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workman: Charles Darwin Cross writing (technique used for saving paper), 1828My dear Fox  I am dying by inches, from not having any body to talk to about insects: — my only reason for writing, is to remove a heavy weight from my mind, so now you must understand, what you will perceive before you come to the end of this; that I am writing merely for my own pleasure & not your’s. — I have been very idle since I left Cambridge in every possible way & amongst the rest in Entomology. I have however captured a few insects, about which I am much interested: My sister has made rough drawings of three of them…

workman:

Charles Darwin
Cross writing (technique used for saving paper), 1828

My dear Fox  

I am dying by inches, from not having any body to talk to about insects: — my only reason for writing, is to remove a heavy weight from my mind, so now you must understand, what you will perceive before you come to the end of this; that I am writing merely for my own pleasure & not your’s. — I have been very idle since I left Cambridge in every possible way & amongst the rest in Entomology. I have however captured a few insects, about which I am much interested: My sister has made rough drawings of three of them…

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graphandcompass: Detail of a single, hand-crafted porcelain seed from “The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds.” The installation on view at Tate Modern, London through May 2.

graphandcompass:

Detail of a single, hand-crafted porcelain seed from “The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds.” The installation on view at Tate Modern, London through May 2.

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It is true when you are by yourself and you think about life, it is always sad. All that excitement and so on has a way of suddenly leaving you, and it’s as though, in the silence, somebody called your name, and you heard your name for the first time.

—Katherine Mansfield, “At the Bay” (via katherine-mansfield)

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