April 2012
9 posts
“I’m content to regard the Internet as the best and brightest machine ever made...”
– Lapham’s Quarterly editor Lewis Lapham on machine-made news.
Also see 7 notable books on the future of information and the internet. (via explore-blog)
Watchexplore-blog:
“If you ever question that music is the universal language, watch this: A German-speaking teacher tutoring a French-speaking African how to sing an aria in Italian.”
The inspired story of the Kimbanguiste Symphony Orchestra, the only symphony orchestra in Central Africa, which practices in a rented warehouse in the Congo and got its start with no instruments and no professional...
Krishnamurtinin Dinsel zihin ile guzel bir...
“Neden dinsel sozcugunu kullaniyorsunuz?”
etimolojik olarak sozcugun kokeni cok belirgin degil, orijinal olarak cok temiz: Durust bir hayat yasayarak “asil’ bir duzeyde olma hali anlamına geliyordu. Ama artık boyle degil cunku erdemimizi yitirdik. Tum dinsel gelenekleri, bunların imajlarını, sembollerini bir yana koyarsak din nedir? Dinsel zihni anlayabilmek icin gercegi arastırmak gerekir....
Last year i got some Tibetan singing bowls sounds for meditation ..and while later i came across with earth sound on youtube and got nasa’s planet’s sounds CD ..That time i was amazed that some of the planet sounds was so similar to singing bowl sounds..especially rings of uranus and saturn’s ring.. when i researched that time, some sources stated that the bowls are made from...
March 2012
10 posts
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves...
#Kony2012
This is a picture of the founders of Invisible Children. Joseph Kony is undoubtedly a cruel man, but lets look at some fun facts around the issue and the organization Invisible Children: The issue: -The LRA is only 250 soldiers strong at this point. -The LRA hasn’t been in Uganda since 2006. -Ugandan army and Sudan People’s Liberation Army are riddled with accusations of rape and...
KADIN
Kimi der ki kadın uzun kıs gecelerinde yatmak icindir. Kimi der ki kadın yeşil bir harman yerinde dokuz zilli kocek gibi oynatmak icindir. Kimi der ki ayalimdir.Boynumda taşıdığım vebalimdir. Kimi der ki hamur yoguran. Ne o, ne bu, ne döşek, ne köçek, ne ayal, ne vebal. O benim kollarım, bacaklarım. Yavrum, annem, karım, kız kardeşim, hayat arkadaşımdır.
Nazım HİKMET
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. … Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He...
February 2012
12 posts
