"...a corrected version of history helps the people better understand themselves. Americans, Mexicans, the fusion of the two, in addition to people of the world, would recognize a better sense of their true identity & culture. The exploration of such history can perhaps allow for analysis of current rates of depression, crime/incarceration, and socioeconomic status(es). If we, the people, want to understand ourselves, we need to know the truth".
The following is a summary & analysis of Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review article, “Law of the Noose: A History of Latino Lynching” Richard Delgado.
SUMMARY
Delgado attempts to shed light on a largely unknown history of Latinos, particularly Mexican-Americans in the Southwest...
And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter— they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long.
Sylvia Plath (via quotemadness)
Lego-mundo
The United Nations Headquarters is now a LEGO set, part of the LEGO Architecture series that also includes the White House, the Empire State Building, and Seattle’s Space Needle.
Pair with The Cult of LEGO.
(↬ FastCompany)
Fotografías de tiempos y espacio
Singapore National Day Preview in Two images, 2013. All Rights Reserved.
More here.
The Diffusion of Useful Ignorance – Thoreau on the hubris of our knowledge, and the transcendent humility of not-knowing.
Complement with astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser on living with mystery in the age of knowledge.
i want to ride my bicycle i want to ride my bike!
Via @craigmcallahan: #cycling#bike #adventure #bicycle
No puedo dejar de verlo!
Quentin Jones’ Paint Test No. 1
Luna en rotación, como nunca la has visto...
1.5 metros de la calle para los ciclistas, ¡siempre!