Monday Musings

Reflections

To fill the hour -- that is happiness. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thinking Green

I read somewhere recently that the length of the average termite is 1/4", seemingly small except when it comes to the mounds they create (also known as "termitaria"), which can be up to 30 feet high. Apparently among some it is providing inspiration for the potential of creating energy efficient buildings and through some creative engineering perhaps even some solutions to such problems as climate change. Check out Peter Miller's new book The Smart Swarm. Be sure to also check out this interesting blog post on Greener Design on how termites inspired architect Mick Pearce's Green Buildings. Click on the photo above to be taken to the post.

Wordless Wednesday - Through My Lens

Portland Headlight by Denise Dion-Sullivan

Monday Musings

The greatest achievement is selflessness.

The greatest worth is self-mastery.

The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the world's ways.
The greatest action is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
~ Atisha~

Reflections

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ~ Alvin Toffler

Thinking Green ~ Eco Love

I found these great pieces of eco friendly, whimsical art on a shop on Etsy from here in New England called Sea Find Designs. This shop is a part of - "Eco Etsy", the Etsy team dedicated to the ideal of "reduce, reuse and recycle" in their art and packaging. Check out other items on Etsy by Eco-Etsy members by searching "Team Eco-Etsy".

Through My Lens - Wordless Wednesday

Low Tide by Denise Dion-Sullivan

Monday Musings

Reflections

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. ~Pablo Picasso~

Thinking Green

Through My Lens - Wordless Wednesday

Sunset at Provincetown ~ Photo by Denise Dion-Sullivan

Monday Musings ~ Hair Wars

In a city where hairstyling is big business, the annual display of salon talent is part art, part entertainment and all attitude. Here is a selection of the best from Detroit's Hair Wars 2010. Photographs by Peter Hapak for TIME Magazine. Click on the photo to be taken to the slide show.

Reflections

Through a painting we can see the whole world ~ Hans Hofmann ~

Thinking Green

Check this out all you college bound, eco minded students - Princeton Reviews Guide to Green Colleges:
The Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges

Through My Lens - Wordless Wednesday: Sea and Fog

photo by Denise Dion-Sullivan

Monday Musings

Reflections

Dreams are necessary to life ~ Anais Nin ~