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When my uncle was in town a few months ago, he took me to see the Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films at the Carolina Theatre in Durham (A historic theater that shows movies and hosts concerts. A must go if you live here and have never been!). I, along with everyone else in attendance, fell in love with The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, which, with no surprise, won the Oscar. It captures the beautiful, amazement of books.

First, James Dean is sexy on his bike.

Second, I love this film by Andrew David Watson about Adam Cramer, owner and mechanical technician at Liberty Vintage in Philadelphia. Adam revives vintage motorcycles and believes greased-stained hands are few and far between because “our can-do American spirit is being lost.” “Our children don’t know the difference between a flat-head screwdriver and a Phillips; and if  they did know the difference, they wouldn’t know what to do with it anyway.”

All the sounds you hear were created real-time using instruments provided by Mother Nature herself.

via swissmiss

A great video on type graffiti…

This is a combination of several timelapse videos of stars from low earth orbit as viewed from the International Space Station.

“Dedicated to those who dream of exploring the solar system, and those who are sharing their experiences while doing it.”

Music: “Truck out There” by London PM.
Editing: Alex Rivest
Timelapses and images: The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, The Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit).

What are your plans this weekend?! I hope wherever you are, you have amazing weather. Durham has had GORGEOUS and HOT weather the past few days. Spring, you are SO CLOSE! Do something outside this weekend if you are blessed with good weather. My beach volleyball partner and I are playing in our first tournament of the season this Sunday. Hooray! Wish us luck!

In honor of a lovely weekend, here is a lovely video on LOVE!

Such a magnificent video of the connectedness in our universe and beyond. A chaotic, rough existence, but a beautiful one! I feel like this video needs to be a part of my daily morning routine for continuous motivation and inspiration. “The universe is in us…so when I look up [at the stars], I feel big.” “We are participants just by being alive.”