The Embassy

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“ The capacity to stand in relationship to that which is larger than our ego is to be informed and transformed by it. Over the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi the priests inscribed the admonition, “Know Thyself.” According to an ancient text the entrance to the inner chamber had the collateral inscription, “Thou Art.” These injunctions capture the individual dialectic well. We are to know ourselves more fully and to know ourselves in the context of the larger mystery.

— James Hollis, “The Middle Path”

9.17.11

posted : Saturday, September 17th, 2011

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The one and only… Billie Holiday.

posted : Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

14-billion-years-later:

I’m not sure quite how to put this, but we’ve discovered a planet made entirely of diamonds…

posted : Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

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Fluid Painting Explosion (by markchadwickart)

posted : Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

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The Haunting Beauty of NGC 3190 —A Deadly Supernova Factory

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This magnificent galaxy inspires us, again, to ask: does advanced life exist there? The fact that we have no proof of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe may simply mean that intelligent civilizations have all too finite lifetimes. NGC 3190 is a spiral galaxy of unbearable beauty in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. In 2002, astronomers uncovered one supernova in March in the southeastern part and then another team uncovered a second supernova on the other side two months later -sure destroyers of vicinity-based life.

The spectacular image below is the “Trio in Leo.” There is actually a fourth member of this group which not shown- but the group also goes by another catalogued name of “Hickson 44.” These galaxies are estimated to be 60 million light years away. The galaxy furthest to the left is an elliptical galaxy (NGC 3193) and is fairly devoid of detail. The top center of the image features NGC 3190.

(via dailygalaxy)

posted : Monday, August 29th, 2011

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How Earth Sounds from Space (courtesy of Santiago Luca Hardy)

8.29.11

posted : Monday, August 29th, 2011

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“ What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness.

— M. C. Escher (via metaconscious)

8.29.11

posted : Monday, August 29th, 2011

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“ All living beings are in the open: they manifest themselves and shine in their appearance. But only human beings want to take possession of this opening, to seize hold of their own appearance and of their own being-manifest. Language is this appropriation, which transforms nature into face. This is why appearance becomes a problem for human beings: it becomes the location of a struggle for truth.

— Giorgio Agamben

8.04.11

posted : Thursday, August 4th, 2011

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