new hero...

in Brian Skerry. his photographs are truly amazing and this talk about the plight of our oceans has really struck a chord in me. I started eating fish a few years ago after being vegan for 6 years and though I began very conscious about the fish I bought, over time I admit my standards have declined. I feel like I should start paying more attention and start thinking more. thinking = caring.

last year I watched Ken Robinson's talk about schools killing creativity which definitely struck a chord with me and my own frustrations about education. I just watched his recent follow up talk on a similiar theme - about how education needs to shift to recognise and nurture individual talents. here they both are...

another life ambition...



if BP stops fucking things up

food for thought...

76 mins...

i hope you'll watch every one of them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo&feature=player_embedded

biological warfare...

i watched 2 talks this week about using bacteria to 'grow' architecture'. the first about 'metabolic' architeture by Rachel Armstrong I found unconvincing and to be honest, ofensive to my eyes. put her in a ring with Mr. Larsson and I know where my money would lie...

stop...


http://www.archdaily.com/36193/brandhorst-museum-sauerbruch-hutton/


look...


listen...
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2009/08/17/090817on_audio_ferris

experiment #2...

make some sourdough bread. stage one: the solid starter...


it's cosy home for the next few days...


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TED of the day = uber-simplicity... (bjarke ingels = new hero btw)



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time of OUR lives...