A real sign with a hint of temptation. Dare to trespass? To skinny dip? Settle in for a bonfire? There's something almost cinematic about this snapshot, even without seeing the sand and water. An invitation to imagine (if not to stop for a swim.) Age teaches us to sublimate our rebellious instincts, to respect the wishes and demands of others. Right? ...
Midlife Scrapbook
Coiled
Ready. To irrigate. To strike. To be stripped of color and detail and shading and gradation. To discover. The form. The final version of this image appears as "New Growth" in 40x41: Midlife Crisis Postponed. ...
Clementine
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The Beard
Donegal beard contest? I can scarcely resist, coming so soon after Spielberg’s Lincoln. And then I discover a Donegal beard is also known as a “chin curtain”, a name, a notion too inexplicably tempting. I Google “beard plugs” and discover that it’s possible to surgically transplant hair from the head or the chest. There are even beard tattoos, compensatory trompe l'oeil for the stubble ...
Aging
Despite the unflinching march of time so much of the stonework at Machu Picchu remains structurally, aesthetically sound today. Precision. Perfection. Endurance. It's exhausting to even contemplate the hours, the lives it took to transform a mountaintop into a sacred city. We were fortunate to visit once. I hope to return. It's profoundly inspiring to see that some beauty improves with aging... ...
Combinatorial Creativity
Maria Popova is the editor and creator of interestingness at Brain Pickings. Debbie Millman is the inquisitive mind and voice behind Design Matters. (Note: you can skip directly to the "combinatorial creativity" section of the audio above if you prefer.) Maria Popova explores the idea of "combinatorial creativity" on her blog in myriad contexts and ways. One of her head-on looks at the idea is ...