Katy Perry in a Zac Posen red duchess-satin strapless dress over a cream Blumarine dress with lace detail.
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz
This world, such as it is, is not tolerable. Therefore I need the moon, or happiness, or immortality, I need something which is perhaps demented, but which is not of this world.
[Here there is an altar made of sand.] It dismantles
no less than itself to please the sea.
no less than itself to please the sea.
Once you pass a certain age, life becomes nothing more than a process of continual loss. Things that are important in your life begin to slip out of your grasp, one after another, like a comb losing teeth. And the only things that come to take their place are worthless imitations.
Haruki Murakami (via likeafieldmouse)
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Photographed by Annie Leibovitz
Cruel Summer- July 2013/ Styling by: Rita Liefhebber/ Photography by: Andrew Soule
Model wears Eres bathing suit; Tom Ford sunglasses; Marion Vidal necklace; Robert Lee Morris cuff.
Background noise creates a distraction, but balance is key. A moderate level of background noise creates just enough distraction to break people out of their patterns of thinking and nudge them to let their imagination wander, while still keeping them from losing their focus on the project all together. This distracted focus helps enhance your creativity. The study’s authors explain that ‘getting into a relatively noisy environment may trigger the brain to think abstractly, and thus generate creative ideas.’
Research suggests the right amount of ambient noise increases creativity – which makes sense, considering the unconscious processing phase of ideation. (via explore-blog)
