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1. Measure your world

A big part of studying architecture is learning to see and critically understand aspects of the everyday environment. There’s a lot you can learn about buildings by studying the ones where you live and spend time right now.

2. Get to know your local supply stores

Studio projects often move at such a brisk pace that ordering material online and waiting for shipping is not always an option, so knowing what materials are available in local brick-and-mortar stores will go a long way once you start making design decisions on the fly. Art supply stores are a solid first stop for sheet goods, drawing media and other specialty items like clay and model building tools, but you can also find useful building pieces at hardware stores, big box home improvement chains and even thrift shops.

3. Start a sketchbook

Learning to capture and express visual information through drawings is a huge part of learning the fundamental skills of architecture, and just being comfortable with pencils and paper is a surprisingly helpful first step in developing those skills.

4. Read books by architects

Particularly for students starting school without much experience in the world of architecture, reading books written by architects is a helpful, low-stress way to introduce yourself into the world of buildings and design while also getting a feel for the vocabulary and language that architects use to describe and explain architecture.

5. Go somewhere inspiring

Studying architecture involves a lot of learning about projects through drawings, photographs, models and other means of representation―but there’s no substitute for experiencing architecture in person.

Dead Space artwork 

Which english skyline would you consider impressive, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool?

Nothing against the other cities on the list, but London rules this group in terms of skyline interest and icons!

London Skyline

Liverpool Skyline

Manchester Skyline

Birmingham Skyline

Listen to the silence.

I’ve seen a lot of curious people wanting to dive into classical music but don’t know where to start, so I have written out a list of pieces to listen to depending on mood. I’ve only put out a few, but please add more if you want to. hope this helps y’all out. :)

stereotypical delightful classical music:

battalia a 10 in d major (biber)

brandenburg concerto no. 5

brandenburg concerto no. 3

symphony no. 45 - “farewell” (haydn)

if you need to chill:

rondo alla turca

fur elise

anitra’s dance

in the steppes of central asia (borodin) (added by viola-ology)

if you need to sleep:

moonlight sonata

swan lake

corral nocturne

sleep (eric whitacre) (added by thelonecomposer)

if you need to wake up:

morning mood

summer (from the four seasons)

buckaroo holiday (if you’ve played this in orch you might end up screaming instead of waking up joyfully)

if you are feeling very proud:

pomp and circumstance

symphony no. 9 (beethoven; this is where ode to joy came from)

1812 overture

symphony no. 5, finale (tchaikovsky) (added by viola-ology)

american (dvořák)

if you feel really excited:

hoedown (copland)

bacchanale

spring (from the four seasons) (be careful, if you listen to this too much you’ll start hating it)

la gazza ladra

death and the maiden (schubert)

if you are angry and you want to take a baseball bat and start hitting a bush:

dance of the knights (from the romeo and juliet suite by prokofiev)

winter, mvt. 1 (from the four seasons)

symphony no. 10 mvt. 2 (shostakovich)

symphony no. 5 (beethoven)

totentanz (liszt)

quartet no. 8, mvt. 2 (shostakovich) (added by viola-ology)

young person’s guide to the orchestra, fugue (britten) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

symphony no. 5 mvt. 4 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)

marche slave (tchaikovsky) (added by eternal-cadenza)

if you want to cry for a really long time:

fantasia based on russian themes (rimsky-korsakov)

adagio for strings (barber)

violin concerto in e minor (mendelssohn)

aase’s death

andante festivo

vocalise (rachmaninoff) (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

if you want to feel like you’re on an adventure:

an american in paris (gershwin)

if you want chills:

danse macabre

russian easter overture

egmont overture (added by shayshay526)

if you want to study:

eine kleine nachtmusik

bolero (ravel)

serenade for strings (elgar)

scheherazade (rimsky-korsakov) (added by viola-ology)

pines of rome, mvt. 4 (resphigi) (added by viola-ology)

if you really want to dance:

capriccio espagnol (rimsky-korsakov)

blue danube

le cid (massenet) (added by viola-ology)

radetzky march

if you want to start bouncing in your chair:

hopak (mussorgsky)

les toreadors (from carmen suite no.1)

if you’re about to pass out and you need energy:

hungarian dance no. 1

hungarian dance no. 5

if you want to hear suspense within music:

firebird

in the hall of the mountain king

ride of the valkyries

night on bald mountain (mussorgsky) (added by viola-ology)

if you want a jazzy/classical feel:

rhapsody in blue

jazz suite no. 2 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)

if you want to feel emotional with no explanation:

introduction and rondo capriccioso

unfinished symphony (schubert)

symphony no. 7, allegretto (beethoven) (added by viola-ology)

canon in d (pachelbel)

if you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:

st. paul’s suite

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

l’arlésienne suite

concierto de aranjuez (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

pieces that don’t really have a valid explanation:

symphony no. 40 (mozart)

cello suite no. 1 (bach)

polovtsian dances

enigma variations (elgar) (added by viola-ology)

perpetuum mobile

moto perpetuo (paganini)

pieces that just sound really cool:

scherzo tarantelle

dance of the goblins

caprice no. 24 (paganini)

new world symphony, allegro con fuoco (dvorak) (added by viola-ology​)

le tombeau de couperin (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

carnival of the animals (added by shadowraven45662)

if you feel like listening to concertos all day (I do not recommend doing that):

concerto for two violins (bach)

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

violin concerto in a minor (vivaldi)

violin concerto (tchaikovsky) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

violin concerto in d minor (sibelius) (added by eternal-cadenza)

cello concerto in c (haydn)

piano concerto, mvt. 1 (pierne) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

harp concerto in E-flat major, mvt. 1 (added by iwillsavemyworld)

and if you really just hate classical music in general:

4′33″ (cage)

a lot of these pieces apply in multiple categories, but I sorted them by which I think they match the most. have fun exploring classical music!

also, thank you to viola-ology, iwillsavemyworld, shayshay526, eternal-cadenza, tropicalmunchakoopas, shadowraven45662, and thelonecomposer for adding on! if you would like to add on your own suggestions, please reblog and add on or message me so I can give you credit for the suggestion!

PARADISE.....

Alonso , Gutierrez  Melbourne 2016

Cómo escapar del monzón por el Sudeste Asiático mes a mes:

http://www.traveler.es/viajes/al-natural/articulos/huyendo-del-monzon-en-el-sudeste-asiatico/6968

When you’re tempted to give up… don’t let the devil fool you. This is the time when you need to push harder in prayer and stand firm in faith. You’re nearer than you think.

(via i-walkbyfaith)

Amen!!

"You can't blame gravity for falling in love"

-Albert Einstein

Dime y lo olvido, enséñame y lo recuerdo, involúcrame y lo aprendo.

Benjamin Franklin (via elcielosobremi)

You’re called to be a leader in this generation. Jesus is calling you to be a leader. You’re not along for the ride in society. You CAN make a difference and change things, you are not called to follow in your generation, you’re called to lead. You need to be bold and lead..just step out. What you’re doing is really going to shift things. Gods called you to lead nations. Its not enough to have a calling, you have to say yes. Many are called, few are chosen, because only a few say yes. You get chosen by saying yes. Lets lead a whole generation to Jesus. When He calls you, He’s asking for your entire life, how much are you willing to sacrifice? It’s the most hardcore thing in the world to truly follow Jesus. Don’t be worried about offending people. Be bold about standing up for what you believe in. Count the cost, cause Jesus requires everything. Salvation is a free gift but it’ll cost you your entire life. God doesn’t want 10% of your stuff and yourself; he wants EVERYTHING. If your Christianity hasn’t cost you anything, then it’s not worth anything. God doesn’t barter. God shows up and wants everything from you, you need to be willing to lay everything down. Are you saying yes to surrendering your entire life? There’s no negotiating with God. It’s all His, so why are you trying to keep some for yourself? At the end of your life you won’t say that you wish you had lived for yourself, you’ll say that you wished you had given Him more. Jesus is what you get in return for surrendering everything! It doesn’t matter how much you have, you may think it’s not enough, but it is, and Jesus wants all of it. He will impact the multitudes through you, if you’re willing. The foundation of a revivalist is a secret place lifestyle, it’s intimacy with God. You’ve gotta make sure that your foundation is your relationship and intimacy with Him in the secret place. What goes on in the beginning affects the outcome and the final product greatly. The first calling is to simply be with Jesus. - Banning Liebscher

Muy verdad.

Exacto.

23 Emotions people feel, but can’t explain

Sonder: The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.

Opia: The ambiguous intensity of Looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable.

Monachopsis: The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.

Énouement: The bittersweetness of having arrived in the future, seeing how things turn out, but not being able to tell your past self.

Vellichor: The strange wistfulness of used bookshops.

Rubatosis: The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.

Kenopsia: The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet.

Mauerbauertraurigkeit: The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like.

Jouska: A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.

Chrysalism: The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.

Vemödalen: The frustration of photographic something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist.

Anecdoche: A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening

Ellipsism: A sadness that you’ll never be able to know how history will turn out.

Kuebiko: A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence.

Lachesism: The desire to be struck by disaster – to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire.

Exulansis: The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it.

Adronitis: Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone.

Rückkehrunruhe: The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness.

Nodus Tollens: The realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore.

Onism: The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time.

Liberosis: The desire to care less about things.

Altschmerz: Weariness with the same old issues that you’ve always had – the same boring flaws and anxieties that you’ve been gnawing on for years.

Occhiolism: The awareness of the smallness of your perspective.

“Ballerina and Flowers"

Photographer: Yulia Artemyeva Model: Marina Mastyka

No todas las miradas son iguales en todos los puntos!!

No todas las miradas so iguales en todos los puntos.

http://www.fubiz.net/2014/10/17/highline-suspended-hammocks/highline-suspended-hammocks-2/

LindA

Lo lindo de decirte Linda,

es que me encanta hacer volver

al adjetivo, tu nombre:

Lo lindo de escucharte,

es que tu boca es linda…

lo de mirarte,

es que tu mirada habla…

…Siempre dices eso

que tu corazón tiene,

Y se ve aquello

de lo que tu alma muestra.

y entonces lo lindo de linda

no es lindo,

ni tampoco diciendolo

revela lo intenso… de lo lindo;

ni siquiera insistiendo,

ni escribiendo,

muestra lo certero

de lo vivo de ello.

Pero al menos la idea vaga

es objetiva y te vivífica

mostrandote tal cual es,

más alla de lo que todos ven.

Pues lo lindo de Linda,

es que todos ven,

eso que nadie sabe,

sobre tu sabor

Y tu piel.

el de tu alma,

cuerpo y corazón.

Es lo lindo,

tu boca lo habla,

tu mirada lo muestra,

tu piel lo refleja..

Las sonrisas que muestras,

las miradas que hablas,

los abrazos que dejas;

…es lindo,

lo Linda que eres.

If you feel like God is breaking you, He is making you.

Mycha Antonio (via everlastingjesus)

Beauty and beastly...

“For the birds.”