quote of the day

charles-bukowski-in-front-of-a-liquor-store

“nothing was ever in tune. people just blindly grabbed at whatever there was: communism, health foods, zen, surfing, ballet, hypnotism, group encounters, orgies, biking, herbs, catholicism, weight-lifting, travel, withdrawal, vegetarianism, india, painting, writing, sculpting, composing, conducting, backpacking, yoga, copulating, gambling, drinking, hanging around, frozen yogurt, beethoven, bach, buddha, christ, tm, h, carrot juice, suicide, handmade suits, jet travel, new york city, and then it all evaporated and fell apart. people had to find things to do while waiting to die. i guess it was nice to have a choice.”

-charles bukowski, women, 1978


sia – chandelier

11-year-old dancer maddie ziegler interprets ryan heffington’s mesmerizing choreography with impressive skill for australian singer sia’s new music video. by lil

some thoughts on kindness

george saunders the importance of kindness

macarthur fellow and one of my personal favorite living authors mr. george saunders reminds us (in an animated trailer by tim bierbaum) that the greatest gift we can give is to be kind. it is all too often that human beings forget this; kindness is the brilliance that transcends time. by sv

Aaron “jaws” Homoki

aaron "jaws" homoki lands a huge ollie

our knees ache just from watching this. how long will jaws be the undisputed king of impact? it’s just mind blowing. by na

quote of the day: gena on john

gena rowlands and john cassavetes

“i was a woman with a plan. i knew the only thing, that could’ve really stopped me, in my opinion, was to fall in love.

i went in, at lunch, to put my books in the locker and i got to the doorway and … i saw john cassavetes, and i thought : oh, oh damn! no, no, no. no!

that’s just exactly what i don’t want.”

-gena rowlands on meeting her husband, john cassavetes

and the most important happens when you least expect it. for h. by sv