The british olympic 2012 logo, which cost 400,000 pounds and took 1 year to design.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A23431826

I think the British take their humour too far. Surely, they can't be serious?

I've always loved their music, but for the first time I'm paying attention to the lyrics of Buena Vista Social Club. They're almost like zen poetry - simple, mundane details told in a way that brings out not poignance and mystery (like in the case of zen poetry) but more of ache and longing buried deep within us, inside somewhere ( Read more... )

So I just got back from India. I was born there, and have been trying to figure the place out for some time now ( Read more... )

"Although many of us are daunted by the thought of trying to master a new language, the average Canadian could acquire one every year in the time he now spends watching television."

"There is indeed a way in which we can compare the souls of civilizations, and the different phases of one civilization. This is according to their view of the universe ( Read more... )

After Quasimodo passed away, the bishop of the cathedral of Notre Dame sent ( Read more... )

A very sad example of the disease that's affecting most people today ( Read more... )

Holy crap!

Though art school everywhere is bound to be lame, I'm glad I don't attend art school in America:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364955/board/nest/35001939

There is an old story of how the cathedral of Chartres was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Then thousands of people came from all points of the compass, like a giant procession of ants, and together they began to rebuild the cathedral on its old site. They worked until the building was completed - master builders, artists, labourers, ( Read more... )

John Mclaughlin is my favourite musician of all time. Here're some excerpts from an interview ( Read more... )