The Art Complex

tanviswar:

I was texting an old friend last night. I’m an extrovert so I have this intense need to keep in touch with all of my friends and exes and just everybody I’ve ever known.

Somehow, I’m not sure how, the conversation turned to “working out”. So this guy goes “I’ve been working out, but I can’t tell…

I’ve learned this lesson years ago. Yet there are quite a few people I know that still think like the person in question. Which is definitely annoying. A lot of guys out there are easy to jump at any moment a girl is nice to them; Especially the attractive ones. And it’s behaviour like this, that cause genuinely nice girls to refrain from being themselves.

If this fits you in any way, please take note.

(Source: t5war)

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Heroes exist to inspire and give us something to aspire to. They’re Role models.

If that hero fails you, don’t let it shatter what you aspire to be. Don’t let actions within a certain instance of time, skew your ideals and principals. They are important to you because you believe in them. Aspire to be someone greater than the hero that failed you. Become someone else’s hero and don’t let anger drive you.

One day your hero will look at you with regret and remorse.

That will be the day that tests what you’ve become.

Coyote Watching

Went Coyote prowling last night in High Park. I usually would ask some of my animal-loving friends if they’d want to join, but who am I kidding? Lately everyone is here and there.

However, my calculations were correct. This is usually the time most mammals go into hibernation or at least prep for it. Coyotes on the other hand, are adaptable and remain active year-round. I was able to tail what seemed like a mother and her pups. No sight of a father. Which I’d assume was prowling elsewhere. I was able to take notes based on observation and made a few sketches here and there. My only regret was not having a decent camera to take photos in a night setting; the iPhone wasn’t cutting it.

The highlight was, nearing the end of my watch, the subjects were interacting with more of its kind, which lead me to believe that the area I was in, was possibly an area of high Coyote activity. I can’t explain how great of a sight it was.

"A true suicide is a paced, disciplined certainty. People pontificate, “Suicide is selfishness.” Career churchmen like Pater go a step further and call in a cowardly assault on the living. Oafs argue this specious line for varying reason: to evade fingers of blame, to impress one’s audience with one’s mental fiber, to vent anger, or just because one lacks the necessary suffering to sympathize. Cowardice is nothing to do with it - suicide takes considerable courage. Japanese have the right idea. No, what’s selfish is to demand another to endure an intolerable existence, just to spare families, friends, and enemies a bit of soul-searching. The only selfishness lies in ruining strangers’ days by forcing ‘em to witness a grotesqueness."

David Mitchell, “Cloud Atlas”

A close friend that gets why it’s funny.

Haven’t these guys heard of relocation? Certainly moving these bears and hiring some folks to aid them in the adaptation process, is far more humane than putting them down for merely being used to humans. The fault is ours with our sprawling population. Don’t take it out on the wildlife.

Making sure friend's sister got home safe

Prologue

Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called “The Pledge”. The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course… it probably isn’t. The second act is called “The Turn”. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you’re looking for the secret… but you won’t find it, because of course you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn’t clap yet. Because making something disappear isn’t enough; you have to bring it back. That’s why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call “The Prestige”.

- Cutter, “The Prestige”

Life

Parents, I’m all for encouraging children to be creative as much as the next person - maybe even more so. However, don’t let them make the same mistake I made as a kid, and attempt real-life Hangman.

"When we all talk about saving the environment, in a way it’s misstated. The environment is going to survive. We’re the ones who may not survive."

Kenny Ausubel, “The 11th Hour”