Caitlin Winner

"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:13:07 +0200

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”

- Simone Weil

Dear California, I will never leave you.

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:56:59 +0200

Dear California, I will never leave you.

"Technology appeals to us most where we are most vulnerable"

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:39:06 +0200

“Technology appeals to us most where we are most vulnerable”

- Sherry Turkle Are We Plugged-In, Connected, But Alone? : NPR

Three walks in Palma de Mallorca If you’re looking for a...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:30:23 +0200

The lighthouse at the top of Dragonera

From the top of Dragonera looking down

From the top of Dragonera looking down

The view looking back at Sóller

Walking out of Sóller towards Biniaraix

From the top of l'Ofre

Early morning on the way to Le Trappa monastery.

The view of Dragonera from Le Trappe

Three walks in Palma de Mallorca

If you’re looking for a hiking destination in Europe, go no further than the Tramuntana mountain range in Mallorca. The Germans have discovered Palma, but only a few were wandering around on the “backbone” of the island last weekend. The walking was quiet and the landscape stunning.

Day 1: Sa Dragonera, an dragon shaped island over run with tiny dragon shaped lizards, accessible by the Sant Elm ferry. From the top you can peer over the edge of the north facing cliffs and contemplate your fall.

Day 2: Long Route 221 from Soller to l’Ofre (thanks to a tip from some friendly Norwegians). Beginning in Soller, a small town ringed by mountians, you take an old cobblestone path north through orange and lemon groves eventually coming to the even smaller town of Biniaraix. From Biniaraix begins the climb up steep terraced mountainsides. The orange groves give way to olive groves and the occasional goat as the path crisscrosses mountain streams and waterfalls. From the summit you can see 360 degrees of mountains and ocean.

Day 3: Sant Elm to the Le Trappe monastery. How the monks got there with their tools I’m not sure, but it was not by way of cliff scrambling from Sant Elm. From the monastery you can look back at Dragonera.

"History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the..."

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:53:22 +0200

“History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.”

- Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

Still life with pear

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:30:23 +0100

Still life with pear

We launched Amen’s second app today. It’s called...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:42:39 +0100

We launched Amen’s second app today. It’s called ‘Thanks’ as in, Thanks for the best advice.

https://itunes.apple.com/app/thanks!/id596924087?mt=8

"But when I say the blunt truth is that men run the world, people say, ‘Really?’ That, to me, is the..."

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:57:35 +0100

“But when I say the blunt truth is that men run the world, people say, ‘Really?’ That, to me, is the problem.”

- Sheryl Sandberg “Lean In” Exclusive Interview | TIME.com

"There’s a lot of consuming and devouring and eating in Maurice’s books. And I think that..."

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:49:13 +0100

““There’s a lot of consuming and devouring and eating in Maurice’s books. And I think that when people play with kids, there’s a lot of fake ferocity and threats of, you know, devouring, because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely.”

- Interview: Tony Kushner, Friend Of ‘My Brother’s Book’ Author Maurice Sendak : NPR

Oranges from Tennessee

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:17:16 +0100

Oranges from Tennessee

"An increasingly mechanistic, fragmented, decontextualised world, marked by unwarranted optimism..."

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:15:00 +0100

“An increasingly mechanistic, fragmented, decontextualised world, marked by unwarranted optimism mixed with paranoia and a feeling of emptiness, has come about, reﬂecting, I believe, the unopposed action of a dysfunctional left [brain] hemisphere.”

- Iain McGilchrist

Tiny Ships11x8 inches

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:02:00 +0100

Tiny Ships
11x8 inches

Self Portrait

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:58:56 +0100

Self Portrait

"In the early 1950s, the Betty Crocker Company introduced a cake mix so that people could readily..."

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:26:00 +0100

“In the early 1950s, the Betty Crocker Company introduced a cake mix so that people could readily make excellent tasting cakes at home. No muss, no fuss: just add water, mix, and bake. The product failed. “The cake mix was a little too simple. The consumer felt no sense of accomplishment, no involvement with the product. It made her feel useless.” Betty Crocker solved the problem by requiring the cook to add an egg to the mix, thereby putting pride back into the activity. Adding the egg gave the act of baking a sense of accomplishment, whereas just mixing water into the cake mix seemed too little, too artificial.”

- Donald A. Norman, Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things

We are such sensitive creatures.

One of my favorite young Berlin painters.www.tornielsen.com

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:59:08 +0100

One of my favorite young Berlin painters.
www.tornielsen.com

Ricki’s got a gun.@Amen

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:25:28 +0100

Ricki’s got a gun.
@Amen

Two JarsDesigning not painting today, this one is from last...

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:07:00 +0100

Two Jars

Designing not painting today, this one is from last year.

"I’m super-fascinated by how texting and modern technology have made the early stages of our romantic..."

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:06:37 +0100

“I’m super-fascinated by how texting and modern technology have made the early stages of our romantic interactions frustrating—that roller coaster of emotions you go through when you text some girl you are into, asking about dinner. You don’t hear back for hours, and you are going crazy . Then you look on Instagram, and she’s, like, posting a photo of her dog and you’re like, What the fuck? Why are you Instagramming photos of your puppy, you rude piece of shit? Respond to my text!”

- Aziz Ansari interviews Aziz Ansari [via annie]. (via librarysciences)

Photos of my new urban love, Mexico City.

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:09:13 +0100

Photos of my new urban love, Mexico City.

Sometimes I am proud of humanity.via @hypem

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:45:48 +0100

Sometimes I am proud of humanity.
via @hypem