Imagination
This tumblr is an archive of inspiration. Works of art and literature, poetry, photography, quotes, etc. I also maintain another tumblr for science, and yet another for the occasional piece of personal writing.
> Contact. Cassandra McLean.
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Crystallization is a concept, developed in 1822 by the French writer Stendhal, which describes the process, or mental metamorphosis, in which unattractive characteristics of a new love are transformed into perceptual diamonds of shimmering beauty; according to a quotation by Stendhal: What I call ‘crystallization’ is the operation of the mind that draws from all that presents itself the discovery that the loved object has some new perfections.
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This online dictionary is beautiful! It’s not lying when it says it is the most comprehensive dictionary in the world.
It compiles various definitions on the web which can be viewed in this user-friendly JavaScript drop-down fashion. It pulls quotable quotes for the examples, and it also allows tagging for a broader sort of thesaurus effect.
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“WORDS” Made by Everynone (in Collaboration with WNYC’s Radiolab & NPR)
This video is so beautiful.
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Ah, the possibility
of the uncut tree
all the blank pages it holds
the unwritten words that
will carve their way
into branches
leaves
roots
The unopened gifts of morning
the untrammeled untraveled
unimagined unseen
unsounded unmet
the ground still wet
or fresh with snow
something lost
or found.
I love the sunrise
for its seductive rays
inching themselves across
life’s contours
inviting darkness out of corners
as night recedes
leaving the day smooth and untracked
like tide-soothed sands along the shore
I stand above the city
as the slow light
holds steadfast
a dull glow in the face of fog.
The sun is up
and day begins to settle
subtle and persevering
above the sparkling bay.
Below, the highway stretches
itself tight across the terrain.
The cars making their daily journeys
glisten with the possibility of changing
direction
taking the wrong exit
to the left or right
place.
How does one leave
without leaving behind?
How can I write the words
and let the tree stand?
Where does the dew go dry to
as the sun peels off the ordinariness of it all?
What will this day reveal?
What will the sun let fall? -
Kãlibhairavãdyatibhishanãya — One who is serene, yet appears fierce to those who attempt to kill Him
Nirmatsarãya — One who is not envious of the progress of others, but rejoices in their success
Ajanmane — One who is not subject to birth due to karmas.
Kshamãnidhaye — One who is an ocean of compassion, mercy and forgiveness.
Sadonnidrãya — One who is eternally awake.
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