I was scrolling through my bookmarks and I found this artist again and began obsessively seeing if he’d updated his gallery. Then, something Evan posted reminded me of this picture. Look at the painting for a minute, then click on it.
It’s easy to take off your clothes and have sex. People do it all the time. But opening up your soul to someone, letting them into your spirit, thoughts, fears, future, hopes, dreams… that is being naked.
– Rob Bell (via travelboner)(Source: kiwifeet)
Via Words Less Spoken
Dated December 29, 1801, this letter from President Thomas Jefferson notes the lack of procedures or a “safe deposit” for his Presidential papers. His concerns were well founded. Before the advent of the Presidential Library system, it had been customary for Presidents to take these records with them as their personal property. The records were often passed from one generation to the next with little concern for their value to the history of the nation. Some presidential collections were well preserved by their heirs, but others were broken up and dispersed, or were partially destroyed.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
– Ernest Hemingway (via thefreenomad)(Source: fracturado)
Via Words Less Spoken
