I’d like to take a Scrooge McDuck swim through these. That, or throw a pool party.

factandaphoto:

Cranberries are harvested as pictured above — the beds are flooded and the floating berries are “wet-picked.” (About 5-10% of cranberries harvested in the United States are “dry-picked.”)

(Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

(via npr)

ghostmodernism:

This is the first time I’ve heard the bit about everyone running away from her at the end. Marina is amazing, brave as hell, and actually quite funny in person. <3forlife. 

billyjane:

Marina Abramović, Rhythm 0, 1974

To test the limits of the relationship between performer and audience, Abramović developed one of her most challenging (and best-known) performances. She assigned a passive role to herself, with the public being the force which would act on her.

Abramović had placed upon a table 72 objects that people were allowed to use (a sign informed them) in any way that they chose. Some of these were objects that could give pleasure, while others could be wielded to inflict pain, or to harm her. Among them were a rose, a feather, honey, a whip, scissors, a scalpel, a gun and a single bullet. For six hours the artist allowed the audience members to manipulate her body and actions.

Initially, members of the audience reacted with caution and modesty, but as time passed (and the artist remained impassive) people began to act more aggressively. As Abramović described it later:

“What I learned was that… if you leave it up to the audience, they can kill you.” … “I felt really violated: they cut up my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the audience. Everyone ran away, to escape an actual confrontation.

photo courtesy of igoyugo , audio available @ MoMA

buttes chaumont.

near the canal st martin.

love this floor.

I got this manicure two weeks ago and it’s still goin strong, y’all. I’m a convert to the reverse French: a lazy woman’s dream come true.

from an abandoned train station in bxl.