We Don’t Want To Conquer Space At All. We Want To Expand Earth Endlessly. We Don’t Want Other Worlds;

I find everything poetic, and it’s in the corners of my heart which are sometimes mysterious that I catch a glimpse of poetry… I feel a sensation that leads me       into a poetic state…

Paul Gauguin, “Letter to Vincent van Gogh,” 8 Sept. 1888 (via paulgauguin-art)

THIS IS REBLOG RELEVANT FOR ONLY TODAY IN THE WHOLE OF HUMAN HISTORY AND ITS FUTURE

EIDOLON

[noun]

1. an ideal.

2. a wistful daydream.

3. a phantom; apparition.

Etymology: from Ancient Greek eídōlon, “figure, representation”, from eîdos, “sight”, from eídō, “I see”.

[Jana Heidersdorf - The Treasure of Abbot Thomas]

What is to give light must endure burning.

Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search For Meaning   (via nezua)

Masterpieces in Agar. These are some of the most beautiful Agar Art pics from (and inspired by) the annual competition hosted by the American Society for Microbiology. Read more about the contest, the artists, and their work here.

Check out these scientists reacting to the first images from the Hubble Space Telescope after they successfully fixed its wonky mirror.

Then watch our music video celebrating Hubble here.

Then read all about Hubble’s 25 years in space here.

We can say that life itself is the axiom of the empty set. It begins in zero and ends in zero. We know that both states exist, but we will not be conscious of either experience: they are states that are necessary parts of life, even as they cannot be experienced as life. We assume the concept of nothingness, but we cannot prove it. But it must exist.

Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life (via shrinemaidens)

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by Jerrod La Rue

my writing style could best be described as “probably more commas than is entirely necessary”