Sunday smile: “Hippo Love” by =HannahHavoc on deviantART. (Moomins rather than hippos, actually, but why quibble? Sadly, Hannah missed out on the delights of Moomintroll when growing up.) What a beautiful flashback to childhood. I so want that mug!
Bio-Diversity by NYTime’s Christoph Niemann is a clever use of leaves to visualize all sorts of ideas, from bad puns to food to downright silliness. Because we all need a bit of intelligent silliness in our lives. (via kottke.org)
I love this - it’s like a defiant joy. Such celebration in the face of obstacles is always inspiring. But it also reminds me that obstacles themselves are important in life - because don’t they make the joy all that much sweeter?
Immigrant picnics, like immigrant lives, are enjoyed on the run from ever-more repressive police. In Casa de Campo, Madrid’s biggest park, Ecuadorian families come together every Sunday despite harassment by the authorities.Read more at The Atlantic. (via shadowfirebird)
One moment there are hundreds of people thronging the field, music playing, everyone laughing, plátanos frying in skillets of fat, matrons ripping off generous hunks of roasted pork and piling them onto plates with mote (a sort of hominy), avocados and salad…and then suddenly they’re not there. The skillets have disappeared, the butane stoves have vanished, there is no sign of a whole roast pig anywhere, only a certain concentration of mostly Ecuadorian people looking defiantly nonchalant as they wander away. A few women wheel conspicuously large babies in covered carriages. It’s a weekly magic trick.
The Power of the Pentatonic Scale: At the 2009 World Science Festival, Bobby McFerrin demonstrated the deeply internalized and anticipatory nature of music. Science can be charming. (from Coilhouse, via inky)
I love this - both the idea and the execution!
29 pianos, customized individually by artists, have been placed around London landmarks for the public. Signs that say “Play me. I’m yours!” invite closet musicians to let loose. Fun!More photos at tressugar. (via realreason)
BBC’s Outnumbered is wonderful, and this clip is just a small example of why. I love these two kids, but at the same time I am so grateful they’re not mine! (via rorymarinich).
