AvatarJ McCray4 days agoColorized Video from 1896 Shows How People Work and Played 100 Years Agoverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Sarah CurrierIt's easy to look at photos of people who lived in the past and assume that they were stern and serious. This is greatly due to the time-consuming photography techniques of the 19th century, which meant that they often had to sit in the same position for several minutes as the photo developed. …
AvatarJ McCrayFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo5 days ago7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatnessthecollector.com - Anastasiia S. KirpalovCubism was one of the most radical art movements that turned the history of art upside down. A product of the prolific art world of early …
AvatarJ McCrayAvatarAvatar5 days agoAncient Indigenous lineage of Blackfoot Confederacy goes back 18,000 years to last ice age, DNA revealsLive Science - By Kristina KillgroveA new DNA study of living and historical members of the Blackfoot Confederacy in the U.S. and Canada suggests that they share a lineage with people …
AvatarJ McCrayAvatarAvatar5 days ago7 Genius Phrases to Shut Down Conflict, According to a PsychologistParade Magazine - Beth Ann MayerPlus, when to address conflict head-on. Can't we all get along? It would be nice, wouldn't it? While all the fighting on social media, especially over …
AvatarJ McCrayFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo5 days agoThe consequences of traveling in a straight line foreverbigthink.com - Ethan SiegelThe Universe is a vast, wondrous, and strange place. From our perspective within it, we can see out for some 46 billion light-years in all …
AvatarJ McCrayAvatarAvatar5 days agoThe Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Uncommonly Lovely Invented Words for What We Feel but Cannot NameThe Marginalian - Maria Popova“Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it. They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it,” Ursula K. Le Guin wrote in her exquisite manifesto for the magic of real human conversation. …
AvatarJ McCrayScience Says These 10 Songs Are Guaranteed to Make You Really Happy--Right Nowverified_publisherInc Magazine - Peter EconomyWhat if you could listen to a song that can turn the worst day into the best? Well, you can, according to science. We all want to be happy, but as we know, that's not always possible. A particularly rough day on the job, an argument with a co-worker or boss, an important assignment that doesn't go …
AvatarJ McCrayAvatarAvatarTour a Striking New York Home That’s Not Your Typical Brooklyn Town Houseverified_publisherArchitectural Digest - By Sam CochranThe constraints of a Brooklyn town house renovation might, at first glance, seem rigid and prescriptive—stacked floors, each long and narrow, bound by four exterior walls, the front one often landmarked. Inside, the primary challenge is universal: how to best bring light into that interior core. …
AvatarJ McCrayAvatarAvatarFrank Lloyd Wright Jr.’s Famed Wayfarers Chapel Is in Dangerverified_publisherdwell - Marah EakinThe coastal California landmark has hosted famous weddings, TV shoots, and millions of visitors. Now, it’s facing indefinite closure due to a landslide. For more than 70 years, Wayfarers Chapel—a celebrated example of organic modernism designed by Lloyd Wright, son of legendary architect Frank Lloyd …
AvatarJ McCrayAvatarAvatarWho Said Fences Have to Be Boring? Check Out These 30 Unique Front Yard Fence IdeasThe Spruce - Melissa EpifanoWhile the first taste of your interior design style often begins at the front door, a front yard fence is an even sooner chance to welcome yourself …
AvatarJ McCrayAvatarAvatarThese Photos Are the First to Show Humpback Whales Mating—and Both Are MalesSmithsonian Magazine - Sarah KutaHumpback whales are some of the biggest animals on the planet, and they live in all the world’s oceans. But despite their large size and widespread …