kikieqism

Random thoughts of an impulsive observant person.

~ Tuesday, April 10 ~

Metaphor by Eve Merriam

Morning is
A new sheet of paper
For you to write on.

Whatever you want to say,
All day,
Until night
Folds it up
And files it away.

The bright words and the dark words
Are gone
Until dawn
And a new day
To write on.

Tags: Poem metaphor

~ Tuesday, April 3 ~

“ Acts can be delimited within the continuum of behavior by the fact that they have a beginning and an end. They can be structured with a view to reaching a goal. This goal is determined by an impulse.

— Charles W. Morris and G. H. Mead

“ Books are going to provoke the best conversations because people think really deeply about them. And people bring a certain level of intellectual seriousness to them that they don’t even necessarily bring to newspapers. I am absolutely convinced that being able to see what other people have said about a book and to talk about it and respond to it is going to be a freakishly huge boon for books.

— Is making books social a good thing or a bad thing? — Tech News and Analysis (via infoneer-pulse)

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~ Monday, January 2 ~

matthewgallaway:

2012 is basically a Rush album, not an actual year, am I right?

—Elektra

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Minds are as clever as they will ever be, say scientists

infoneer-pulse:

If our brains were to evolve any further, it would increase the risk of disorders such as autism.

Our grey matter has hit an evolutionary ‘sweet spot’ – with the perfect balance between high intelligence and a balanced personality.

But scientists claim that, if our brains did become more advanced, we would be more likely to develop disorders such as autism or synaesthesia, where several senses ‘join together’ and are indistinguishable.

Becoming super-intelligent would also increase the chances of us concentrating too hard on tiny details of life and missing the wider picture.

» via Metro.co.uk

Being too clever has side effects.

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~ Sunday, December 25 ~

“ Sometimes we ask whether things matter or not. Yes, they do matter. Big or small.

— Zakki Syafiie

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“ Ideas are expensive, my friends.

Tags: Ideas