beingblog:

“Walking as an art calls attention to the simplest aspects of the act: the way rural walking measures the body and the earth against each other, the way urban walking elicits unpredictable social encounters.

And the most complex: the rich potential relations between thinking and the body; the way one person’s act can be an invitation to another’s imagination; the way every gesture can be imagined as a brief and invisible sculpture; the way walking reshapes the world by mapping it, treading paths into it, encountering it; the way each act reflects and reinvents the culture in which it takes place.”

~Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking

Photo by Almond Dhukka / Flickr, cc by-nc-nd 2.0

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nprmusic:

Sultry and sweet, Rhye’s “Open” is like a heartfelt love letter tucked tenderly into a makeout mix.

Hear “Open” now.

So good. So, so good.

nprmusic:

Vinyl, wax cylinders and “born digital” audio, the Library of Congress has released a plan for preserving American sounds.

Photos: Abby Brack/Library of Congress

Interesting…

Listen to the music video at: www.youtube.com/sipmeslow — Don’t forget to enjoy and share with your friends!!
Much love #coffee #cappuccino #music #video #song #adele #norah jones #amy winehouse

Absolutely love this:

beingblog:

“All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness. The mind then gives form to the creative impulse or insight. Even the great scientists have reported that their creative breakthroughs came at a time of mental quietude.”

~Eckhart Tolle from The Power of Now

Hear more in our interview, The Power of Eckhart Tolle’s Now

Photo by Peter E. Lee

HotSpotMusic.: Best Albums of 2012

hotspotmusic:

So here we are again folks…. list time. A little later than planned (I did want to do it on January 1st - there’s the whole month of December out there listmakers!) but here we are.

And what a list. It was hard enough getting it down to a top twenty five let alone a top ten, five, three or number…

Whhoooooo

Absolutely and stunningly beautiful

elegantstylenz:

Want This Look?

Real Deal

Old Navy The Rockstar Super Skinny Jeans

Forever 21 Vertical Striped Shirt

Stella McCartney ‘Falabella’ Shaggy Deer Fold Over Tote

Christian Louboutin Heels

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Kate Spade ‘Licorice Too’ Pump

Love the shirt with the heels n all

beingblog:

Gotta love when one of our guests says our interview is a “soulful conversation.” A nice endorsement from TED talk superstar Brené Brown’s blog:

“If you’re a fan of Krista Tippett’s wonderful radio show, On Being, we had a soulful conversation. The podcast and unedited interview is now available here. At one point she playfully asked, “Is this an interview or a therapy session?” I’ve been thinking about that question. I think all good conversations are a little bit of both.”

beingblog:

“A painter or a musician, a composer, when they create a piece of art, they always sign their name. You also. You produce in your little life, the thinking, the speech and the action. If your thinking is the right thinking, that is a good work of art. It bears always your name.”

~Thich Nhat Hanh from his dharma talk, Mindfulness of Anger

photo by Robert S. Donovan

“Walking as an art calls attention to the simplest aspects of the act: the way rural walking measures the body and the earth against each other, the way urban walking elicits unpredictable social encounters.

“All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness. The mind then gives form to the creative impulse or insight. Even the great scientists have reported that their creative breakthroughs came at a time of mental quietude.”

Track Name

Brené Brown on Vulnerability

Album

On Being [APM]

Artist

On Being with Krista Tippett

“A painter or a musician, a composer, when they create a piece of art, they always sign their name. You also. You produce in your little life, the thinking, the speech and the action. If your thinking is the right thinking, that is a good work of art. It bears always your name.”