“…last year this photograph of children looking at their smartphones by Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’ in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam [went viral.] It was often accompanied by outraged, dispirited comments such as “a perfect metaphor for our age,” “the end of civilization” or “a sad picture of our society”.

…It turns out that the Rijksmuseum has an app that, among other things, contains guided tours and further information about the works on display. As part of their visit to the museum, the children, who minutes earlier had admired the art and listened attentively to explanations by expert adults, had been instructed to complete an assignment by their school teachers, using, among other things, the museum’s excellent smartphone app….

The tragic thing is that this — the truth — will never go viral. So, I wonder, what is more likely to bring about the death of civilization, children using smartphones to learn about art or the willful ignorance of adults who are too quick to make assumptions?” José Picardo, Medium

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the whole point of religion is being highly aware that there is a higher power which by default should humble your postition as a creation on this earth so I don’t even understand how people can produce so much arrogance and superiority once they have decided to indulge in religious practices 

everything is subconscious. the best things in life often are.  your hands move; my hands linger. the sirens inside of me fall silent, and your face becomes the canvas i've never seen before.

maia writes

A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.

Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (via coral)

Do you ever find things you wrote when you were little and just really want to die a little?

Christopher: A woman? Kirk: A crewman.

you're so beautiful

his voice is warm

By Alberto Reyes

when i let boys chase me on the playground in grade school, i didn't know that i was rehearsing for the day one of them would bring a gun to class.

maia writes

I have been waiting all year to post this.

(via alonewithfriends)

I just finished my digital drawing of dodie This has seriously taken me 45 hours and I’m glad it’s done I hope you like it! @doddleoddle 💛💡

is it me or has Banksy just disappeared off the face of the earth after the whole Disneyland thing 

A guy is taking his girlfriend to prom. He waits in the ticket line for a really long time but gets them. He goes to rent a limo. The rental line is really long but he eventually does it. He goes to buy her flowers. The line at the florist is really long but eventually he gets the flowers. At prom, she asks him to go get punch. He goes to the refreshment table and there’s no punchline.

today my gf said “when donkey asks shrek what his name is, shrek pauses before he says shrek, and i’m convinced he came up with it on the spot.” we weren’t even talking about shrek. i can’t stop thinking about it or about how lucky i am to be with her