but does it float

Earth is a flower and it's pollinating

Illustrations by Hiroshi Manabe
Title: Neil Young

From the 2001 retrospective book Stroll Into Imagination. Also see a small feature on A Journey Round My Skull

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The difference between the almost-right word and the right word is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning

Excerpts from the Kazuraki Type Specimen Book
Title: Mark Twain

Japanese typeface designed by Adobe’s Type Engineering Team in Japan

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I know you’re tired and your shoes are filled with sand but I’ll take you anywhere you want to go

Design work by Kazumasa Nagai
Title: Opal

“If I were not able to relate to society by design, I’d likely be living under a bridge somewhere.”—Nagai

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And I see them in the streets, And I see them in the field, And I hear them shouting under my feet. And I know it’s got to be real

Time-lapse photos of fireflies by Tsuneaki Hiramatsu
Title: Led Zeppelin

Via Wired

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Everything acquires a kind of halo which is not imaginary

Works by Koichi Sato
Title: Clarice Lispector

“In a state of grace, one sometimes perceives the deep beauty, hitherto unattainable, of another person. And everything acquires a kind of halo which is not imaginary: it comes from the splendor of the almost mathematical light emanating from people and things. One starts to feel that everything in existence—whether people or things—breathes and exhales the subtle light of energy. The world’s truth is impalpable.”—Clarice Lispector

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