Come out of the Frame 13 August 2016 Now behold The singers shun harp Bridled carp Amazon waters Parthenogenesis Time Songs without a rhyme Look onward Images speak word Hurried speech Preachers preach Untowardly practices Points the mind misses Snake hisses Venom natural Antidote In my blood The heart pumps despite the […]

via Come out of the Frame — Geetha Balvannanathan’s Blog

hmmessersmith1. Meal plans. When you’re in college, something about the mass-produced mashed potatoes and fake-looking, plasticky-tasting beef seems really repulsive. However, in your first year out of college you realize that nothing is nearly as bad as cereal five days in a row and then ramen for the next five days. Suddenly your former dining…

via 14 Things You Only Miss About College After You Graduate — Thought Catalog

Watch any Olympic competition from the early 1900s and compare it to the Olympics today, and it’s obvious that Olympians are only improving in their game. But it’s not that humans have evolved into a superior form better suited for sports. Watch the video above to understand what’s helped Olympians become more swift and more…

via It isn’t Olympians who have evolved. It’s sports. — Quartz

Olympic athletes are performing at the very peak of human ability. Every limb, every muscle in their body, is toned to perfectly execute their chosen sport. And yet, depressingly, female athletes still face body image issues. Michelle Carter just became the first American to win a gold medal in shot put. But she told the…

via We live in a world where female Olympic athletes can win gold but still face body image issues — Quartz

Actually, before we get back to Manchester, here is a sketch I did last weekend right here in Davis. Click on it for a closer view. This is De Vere’s Irish Pub on E Street, which eagle eyed observers will have noticed I have sketched before. I did some thinking about the old curvilinear perspective […]

via de vere’s from left to right — petescully

istockphoto.com / piskunovDo you know the feeling you can get when you run? The harsh pounding of the wind against your chest, your legs jolted by the bounce on the pavement, the endless expanse of clouds swallowing up every other thought in the world? The feeling that nothing else exists? In that moment, nothing matters…

via What I Realized After Trying (And Failing) To Run Away From My Life — Thought Catalog