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Caring for someone who is wanting to die and angry because death is not a "Cut! Print it!" scene as in movies but rather, without assisted suicide, a debilitating slow decline, and reading about even more mass shootings in the US, I'm in a sensory overload mode. I'm going though the motions of living, beyond any desire to understand my species, petting the dog whose wagging tail tells me there is still some good in this shit hole humans have created.
Looking at my picks today, I think my mood is pretty well reflected.
Starting with living inside an active volcano:
No different than those millions of Californians living on the San Andreas Fault. I guess it just re-enforces the fact that human stupidity doesn't stop at borders.
I'm pretty sure I've linked to Buzz Feed before but not to this page:
I play a lot of escape-the-room type games and game makers, Melting-Mindz and Ainars, use abandoned sties such as these where you have to escape entire environments which are very spooky. So these pictures are depressing but I'm used to them. What I don't like to imagine when looking at them is that they were once bustling towns, not in the vein of the three store ghost town of the American West but as in small/mid-level cities. Talk about Ozymandias' fame not lasting!
OK, now let's get some inspiration so we'll want to go on living:
This guy paints with his fingers! Scroll down a little to read the blurb which explains why Troilo started painting this way.
And, when the tea baggers and other crack pots start foaming when they tell you how bad government is, have them take a look at this:
During FDR's New Deal in the 1930s, creative people were not forgotten and the above link takes you to some artistic work of this time when political leaders (not all and many joined the band wagon kicking and screaming) realized that good government is essential for the body and soul of a representative democracy. The soul was nurtured by employing creative people to contribute to the arts. If you're interested in learning more about the Public Works Art projects during the 1930s in the US, go to:
Trickle-down economy wackos shouldn't be allowed to sweep this important 1930s government program under the rug with their inane appellations of "socialism" or "communism".
Never to be called a "green-thumber" even I am impressed with the attractiveness of these self-contained vegetable gardens:
Truly an idea "out of Africa", I'd like to see it catch on everywhere. Even I might be able to manage tending for my vegetable food supply in such a small, compact area.
And finally, jigsaw puzzles:
In most hospitals, the waiting area has a jigsaw puzzle set up because working these puzzles, when under unusual stress, takes your entire attention and shuts out the world for a while. I'm not ready to lug out my jigsaws and watch the pieces fling themselves to the floor and under the back corner of a sofa so web jigsaw puzzles are a great alternative. I like this site because you get to choose the topic of the puzzle and also the number of pieces. You don't seem to have to use the sign-in to play and the pieces navigate very smoothly. Under any stress? Take a break with a jigsaw puzzle.
That's it for this week.I just noticed that my picks this week are basically "eye candy", some of the sour ball flavor. Next week, I'll include two "reading" sites I have for those who miss them. See you next Wednesday.
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