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PDN: Celebrating Gordon Parks

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:24:07 -0400

“In honor of the centennial of the ground-breaking photographer’s birth, the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City, in co-operation with The Gordon Parks Foundation, is hosting a unique outdoor exhibition that can be viewed along the museum’s exterior. “Gordon Parks: 100 Years” includes an oversize mural of “Emerging Man” (above) and over 50 photographs by Parks, which will be displayed via three video screens as part of a window installation at the ICP building at 1133 Avenue of the Americas through January 6, 2013. Visiticp.org for more information.”

joemartinez: I’ll definitely be checking this out.

ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DEGREES

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:28:00 -0400

Have you considered the possibility
that everything you believe is wrong,
not merely off a bit, but totally wrong,
nothing like things as they really are?

If you’ve done this, you know how durably fragile
those phantoms we hold in our heads are,
those wisps of thought that people die and kill for,
betray lovers for, give up lifelong friendships for.

If you’ve not done this, you probably don’t understand this poem,
or think it’s not even a poem, but a bit of opaque nonsense,
occupying too much of your day’s time,
so you probably should stop reading it here, now.

But if you’ve arrived at this line,
maybe, just maybe, you’re open to that possibility,
the possibility of being absolutely completely wrong,
about everything that matters.

How different the world seems then:
everyone who was your enemy is your friend,
everything you hated, you now love,
and everything you love slips through your fingers like sand.

- Federico Moramarco, via whiskey river

upnorthtrips: GIRLS I DO ADORE

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:27:19 -0400

upnorthtrips: GIRLS I DO ADORE

gazed: We take you to the movies.

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:26:58 -0400

gazed: We take you to the movies.

DAMN RIGHT, I AM

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:49:00 -0400

[cue bad neighborhood kids breaking a bottle on the sidewalk]
Old neighbor lady: Why would they do that? We didn't do stuff like that when I was young.
Me: Tsk, me neither. My grandmother would have beat my behind.
Old neighbor lady: Ooo-wee, right!
Me: Someone would have called and told on me before I even got home.
Old neighbor lady: You from the South?
Me: YES MA'AM.

coldfrijoles: here

Wed, 23 May 2012 10:20:00 -0400

coldfrijoles: here

humansofnewyork: Not sure that I’ve ever been so honored to...

Wed, 23 May 2012 09:22:00 -0400

humansofnewyork:

Not sure that I’ve ever been so honored to introduce someone as I am right now.

Gac Filipaj is a refugee from the former Yugoslavia. For the past twelve years, he has worked as a janitor for Columbia University. His job title is “Heavy Cleaner,” which includes emptying the trash and cleaning the toilets.

During this time, he worked until 11pm every night during the week. After his shift concluded, he would start studying. This weekend, after twelve years of study, Gac graduated from Columbia University with a Classics degree. Rarely have so many qualities I admire been wrapped up in a single person.

H/T Ouxu!

Photo

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:15:26 -0400

Photo

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:07:47 -0400

"But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead...."

Fri, 11 May 2012 09:25:00 -0400

“But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. Economists set themselves too easy, too useless a task if in tempestuous seasons they can only tell us that when the storm is long past the sea is flat again.”

- John Maynard Keynes, via Paul Krugman

Just bought africanamericanpsycho.com for no good reason.

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:19:00 -0400

Just bought africanamericanpsycho.com for no good reason.

School’s out forever.

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:49:00 -0400

School’s out forever.

gazed: We’re ready for more.

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:48:50 -0400

gazed: We’re ready for more.

"14 years later, ‘The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill’ is still crucially amazing. Church."

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:35:17 -0400

“14 years later, ‘The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill’ is still crucially amazing. Church.”

- Maria Marquez

Video

Sat, 05 May 2012 10:00:19 -0400

GOOD MORNING

Sat, 05 May 2012 10:00:02 -0400

GOOD MORNING

#ffe69a

Sat, 05 May 2012 09:58:29 -0400

#ffe69a

So fucking unfazed.Update: They disabled embedding now but...

Thu, 03 May 2012 14:22:00 -0400

So fucking unfazed.

Update: They disabled embedding now but it’s worth the clickthru.

"That’s a lie, it’s a calumny, you are a little calumniator, saying that."

Thu, 03 May 2012 07:35:51 -0400

“That’s a lie, it’s a calumny, you are a little calumniator, saying that.”

- President Nicolas Sarkozy of France

new york magazine | The Legendary Paul Ryan

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:20:38 -0400

new york magazine | The Legendary Paul Ryan