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Drawings by Capucine, with lines from Once Upon a Time, Capucine’s heretofore most famous video. The drawings are currently available for purchase to benefit Edurelief.
“Common sense suggests that ability inspires self-confidence. And it does for a while—so long as the going is easy. But setbacks change everything. Dweck realized—and, with colleague Elaine Elliott soon demonstrated—that the difference lay in the kids’ goals. ‘The mastery-oriented children are really hell-bent on learning something,’ Dweck says, and ‘learning goals’ inspire a different chain of thoughts and behaviors than ‘performance goals.’”
By Marina Krakovsky, discovered via Boing Boing.
“Home for [Ramush] Haradinaj is a plateau called Dukagjin, in extreme western Kosovo, along the mountains of northern Albania, to which culturally it is very similar. It contains perhaps a hundred villages and a few large towns, along with a few - now very few - communities of Serbs. The Albanians are divided into clans and closely knit farming families, among whom the Haradinajs have long stood out. These rural families have never fully submitted to the powers that have claimed the region over time - most recently the Communists, the nationalist Serbs, and the technocrats of the United Nations. Instead, they have largely governed themselves by homegrown rules - a code known as the Kanun, which emphasizes the sanctity of land, blood, and honor. The Kanun serves as a constructive guide to village life, spelling out public and private responsibilities, and, for most infractions, specifying sanctions that are mild. In the case of violent crimes, however, it contains a curious twist: dishonor is believed to lie not with the perpetrator of the crime but with the victim - and indeed with the victim’s entire family. It is said that the family’s blood has been stolen. The family must then reclaim its blood by committing an equal act of violence against any male member of the original perpetrator’s family. This is known in the Kanun as the principle of blood for blood. Given the asymmetries and misinterpretations that inevitably occur, it has led to multi-generational feuds, and vendettas that blossom out of control.”
- William Langewiesche, “House of War,” Vanity Fair December 2008
By Al Farrow, whose Reliquaries collection is made primarily of gun parts, bullets and bones: “I am also perpetually surprised by the historical and continuing partnership of war and religion. The atrocities committed in acts of war absolutely violate every tenet of religion, yet rarely do religious institutions speak against the violations committed in the name of God. Historically, Popes have even offered eternal salvation to those who fought on their behalf (the Crusades, etc.).”
Discovered via { feuilleton }.
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Larry David on how cancer is ruining his life as a bald man.
“The Hidden Cost of War,” an animated film breaking down how our country’s three trillion dollars has and will be spent (research presumably done by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilme). Discovered via Posthuman Blues.
“The FSNUA aims to re-inspire creative thinking and action in everyday people by removing a small barrier and providing encouragement. We give small, unsecured grants in the form of $10-$60 for creative projects thought up on the spot by everyday people. In the past this has included a merchant marine, two 10 year old girls, a US soldier on leave from Iraq, an accordion player from Alaska, and around 40 others. We funded their new paintings, drawings, knitting, and photojournalism projects, and the repair of one accordion. Projects that may not have happened had they not come across 10 people in the park to support and inspire the thought.”
Photo taken outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran. More interpretations of Lady Liberty at WebUrbanist.
