In Zen Circles, People Say: "Before I Became A Practitioner, I Saw Mountain As Mountains And Rivers As

Where do stars come from and where do they go?

“It is very poetic to say that we are made from the dust of the stars. Amazingly, it’s also true! Much of our bodies, and our planet, are made of elements that were created in the explosions of massive stars.  Let’s examine exactly how this can be.” (NASA’s Educators’ Corner)

“If Bach is not in Heaven, I am not going!” William F. Buckley, Jr.

人間事常難隨人願， 且看明月又有幾回圓. - Nhân gian sự thường nan toại nhân nguyện, Thả khán minh nguyệt hựu hữu kỉ hồi viên - Chuyện đời thường khó toại lòng người, Đành ngắm vầng trăng sáng đã bao lần tròn.

The Surprising Psychology of Smiling

Natural or fake, each smile tells you something important about its wearer.

(Some science of smiling, certainly not another "how to read (and fake) a smile" article)

“The “science of smiling” as such was initiated by Charles Darwin. He noticed that the cause, consequences and manifestations of smiling is universal whereas many other nonverbal of body language behaviors (like gestures or touch) differ between cultures and are therefore probably learnt. Babies born blind smile like sighted infants. We begin smiling at five weeks: babies learn that crying gets attention of adults but smiling keeps it.“

An analysis of Pokémon GO created with R. OMG They’re so beautiful!!

“I see nice things here:

The cluster are determined by the type of pokemon.

The algorithm keep the chain evolution side by side. You can see charmander, charmeleon, charizard together.

Put steelix, onix and wailord (the most heavy pokémons) together.”

Very good techniques! Brava! Bravissima!

When we look deeply at a flower, we can see the whole cosmos is contained in it - Thich Nhat Hanh