or do is actually motivated by fear, which of course is..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:47:41 -0400

“A great deal of what people say, think, or do is actually motivated by fear, which of course is always linked with having your focus on the future and being out of touch with the Now. As there are no problems in the Now, there is no fear either.”

- Eckhart Tolle (via lazyyogi)

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“It’s hard to really grasp that existential fact that the only...

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:48:19 -0400

“It’s hard to really grasp that existential fact that the only commodity that is not negotiable is time.”

"Zero is powerful because it is infinity’s twin. They are equal and opposite, yin and yang. They are..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:47:19 -0400

““Zero is powerful because it is infinity’s twin. They are equal and opposite, yin and yang. They are equally paradoxical and troubling. The biggest questions in science and religion are about nothingness and eternity, the void and the infinite, zero and infinity.””

- Charles Seife, “Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea” (via samsaranmusing)

mappleton: Illuminating Quotes, Visualised – Part XXV One...

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:44:42 -0400

mappleton:

Illuminating Quotes, Visualised – Part XXV

One phrase that tends to float in circles around the subreddit QuotesPorn (one of my favourite places to troll for ideas) is the Iranain proverb:

“The night hides a world, but reveals a universe”

It holds a place among many other great sayings from Iran. Other ones include:

Habits are first cobwebs, then cables.

You can’t push on a rope.

A drowning man is not troubled by rain.

Only a heart can find the way to another heart.

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:41:57 -0400

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”

- Charles Bukowski (via youmightfindyourself)

red-lipstick: Kazuaki Kitamura aka Horitomo (Japanese) - Tebori...

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:38:42 -0400

red-lipstick:

Kazuaki Kitamura aka Horitomo (Japanese) - Tebori Cats Drawings: Ink

implodesoncontact: fuckmelikeawhore2: curiouspetbunny: I AM...

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:38:08 -0400

implodesoncontact:

fuckmelikeawhore2:

curiouspetbunny:

I AM CRYING OMGGGGGG WHY IS HE BLOWDRYING HIS DICK WHYYYYY

Phaa :D

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Measure a religion not by how realistic you find its beliefs but by how those beliefs might change you.

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katedanley: I feel like the pro-legalization folks should...

Tue, 07 May 2013 01:40:26 -0400

katedanley:

I feel like the pro-legalization folks should consider using this in their upcoming ballot initiative.

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"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel..."

Sat, 04 May 2013 06:01:40 -0400

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Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people.

Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.

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- Thanks Steve (via mostexerent, youmightfindyourself) (via logeybearbro) (via pingonow) (via mostexerent)

"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road..."

Fri, 03 May 2013 04:57:47 -0400

“People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.”

- The Dalai Lama (via lazyyogi)

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nevver: How to bend light

Fri, 03 May 2013 04:47:55 -0400

nevver:

How to bend light