Category: Found objects
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Podcast series: Plants of the Gods
Dr Mark Plotkin is an ethnobotanist (a scientist who studies how, and why, societies have come to use plants for different purposes) who has a particular interest in the healing properties of hallucinogenic plants and fungi and their impact on world culture and religion. This is series 3 of his podcast Plants of the Gods, […]
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The stone hut.
This is one of my favourite YouTube channels. Martijn Doolaard is restoring an old stone hut in the Italian alps. His films are beautifully crafted, letting the ambient environment speak. A meditation more than a story. This weeks episode: My brother Siebren is visiting me for a few days on the way back from my […]
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Wandjina Creation.
The Wandjina are rain and cloud spirits from the mythology of First Nations peoples of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. They are depicted on rock arts from the area and are estimated to be around 4,000 years old. These pictures may remind you of something . Similar faces with large black almond eyes have […]
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Have we lost our ability to do nothing?
Most of the high-ranking activities in these plots are well-studied by psychologists. But how much do we know about doing nothing? Not much. Living in fast-paced, industrialized societies with constant access to entertainment, it’s easy to lose sight of the value of doing nothing Manvir Singh Some people these days have real problem doing nothing. […]
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