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I am not afraid of where we're to go

Just look around, think of the things deep below

I am not afraid of what we're to be

Just look around, and let the whole mystery be

Let the whole mystery be...

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NICE

“Out of Words” © The Blam Blams Performed Live at Exit/In, Nashville TN 07.27.18 Theatrical Glam Rock in the style of Queen and Bowie. These star children are the newest faces in the LGBT music scene of Nashville, TN. Do me a favor and help spread the word by giving them a share if you’d be so kind ~ they are planning a tour in the fall in conjunction with the release of their debut, self-titled EP. If you like what you hear, you can follow them on facebook [here], instagram [here], and youtube [here].

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One of my new favorite bands.

How are they not more popular??

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Cr: x

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Stunning.

If you look closely you will see that I only used one type of quadrilateral to make this. 

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Amour-propre

Noun

[a-moor-praw-pruh]

1. self-esteem; self-respect.

Origin: The French compound noun amour-propre, literally “self-love, self-regard,” is associated especially with the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78), but the phrase is found earlier in the works of Blaise Pascal (1623-62) and François de La Rochefoucauld (1613-80). For Rousseau amour-propre is self-love or self-esteem dependent upon the good opinion of others, as opposed to amour de soi, which also means “self-love” but is directed solely toward one’s own well-being and is not dependent upon the good opinion of others. The English lexicographer Henry W. Fowler (1858-1933), in his A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926), acidly comments about amour-propre, “Vanity usually gives the meaning as well, &, if as well, then better.” Amour-propre entered English in the 18th century.

“From the faces round him there fell that glamour by which the amour-propre is held captive in large assemblies, where the amour-propre is flattered.” - Edward Bulwar-Lytton, What Will He Do with It?, 1858

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Fascinating etymology ~

Solecism

Noun

[sol-uh-siz-uh m, soh-luh-]

1. a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.

2. a breach of good manners or etiquette.

3. any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.

Origin: The noun solecism ultimately derives from Greek soloikismós “incorrect use of (Attic) Greek; incorrect use of language” (whether of individual words or in syntax), later “incorrect reasoning in logic,” and finally, “awkwardness.” Soloikismós is a derivative of the adjective sóloikos “speaking incorrectly, speaking broken Greek,” then “having bad manners, in bad taste, awkward.” Sóloikos traditionally derives from Sóloi, a colony on the southern shore of modern Turkey, not far from Tarsus where St. Paul was born. Sóloi, however, was not founded by the Athenians (who spoke Attic Greek) but by the Argives and Rhodians, who spoke Doric dialects. Perhaps whichever Athenian colonists were there originally wound up speaking a mixed dialect, or perhaps the Sóloikoi have been getting an undeserved bum rap for the past few millennia. Solecism entered English in the 16th century.

“…Lee finds in the solecism of “less” for “fewer”—catnip for pedants, and familiar to anyone who has stood in a grocery-store express lane—the inspiration for a beautiful poem about growing old…” - Dan Chiasson, “‘The Undressing’: Poetry of Passion Laid Bare”

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You’re not always fair to me Like I wish you would be He’s the one who left home And I’m the one who stayed

Honest Wage | Penny & Sparrow 

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Guys.

PD Liddle (AKA Peter Liddle, AKA former frontman of legendary band Dry the River) is releasing new music! Check him out–he’s an incredibly talented singer and lyricist.

I’m English to a fault / Some ancient thought still rules my brain / And I can’t complain

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Sometimes I’m like “ancient greek plays are so old, how am i going to relate to the characters?” but then 

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I love mathematics

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Too good ~ Hits hard @ 1:16

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Breathtaking.