cavetocanvas: Thomas Couture, Soap Bubbles, c. 1859 From the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Couture triumphed at the Salon of 1847 with his “Romans of the Decadence” (Musée d’Orsay, Paris), a monumental canvas whose depiction of a Roman orgy was interpreted as a satire of the corrupt regime of the July Monarchy (1830–48). With “Soap Bubbles,” he reused a traditional vanitas image: the bubbles symbolize the transience of life, while the wilting laurel wreath on the wall suggests the fleeting nature of praise and honors. The word “immortalité,” inscribed on the paper inserted in the framed mirror, reinforces the painting’s allegorical content. 

cavetocanvas:

Thomas Couture, Soap Bubbles, c. 1859

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

Couture triumphed at the Salon of 1847 with his “Romans of the Decadence” (Musée d’Orsay, Paris), a monumental canvas whose depiction of a Roman orgy was interpreted as a satire of the corrupt regime of the July Monarchy (1830–48). With “Soap Bubbles,” he reused a traditional vanitas image: the bubbles symbolize the transience of life, while the wilting laurel wreath on the wall suggests the fleeting nature of praise and honors. The word “immortalité,” inscribed on the paper inserted in the framed mirror, reinforces the painting’s allegorical content. 

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We live in a strange, beautiful, and often alien-looking world. Case in point: the crystal-clear Jewel Caterpillar of Central and South America, pictured here in all its translucent glory. This particular caterpillar (which is known more formally as Acraga Coa, and metamorphoses into this equally stunning orange moth) was spotted by photographer Gerardo Aispuru near Cancun, Mexico

We live in a strange, beautiful, and often alien-looking world. Case in point: the crystal-clear Jewel Caterpillar of Central and South America, pictured here in all its translucent glory.

This particular caterpillar (which is known more formally as Acraga Coa, and metamorphoses into this equally stunning orange moth) was spotted by photographer Gerardo Aispuru near Cancun, Mexico

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slaughterhouse90210: “A man’s power is in the half-light, in the half-seen movements of his hand and the unguessed-at expression of his face. It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.” ― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

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“A man’s power is in the half-light, in the half-seen movements of his hand and the unguessed-at expression of his face. It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.”
― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

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nevver: Bad habits “I am smart and good at generating negative ideas.”

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Bad habits

“I am smart and good at generating negative ideas.”

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How to Develop a Photographic Memory

By braniac

Everyone wants to remember everything all the time, reach into the sciences behind it all.(Please rate with stars above)

Difficulty:Moderate

Instructions

Things You’ll Need

  • A dark room.
  • A bright lamp.
  • A sheet of paper with a rectangular hole cut the size of a paragraph for the text you want to “photograph”.
    • 1

      This system will take 1 month for you to develop, you must take 15 minutes every day and dedicate it to this training. For the first month, your eyes will take about 5 minutes time to adjust to daylight reading.

    • 2

      Find a dark room in your house, free of distractions for 15 minutes. I use the bathroom. The room must have a bright lamp or ceiling lamp.

    • 3

      Sit down next to the light switch with your book and paper that has a rectangular hole cut out of it the size of a paragraph.

    • 4

      Cover the page, exposing only one paragraph and hold the book out in front of you. Close your eyes and open, adjust distance so that your eyes focus instantly with ease on the writing.

    • 5

      Turn off light. You will see an after glow as your eyes adjust to the dark. Flip light on for a split second and then off again.

    • 6

      You will have a visual imprint in your eyes of the material that was in front of you. When this imprint fades, flip the light on again for a split second, again staring at the material.

    • 7

      Repeat this process until you can recall every word in the paragraph in order. You will be able to actually see the paragraph and read it from the imprint in your mind.

Tips & Warnings

  • Do not get discouraged, it will work. It has been working for the military for 70 years.

  • You will be developing this technique to a point where you will be able to execute this during the day, all day.

  • Rate this article with the stars by my screen name.

  • Omitting even one day, can prolong training by as much as a week.

i cried so much today

i also ran into you and i wish i said so many different things

it was a good day

Raphael Saadiq - Good Man 

this is so so so great

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nevver: Her smoke rose up forever

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Her smoke rose up forever

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