fuck that shit

Known only [by a few] as “A rcadion” probably more to do with protecting himself from authorities rather than a ‘Banksy-esque’ gimmick.

The mysterious street artist behind these works has been scrawling Dubai’s walls with thought provoking sarcasm and clearly critical phrases directed at the city’s characteristic lack of ethics, morals, and  infamy of it’s glamourous mask.

Check out more of his stuff as it is documented by some friends from the ‘art crowd’ here; – http://arcadiaon.tumblr.com/

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there’s a teacher at my school who has a copy of the Declaration of Independence taped to his door. Seeing as it was my last day, I decided to steal it and replace it with a photo of Nick.- jakeralphio:

As I Develop The Awakening Mind I Praise The Buddha As They Shine
I Bow Before You As I Travel My Path To Join Your Ranks,
I Make My Full Time Task
For The Sake Of All Beings I Seek
The Enlighted Mind That I Know I’ll Reap
Respect To Shantideva And All The Others
Who Brought Down The Darma For Sisters And Brothers
I Give Thanks For This World As A Place To Learn
And For This Human Body That I’m Glad To Have Earned
And My Deepest Thanks To All Sentient Beings
For Without Them There Would Be No Place To Learn What I’m Seeing
There’s Nothing Here That’s Not Been Said Before
But I Put It Down Now So I’ll Be Sure
To Solidify My Own Views And I’ll Be Glad If It Helps
Anyone Else Out Too
If Others Disrespect Me Or Give Me Flack
I’ll Stop And Think Before I React =
Knowing That They’re Going Through Insecure Stages
I’ll Take The Opportunity To Exercise Patience
I’ll See It As A Chance To Help The Other Person
Nip It In The Bud Before It Can Worsen
A Change For Me To Be Strong And Sure
As I Think On The Buddhas Who Have Come Before
As I Praise And Respect The Good They’ve Done
Knowing Only Love Can Conquer In Every Situation
We Need Other People In Order To Create
The Circumstances For The Learning That We’re Here To Generate
Situations That Bring Up Our Deepest Fears
So We Can Work To Release Them Until They’re Cleared
Therefore, It Only Makes Sense
To Thank Our Enemies Despite Their Intent
The Bodhisattva Path Is One Of Power And Strength
A Strength From Within To Go The Length
Seeing Others Are As Important As Myself
I Strive For A Happiness Of Mental Wealth
With The Interconnectedness That We Share As One
Every Action That We Take Affects Everyone
So In Deciding For What A Situation Calls
There Is A Path For The Good For All
I Try To Make My Every Action For That Highest Good
With The Altruistic Wish To Achive Buddhahood
So I Pledge Here Before Everyone Who’s Listening
To Try To Make My Every Action For The Good Of All Beings
For The Rest Of My Lifetimes And Even Beyond
I Vow To Do My Best To Do No Harm
And In Times Of Doubt I Can Think On The Dharma
And The Enlightened Ones Who’ve Graduated Samsara

Brian McKnight wants to show you how your pussy works. If you’re ready to learn.

It’ll be Spring when I do my thing. I can just tell.
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I.
I’m feeling disparate and desperate,
Crushed and shattered like
A pretty broken seashell
Slicing into the soft part of
Your foot. I mean, my foot, or -
No! See? This is exactly what
I’ve been talking about! I can’t
Stay The Fucking Course!
I veer, sway, drift, lean, swerve,
And generally lose my whereabouts.
I look for a metaphor for myself,
And end up confusing myself
To a point that the endeavor itself
Becomes pointless.

II.
Sweet Isis release me!

For every God’s sake, please let me find my stride! All this stumbling about has got me to thinking that I lack complete faith or true conviction in my wherewithal to navigate this path.

Though I’m starting to think that I might possibly make it easier on myself if I considered my spiritual way as some kind of water thoroughfare rather than a road or freeway. I like to swim, I enjoy the added risk of drowning, and I’m decidedly more intrigued by the unknown treacheries of a liquid voyage than I am by the comparatively tame hazards that might befall a landlocked or dryskinned traveller.

So down the mountaintop we will go, springing forth with a soft trickling of melted ice over smooth stones and into deep gorges where we will collect and cling to one another and gather speed until we are rushing off cliffs, falling and churning ever downward until the mountain is done. Then we will babble through sweet green valleys past the freshest groves and glens where fairies give birth to gods beneath all the trees. Slowly we will drift by the pines and willows that bear the scraped scars of unseen beasts. And once through the forest we will spread out into a wide lake around which there will be a giant wall made by men, and we will go from that place into the human world. Through pipes, valves, pumps, faucets, spigots, nozzles, drains, and sewers we will see new and different beasts, more beautiful, but stranger and with sharper claws than anything we saw on the mountain or in the jungle. But we will never stop moving, and we will finally leave that city and find the taste of salt in our open mouth. We will become the ocean. We will find ourselves floating at last in the belly of God’s mother, at the inconceivable foot of all things that ever were.

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If I ever do it right, I suspect it will look something like that. Metaphorically speaking, of course.

From CNN:

(CNN) – Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48, representative Kristen Foster said Saturday night.

The cause of death and where she died were not immediately known.

According to her official website, Houston, who struggled with addiction problems over the years, sold more than 170 million albums, singles and videos over her career.

Houston was set to appear in this year’s “Sparkle,” a remake of the 1976 hit, which was loosely based on the story of The Supremes. It was her first movie role since 1996’s “The Preacher’s Wife.”

Her body of work includes seven straight Billboard No. 1 hits in the 1980s, including “Saving All My Love for You,” “Greatest Love of All” and “Where Do Broken Hearts Go.” Billboard puts her soundtrack to the movie “The Bodyguard” as one of the top 10 biggest-selling albums of all time. She also starred in the film.

The daughter of singer Cissy Houston, Whitney was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. Famed music producer Clive Davis reportedly spotted Houston 20 years later in a New York nightclub, signing her on the spot, according to her website.

Her rendition of the national anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl, days into the first Persian Gulf War, earned raves and cemented her place in the American musical landscape.

After “The Bodyguard,” Houston went on to appear in several more films in the 1990s, including “Waiting to Exhale.”

In 2000, Houston earned her sixth Grammy for best female R&B performance and, a month later, she was named female artist of the decade at the “Soul Train” Music Awards.

Her career stalled, however, in subsequent years as she entered rehab for addiction problems.

In May 2011, Houston got help for her much-publicized struggle with drugs and alcohol, her representative said at the time.

The actor unveiled his lookalike at Musee Grevin in Paris on Sunday.

Mark Wahlberg has apologized after saying things may have turned out differently if he had been on one of the planes that crashed on 9/11.
In a magazine interview, he said: “If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, ‘OK, we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry.’”
One widow of a 9/11 victim had called the comments “disrespectful". (BBC)

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