"i am not god enough to keep you like i would / these words are not strong enough to heal you"

[larryhammer]

“When you’re trying to change the world, sometimes the roof collapses,” [Pasternak] said. “It’s normal. It’s absolutely normal.”

As quoted in "Helium Dreams," a profile of modern airship builders.

Viking ships had woolen sails -- large woolen sails specially woven and treated, which required a lot of sheep. Without sheeps, no ships. (via)

Tiny origami on fingertips for scale. More, including "nano-origami" (spoiler: is really more milli-origami). (via)

---L.

Subject quote from "Calls from Springfield," Hillary Scott.

Comments

[thistleingrey.livejournal.com]

Wow, the origami. Do people who work at that scale tend to use bare hands, tweezers, other?

I'd seen the sheep link already, but I've been pondering woolen sails versus the linen made only a smidge south of there across the Baltic Sea. Pondering aimlessly, I must say--I don't even know what I don't know on that topic.

[larryhammer]

Some claim to use bare fingers, but most I've talked to or read about say they use a toothpick or pin to assist. I've sometimes used a narrow mechanical pencil (with the lead retracted) for smaller models.

[topum.livejournal.com]

I wonder how often one decides simply to fix the roof but ends up saving the world in the process.

[larryhammer]

Good question. It may depend on the roof. Or the world.

---L.

[houseboatonstyx.livejournal.com]

I read it as 'wooden sails'. Clack, clack, clatter.

[larryhammer]

Small difference there, yeah.