The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves. – V.S. Naipaul http://ift.tt/1EwUW8l
We are often warned against allowing considerations of an author’s personal circumstances to influence our view of his or her work, but it is impossible to read Helen Dunmore’s Birdcage Walk without dwelling on the unhappy fact that she died last March, less than three months after the novel’s publication in the UK. What is […]
You’re reading How To Quit Your Job (with romantic worst-case scenarios), originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’re enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. If you feel sick with the prospect of being an employee for the next 20 to 30 years of your life […]
You’re reading How To Quit Your Job (with romantic worst-case scenarios), originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’re enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. If you feel sick with the prospect of being an employee for the next 20 to 30 years of your life […]
Lee Ming-che in a sense is like other political prisoners in China, a man stripped of rights, facing in solitary fashion the organized power of the Chinese state, but he is also different because he is from Taiwan. He is in fact the only Taiwanese ever to be charged with subversion of state power, and […]
This modern house, designed by the architects Erin Sterling Lewis, Matthew Griffith and Jeremy Leonard from the architectural firm in situ studio, is located in Matthews, North Carolina, USA. It was built in the year 2016 and covers a total ground area of 4,006 square feet. It is hidden by the thick vegetation of the […]
There are some moments in nature that leave you breathless. Take an early morning walk in Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. Follow the trails past calm wetlands. Listen to night noises begin to quiet. Look up over a misty field to see the golden sun rise above a stand of trees. Find your perfect […]
This marvelous and imposing structure is one that heavily employs the use of exterior areas, from an enormous pool with stone walls from where we can see the breathtaking waterfall nearby to the jacuzzi and wide-open terrace with distinct areas, each with the appropriate outdoors furniture laid out. Located in the deep creeks of the […]
Blue light is everywhere. In addition to radiating from the sun, blue light also emanates from those buzzing fluorescent lights in your office, from your computer screen, cell phone and television. No matter what time of the day it is or what you are doing these days, it seems that you are getting exposed to […]
