var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20397265-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Check out some tags:ArtSciencePrintmakingBook ArtsTextO Tumblr (3.0; @saidtotheuniverse)http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4cab27e3b1a5a61bf313ea254233f37b/tumblr_mmkijtp8jV1qbono7o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Varieties of the genus <em>Celastrina</em>, the tiny blue butterfly</p>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/50072574014http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/50072574014Fri, 10 May 2013 01:43:05 -0400butterflyscientific illustrationcelastrinablue<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://otomuragakuya.tumblr.com/post/48298548812">otomuragakuya</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>a sentence <br/> will always look<br/> like poetry</p> <p>if you <br/> hit enter<br/> a lot</p> </blockquote>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/49574375832http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/49574375832Sat, 04 May 2013 02:11:23 -0400poetrypoempoems<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7wnu0QZJo1rc6qh8o1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/49495927862http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/49495927862Fri, 03 May 2013 01:47:45 -0400textwordsanne sexton<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ar2qnrUs1re2voro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://seabois.tumblr.com/post/30163248839/charaxes-eupale">seabois</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>charaxes eupale</em></p> </blockquote>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/49134666745http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/49134666745Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:39:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0144dc3af86d505d3c5eda73192e003b/tumblr_mkygceR0gr1r12oofo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://eletric-dreams.tumblr.com/post/47732740512">eletric-dreams</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>true story, i never did !</p> </blockquote> <p>…Well, fuck. SORRY I’M NOT SORRY</p>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/47766947938http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/47766947938Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:57:16 -0400personalit's all goodi'm in the best harlem shake video everbeer was involvedon a professional level<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bcf98250ba68fcccbc9fbed45f7e8948/tumblr_mkk365W1lC1qz6f9yo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/46816989120/t-s-eliot">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/20326401022/t-s-eliot">T.S. Eliot</a></p> </blockquote>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/46875901688http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/46875901688Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:55:51 -0400aprilt s elioteliotbooks“Being a librarian means I have the freedom to be interested in anything and everything.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/03/opinion/peer-to-peer-review/ten-easy-pieces-on-the-profession-of-librarianship-peer-to-peer-review/">I want to be Barbara Fister’s best friend</a> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thelifeguardlibrarian.tumblr.com/">thelifeguardlibrarian</a>)</p> <p>This is a great little article, and it really, really makes me miss working in a library. Oddly enough, though, at least a couple of these are still relevant to me now that I’m bartending, and I’m grateful that the quote above is one of them. I’m just working on learning to read people the way I used to read books.</p></em>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/46816938093http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/46816938093Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:03:00 -0400librarieslibrarybarbara fisterjobspersonal<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8pw8o7Gnt1r8vrhxo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://malformalady.tumblr.com/post/29368331979/painted-skull-bavaria-germany">malformalady</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Painted skull</strong>, Bavaria, Germany</p> </blockquote>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/46815463389http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/46815463389Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:44:11 -0400artwritingpaintinggermaniao<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/47b8e653edf6509576c8fc1ebff9dffb/tumblr_mhbdcsKlcs1qa4imgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/46814766239http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/46814766239Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:35:00 -0400kurt vonneguttextdrawing“I hope when people ask what you’re going to do with your English and/or creative writing degree you’ll say: Continue my bookish examination of the contradictions and complexities of human motivation and desire; or maybe just: Carry it with me, as I do everything that matters. And then smile very serenely until they say oh.”<br/><br/> - <em>Cheryl Strayed (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://autobibliography.tumblr.com/">autobibliography</a>)</em>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/46814682323http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/46814682323Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:34:34 -0400cheryl strayedenglishhumanities<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d3315a6e7893b04020740018bb121635/tumblr_mjmtcki7bS1qbono7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Parul Thacker, “Labyrinth of Light Space” 2010.</p> <p>Natural minerals, natural formations of rubies, silk thread, metal wire, canvas cloth, zardosi embroidery technique. 170 x 170 x 18cm</p>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/45322271722http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/45322271722Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:50:00 -0400artfiber artembroiderycontemporary artparul thackero<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/81b6d6d35dee51ad657ab5b0fd56b51a/tumblr_mhyxpsRDpO1qid3i8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://awesomearchives.tumblr.com/post/42880944380/the-beowulf-manuscript-has-been-fully-digitized-by">awesomearchives</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Beowulf manuscript has been fully digitized by the British Library!</p> <blockquote> <p>Over the past few years, we’ve had great pleasure in making many of our books available to view in their entirety on our Digitised Manuscripts site. Periodic announcements have been made on this blog, relating notably to the digitisation of our Greek and Royal manuscripts and to our Harley Science Project. But nothing quite compares to the new treasures now added to Digitised Manuscripts, encompassing the fields of art, literature and science.</p> <p><span>And when we say “treasures”, we really mean it! The six books in question are none other than (drumroll, please) the Harley Golden Gospels, the Silos Apocalypse, the Golf Book, the Petit Livre d’Amour … and, um, two others. What were they again? Oh yes, remember now. Only Beowulf and Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebook. How could we forget?</span></p> </blockquote> <p><span>More info images <a href="http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/02/treasures-wonderful-to-behold.html">here</a>.</span></p> </blockquote>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/42885564475http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/42885564475Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:16:10 -0500beowulfarchivesdigitaldigitalizationbooksliteraturemanuscriptmanuscripts<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0a72348ed8d42596e02c504c9fdb31fc/tumblr_mi316wUi6M1qbono7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Amanda Willshire is a Denver artist who makes her pieces out of bottle caps. Photos don’t do justice to how cool these really are, but check out her <a href="http://awdart.com/index.html">website</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Awd-aRT/214825208544983#!/pages/Awd-aRT/214825208544983">Facebook page</a> anyway!</p>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/42883759574http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/42883759574Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:54:00 -0500artamanda willshiredenvercoloradobeercraft beercraftsbeer craftsbikesbicyclingbikingbicycles<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/70ab0f241fd4928d0d8861a39b074957/tumblr_mhrmb6X6AY1qziheco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>from <a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/paul-schneggenburger-the-sleep-of-the-beloved"><em>The Sleep of the Beloved</em></a><br/>photo series by Paul Schneggenburger</p> <p>Long exposure photography of couples sleeping</p>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/42414270332http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/42414270332Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:11:00 -0500artcontemporary artphotographypaul schneggenburgerlovesleep<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m48za4AEjU1qc5xeco1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://the-rx.tumblr.com/post/26527289755/the-labyrinth-that-consists-on-a-single-straight">the-rx</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The labyrinth that consists on a single straight line</p> </blockquote>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/41869092987http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/41869092987Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:58:57 -0500textwordslabyrinthart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ab3cbf6223eb02b90dbd5d6461b8cf3c/tumblr_mf74daE32A1rm8486o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://firstofficial.tumblr.com/post/38174333796/poems-to-the-sea-by-cy-twombly-i-iv-1959-he">firstofficial</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Poems to the Sea</em> by Cy Twombly I-IV 1959</p> <blockquote> <p>“He visualises with loving colours the silent space that exists between and around words.”</p> </blockquote> <p>      - John Berger</p> </blockquote>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/41868262126http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/41868262126Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:41:38 -0500cy twomblyartdrawing<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbpk2cPV1V1qzw09do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://raecook.tumblr.com/post/33343149181/circles-digital">raecook</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p><strong>circles </strong>- digital</p> </div> </blockquote>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/40717984094http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/40717984094Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:56:00 -0500artcontemporary artdigitalrae cooko<p>He typed in W, and Google suggested the following:</p> <ul><li>wat is a truffle is it delicious</li> <li>whore of babylon</li> <li>whiskey stones</li> <li>WHO ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE</li> <li>wnta dNCE</li> <li>womens safety toed shoes</li> <li>worlds ugliest dog</li> <li>WATERFALL SOUND</li> <li>what is the braaaaaaaaaam inception song</li> <li>why is gaius baltar such a little bitch</li> <li>watch adventure time</li> <li>when does doctor who return</li> <li>when to replace gauze after extraction</li> <li>why are my teeth trying to kill me</li> <li>why cant i open my mouth</li> <li>why is my face jaw swelling</li> <li>why did david tennant leave</li> <li>whyyyyyy</li> </ul>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/40714901549http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/40714901549Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:18:20 -0500wgoogle search historyapparently these are not normal searches?<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7c3917b8cee38236f88aeb9f9982b022/tumblr_mga2zomGx51qbono7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Jay DeFeo, “The Rose” (1958–66). Oil with wood and mica on canvas.</span></p>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/39961971640http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/39961971640Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:09:00 -0500artcontemporary artjay defeopaintingsculptureo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma5knf7Cei1qdli79o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://weeklyartist.tumblr.com/post/31338838609/caspar-david-friedrich-moonrise-on-an-empty">weeklyartist</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Caspar David Friedrich</strong></p> <p>“Moonrise on an Empty Shore”</p> <p>Sepia washes over graphite on wove paper</p> <p>1837-39</p> </blockquote>http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/37736193852http://saidtotheuniverse.tumblr.com/post/37736193852Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:34:42 -0500artcaspar david friedrichdrawing