backroads bob
@bobkochan.bsky.social
Rural dwelling labourer, layman and contemplative.
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How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers & Writers Have Always Known
How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers & Writers Have Always Known
Image via Diego Sevilla Ruiz
A certain Zen proverb goes something like this: 'A five year old can understand it, but an 80 year old cannot do it.' The subject of this riddle-like saying has been descr...
www.openculture.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers & Writers Have Always Known
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Vasily Kandinsky, Small Worlds IV (Kleine Welten IV) from Small Worlds (Kleine Welten), 1922 #museumarchive #vasilykandinsky
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Vasily Kandinsky, Small Worlds IV (Kleine Welten IV) from Small Worlds (Kleine Welten), 1922 #museumarchive #vasilykandinsky
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The world’s vast and strange, Hara, but no vaster and no stranger than our minds are.
October 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The world’s vast and strange, Hara, but no vaster and no stranger than our minds are.
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Two Paddles Crossed
Leah Dorion ~ Métis
c. 2012
Leah Dorion ~ Métis
c. 2012
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Two Paddles Crossed
Leah Dorion ~ Métis
c. 2012
Leah Dorion ~ Métis
c. 2012
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The Great Work isn’t done in a temple or a cave.
It’s done while washing dishes.
Folding clothes.
Living life.
Presence turns the ordinary into alchemy.
It’s done while washing dishes.
Folding clothes.
Living life.
Presence turns the ordinary into alchemy.
June 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The Great Work isn’t done in a temple or a cave.
It’s done while washing dishes.
Folding clothes.
Living life.
Presence turns the ordinary into alchemy.
It’s done while washing dishes.
Folding clothes.
Living life.
Presence turns the ordinary into alchemy.
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No one, no matter how strong or wise or great, can rightly own and use another.
October 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
No one, no matter how strong or wise or great, can rightly own and use another.
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Might fuck around and
Study the temporary
Name “Buddha” and chill
Study the temporary
Name “Buddha” and chill
September 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Might fuck around and
Study the temporary
Name “Buddha” and chill
Study the temporary
Name “Buddha” and chill
Could be fun.
'Ejection seat' by Cornelia Konrads, contemporary German artist, known for her land art and site-specific art installations #womensart #Saturday
September 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Could be fun.
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Is sharing too much of a threat to the global economy, or too small to make a difference?
Both critiques are trapped in the mindset of scale. As if everything has to or is going to happen all at once.
It doesn’t.
📺 Watch, stream, and subscribe Team Human now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGF...
Both critiques are trapped in the mindset of scale. As if everything has to or is going to happen all at once.
It doesn’t.
📺 Watch, stream, and subscribe Team Human now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGF...
Borrow a Drill, Save the World | Team Human Podcast w/ Douglas Rushkoff Ep. 333
YouTube video by Douglas Rushkoff
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September 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Is sharing too much of a threat to the global economy, or too small to make a difference?
Both critiques are trapped in the mindset of scale. As if everything has to or is going to happen all at once.
It doesn’t.
📺 Watch, stream, and subscribe Team Human now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGF...
Both critiques are trapped in the mindset of scale. As if everything has to or is going to happen all at once.
It doesn’t.
📺 Watch, stream, and subscribe Team Human now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGF...
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Gregorian Voices: An Online Interactive Chant Generator [also available as a free app] mynoise.net/NoiseMachine...
September 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Gregorian Voices: An Online Interactive Chant Generator [also available as a free app] mynoise.net/NoiseMachine...
Who doesn’t love a good story?
August 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Who doesn’t love a good story?
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“Zen doesn’t answer questions, it dissolves them.”
— Barry Magid
— Barry Magid
August 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“Zen doesn’t answer questions, it dissolves them.”
— Barry Magid
— Barry Magid
August 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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“Noise exposure has also been linked to a range of long-term health effects, including heart disease and diabetes – and noise-sensitive people may suffer the most from mental health impacts.”
✍️ @katarinazimmer.bsky.social, BBC Future
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
✍️ @katarinazimmer.bsky.social, BBC Future
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
How noise sensitivity disrupts the mind, brain and body
Though noise sensitivity is often dismissed by doctors, it can have long-term effects on our mental and physical health.
www.bbc.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“Noise exposure has also been linked to a range of long-term health effects, including heart disease and diabetes – and noise-sensitive people may suffer the most from mental health impacts.”
✍️ @katarinazimmer.bsky.social, BBC Future
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
✍️ @katarinazimmer.bsky.social, BBC Future
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Paul Klee
“Strong Dream” 1929
“Strong Dream” 1929
August 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Paul Klee
“Strong Dream” 1929
“Strong Dream” 1929
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Man stranded on desert island regrets bringing favourite album instead of flare gun
Man stranded on desert island regrets bringing favourite album instead of flare gun
Clarke admits that in retrospect his supply kit may have overprioritized early 2000s hard rock albums over basic medicine.
www.thebeaverton.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Man stranded on desert island regrets bringing favourite album instead of flare gun
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Mary Quant (1930-2023), British fashion designer and fashion icon who was pivotal the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements #WomensArt
July 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Mary Quant (1930-2023), British fashion designer and fashion icon who was pivotal the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements #WomensArt
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Emiliano di Cavalcanti (Brazilian, 1897-1976)
“Carnaval” 1946
“Carnaval” 1946
July 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Emiliano di Cavalcanti (Brazilian, 1897-1976)
“Carnaval” 1946
“Carnaval” 1946
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BEYOND LOCAL: 'Talk to each other': Alberta public art installation up for global award
'Talk to each other': Alberta public art installation up for global award
The installation consists of 13 pastel coloured, vintage-inspired telephones strewn throughout a park. Connected like an intercom, picking up one telephone causes another to ring on the other side of the park.
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July 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
BEYOND LOCAL: 'Talk to each other': Alberta public art installation up for global award