Paper Birds (Art)
Beautiful sculptures of birds using only paper by Diana Beltran Herrera
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/07/new-paper-birds-from-diana-beltran-herrera/
Movies (Entertainment)
A look at Pacific Rim that mirrors my experience while also pointing to some limitations in how people interpret movies as a result of cultural training and expectation. This is a Eurocentric article in its criticism, however, because Japanese media, for example, is very much aware of the visual medium as a method to convey themes and symbols.
http://stormingtheivorytower.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-visual-intelligence-of-pacific-rim.html?spref=fb&m=1
Future Tense (Language)
A highly controversial but interesting study finds a correlation between poor planning for the future and speaking languages that disassociate the future through a distinct future tense:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21518574
Balancing Needs and Dreams (Life)
This is a great narrative of an eye-opening moment on the questions of whether to pursue your dreams or go for stability. It’s not what you think:
http://goinswriter.com/if-you-could-do-anything/
Editing Tools (Writing)
A Microsoft Word macro for finding all your cheat words at once and highlighting them so they stand out.
http://www.mkhutchins.com/2013/06/a-macro-for-line-editing-in-microsoft.html
Fall into a world where beauty is a facade, and one elf is pushed beyond reason to rid herself of the smooth-skinned curse. ~ Now available as an eBook:
Curve of Her Claw
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The problem with Jeff Goins’ post is that it presupposes that the two must be in opposition — that it is impossible to earn money at a vocation. My husband knew he wanted to teach math from roughly sixth grade on. In college, he focused more and realized he wanted to be a college professor. There are tons of people who go into medicine or veterinary medicine or dentistry or law (or many other well respected and decently paying professions) who feel that is their life’s calling. They may have hobbies, but those are not their focus. And frankly, I think those people are just as normal and not missing out on anything.
Oh, and the bird sculptures were lovely, but did you see the coin sculptures?
Well, maybe not so much that as he was focused on the categories that traditionally are not supported in the US. Because yes, there are definitely dreams that are also rewarded in our society.
And yes, those coin structures are lovely :).