No matter how high we climb, the sky is just out of reach. Even jet pilots and astronauts have not truly reached their limits. This work by @thebeautythatstillremains is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 China Mainland License.
As important as sight is–it’s the most relied upon of the senses–it’s what we can’t see that truly holds power over us. Whether it’s a present wrapped for Christmas, a darkened corridor, or the future yet unwritten, we are constantly held in thrall by the invisible. I think it’s probably because our imagination is always …
As the guitarist launches into his solo, the world stops to pay attention. They crane their heads, they remove their headphones, they stop what they are doing and listen. The music reaches a crescendo and tears form in every eye of every living human. He is Muka Famous. This work by @thebeautythatstillremains is licensed under …
Tom Stoppard knew that what went on between scenes was infinitely more interesting than what happened on stage. She is an object of beauty, something to behold, something to cherish. She is allowed no will of her own. But in the changing room, with the eyes removed from her, she sings her true song. This …
Whether you think of this T-rex as something out of your dreams or your nightmares goes a long way to determining what type of person you are. This work by @thebeautythatstillremains is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 China Mainland License.
The Great Wall is magnificent, but it’s easy to overlook the high cost of constructing it. Laborers and slaves hauled up every brick of the wall on their backs. Just one of those stones weighs an average of 70 kilos. So when you are standing on the Great Wall, looking out at the fantastic landscape, …
There is more than one Great Wall of China. There’s the one everyone knows about, the one that astronauts can see from outer space and was built to keep out the Mongols. Then there’s another Great Wall. This one is not quite as grand, but it has the advantage of being mobile. Basically, as this …
We walk through darkness, day and night. We struggle, step by step. We climb, we fall. And when the light shines down on us, whether it lasts for seconds or for years, let us be dancing. This work by @thebeautythatstillremains is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 China Mainland License.
It would be wrong to call her a narcissist. Narcissus was a flower. Narcissus sought out his reflection. Narcissus not only believed in his own beauty, but was overwhelmed by it. She isn’t a narcissist. She’s just vain. She enjoys her reflection. And why shouldn’t she? She’s more beautiful than you. You know it. She …
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