midgetsarentreal:

Model graveyard

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You know work is getting to you when you find yourself pausing the program you’re watching on iplayer so you can take a screenshot of the paving.

"The wind dying, I find a city deserted, except for crowds of people moving and standing.

Those standing resemble stories, like stones, coal from the death of plants, bricks in the shape of teeth.

I begin now to write down all the places I have not been—starting with the most distant.

I build houses that I will not inhabit."

Keith Waldrop, “Poet” (via proustitute)

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nprfreshair:

Apparently “eye-bombing” is a thing in the street art movement.

via Design Taxi

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Metropolitan populations are significantly more likely than rural ones to suffer from mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia.

Among urban dwellers, social stress leads to hyperactivity in the amygdala and anterior cingulate cortex, brain regions that play an important role in equilibrating our emotions.

The pressures of city life can change brain physiology, thereby increasing the risk of emotional disorders.

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Researchers explore the risks urban living raises for developing emotional disorders.

Anaïs Nin had a cure, as did Thoreau. 

Also see the science of “social jet lag.”

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This resonates with me.

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nevver:

David Fleck

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nokkasili:

124

israelfacts:

Homs, Syria, December 4, 2012. (AP)

As of 21 December, 2012, the death toll in Syria is at 46,176.

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Super-elegant city plan.

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artsyrup:

Daniel Egneus

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drawingarchitecture:

Illustrating Italo Calvino

David Fleck

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explore-blog:

Gorgeous minimalist graphic interpretations of iconic subway systems.

midgeymay:

ryandonato:

Jeremy Mann

definitelydope:

By Jakob Wagner

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eastafricaart:

Photographs from the series Future Memories by Michael Tsegaye, portraits of recent changes to neighbourhoods in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a shifting cityscape (2011 - 2012)

Michael Tsegaye discusses his work photographing Addis Ababa, as well as other topics, in an interview here.