Mandy Miracle

"Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard."

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:59:17 -0400

“Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

- Caterina Fake (via @hooey)

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live."

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:58:48 -0400

“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.”

- Oscar Wilde

"I’ve always believed that the poem inside is perfect; I have a very clumsy retrieval process for..."

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:53:50 -0400

“I’ve always believed that the poem inside is perfect; I have a very clumsy retrieval process for getting it out.”

- Carolyn Kizer via @ParisReview

"To feel inspired essentially means to realize I Can because You Do."

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:37:12 -0400

“To feel inspired essentially means to realize I Can because You Do.”

- Jan Verwoert in his essay Exhaustion and Exuberance: Ways to Defy the Pressure to Perform, found via the Association for Independents in Radio

"When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece."

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:58:56 -0400

“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.”

- John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)

"The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could..."

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:01:12 -0400

“The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.”

- Charles DuBois, Belgian author and naturalist, via @Kripalu

"In fact, one of the paradoxes of improv is that you have to try very hard in order to let go. This..."

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:02:20 -0400

“In fact, one of the paradoxes of improv is that you have to try very hard in order to let go. This involves relaxing the mental muscles that control the automatic functioning of personality.”

- http://www.thepointmag.com/archive/everything-alright/

East Village Among America's 25 Most Expensive Neighborhoods

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:56:55 -0400

East Village Among America's 25 Most Expensive Neighborhoods:

Wowza.

"…it’s trusting yourself. That you have something good to say, and that it’s worth saying...."

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:05:33 -0400

“…it’s trusting yourself. That you have something good to say, and that it’s worth saying. That’s what you have to do as an artist. Nobody else is really going to do it, everything comes from you.”

- Laurie Anderson, via FREEwilliamsburg

Ingrid Michaelson - You and I (via This Girl Does Stuff)

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:16:04 -0400

Ingrid Michaelson - You and I (via This Girl Does Stuff)

Are Distractible People More Creative?

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:53:41 -0400

Are Distractible People More Creative?

via www.unplggd.com

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:51:58 -0400

via www.unplggd.com

Graffiti Artist with Lou Gehrigs Disease Draws Using Eye-Tracking Software

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:35:14 -0400

Graffiti Artist with Lou Gehrigs Disease Draws Using Eye-Tracking Software:

The eye-tracking software is the third of three projects artist Zach Lieberman showcases in this video. All three are interesting, but the eye-tracking piece knocked my socks off.

"Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies..."

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:53:17 -0400

““Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?””

- Douglas Adams

LOST DOG in MD/DC. Details here. Reward available.

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:46:27 -0400

LOST DOG in MD/DC. Details here. Reward available.

Lost Dog in DC Area

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:20:03 -0400

Lost dog. Last seen Mt. Rainier MD 7/17. Just home from shelter.

Contact: mollywtx@yahoo.com

Photo: http://twitpic.com/26bpa6

Madison theater troupe presents allegorical dance re: oil spill...

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:47:00 -0400

Madison theater troupe presents allegorical dance re: oil spill on the Capitol lawn

The oil spill is under control – now it's time to count the ecological cost

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:59:48 -0400

The oil spill is under control – now it's time to count the ecological cost:

From The Guardian

I love this video.

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:00:00 -0400

I love this video.

Carnival at dusk - Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:31:16 -0400

Carnival at dusk - Williamsburg, Brooklyn