[dropcap]A[/dropcap] recycling machine in Istanbul does more than just help the environment, it also feeds the stray dogs in the city! When a person puts a bottle into the machine, it dispenses food into a bowl below for the waiting dogs. Helping the environment and stray dogs – now that’s creative! See more about this genius machine below!
Category: Culture and Society
VIDEO | Do you know what makes tattoos permanent? Lesson by Claudia Aguirre
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he earliest recorded tattoo was found on a Peruvian mummy in 6,000 BC. That’s some old ink! And considering humans lose roughly 40,000 skin cells per hour, how do these markings last? Claudia Aguirre details the different methods, machines and macrophages (you’ll see) that go into making tattoos stand the test of time. Lesson by […]
26 Impressive works of art made from recycled materials
Recycling old junk not only benefits the environment, it breathes new life into old objects that were once destined for the landfill. The artists who created these 25 impressive works of art made from recycled materials certainly believed that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Maybe their amazing handiworks will inspire you to roll […]
Symphony of Beauty
Maybe beauty can only be experienced, not learned or taught. How do you see beauty? Ugliness has nothing to do with your body. Neither has beauty much to do with the body. The beauty or the ugliness of the body is very superficial; the real thing comes from within. If you can become beautiful within, […]
QUOTE | Time is nothing. What do you think?
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]otice how there’s never enough time when you’re doing something you like and too much time when you’re doing something you hate. Having all your attention in the here and now is what matters, as time itself is a very misleading thing. Time is nothing, it’s your play, played beautifully by children most of the time. […]
VIDEO | Adventures In Treesitting | Can’t believe she lived 2 years on a giant tree without touching the ground.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his is the amazing story of Julia Butterfly Hill who spent more than two years on a giant tree without touching the ground. Julia’s determination to withhold storms, cold and pressure by the logging company inspired countless activists around the world to this very day. Julia spent an incredible 738 days on top of the tree […]
SHORT STORY & VISUAL | 10 BULLS by Kakuan. Where are you at?
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ead one of the most beautiful and most significant Zen story. Transcribed by Nyogen Sensaki and Paul Reps – Illustrated by Tomikichiro Tokuriki The bull is the eternal principle of life, truth in action. The ten bulls represent sequent steps in the realization of one’s true nature. This sequence is as potent today as it was […]
VIDEO | What If? The Movie | What if you are far greater than what you currently think you are?
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hat if ageing is only a program we learned and can be changed? Our core beliefs control our genes? The greatest power in the universe sits dormant within us just waiting for us to recognize it? Have you ever sensed that who you really are is far greater than what you’re currently experiencing and expressing? Within you […]
QUOTE | Persistence And Determination, are they enough?
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]othing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ~ Calvin Coolidge
SHORT STORY | The Seeker of Truth. Can truth really be found?
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter years of searching, the seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well. ‘Ask the well what is truth’, he was advised, ‘and the well will reveal it to you’. Having found the well, the seeker asked that most fundamental question. And from the depths came the answer, […]