I live in Amsterdam. I wear interesting socks. www.diligentcandy.comTumblr (3.0; @diligentcandy)http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d8e37fc0368499ab5c769f6424dee753/tumblr_mmizzy57JR1qdy406o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Charcoal and watercolor</p><p><a href="http://diligentcandydotcom.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/charcoal-and-watercolor/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/50003560917http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/50003560917Thu, 09 May 2013 12:04:46 +0200charcoalDrawwatercolor<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3c70ba4ff9703047c9278a933c3e8b62/tumblr_mm0cssvUFO1snlnd6o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ca4e20623142ec3fd8dd066c8f89c0f1/tumblr_mm0cssvUFO1snlnd6o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hyperboreanhorror.tumblr.com/post/49167252531/the-tomb-of-hafez-hafez-is-sometimes-argued-to-be" target="_blank">hyperboreanhorror</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The tomb of Hafez. Hafez is sometimes argued to be the most prolific and popular of all Iranian poets. You’ll rarely ever stumble into an Iranian household and encounter a family that does not have any of his works. </p> </blockquote>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/49667434526http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/49667434526Sun, 05 May 2013 10:59:09 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/37d8d65299caa6917c56ea0387220d01/tumblr_mm7gxlgzfE1rmn484o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/49667404829http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/49667404829Sun, 05 May 2013 10:58:39 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/81c951d9afd9e7c1fd3ca93a636decc6/tumblr_mlv2j737bz1qdy406o1_100.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Top 10 Children’s Apps April 2013</p><p><a href="http://diligentcandy.com/2013/04/26/top-10-childrens-apps-april-2013/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/48923946791http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/48923946791Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:57:07 +0200AppleAppschildrendevelopmentGamesIPadIPhonekidskindergartenlearningspeech therapyToca DoctorToca Kitchenusing technology<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/27aa831c96f69e8dd5abc635319f4af9/tumblr_mlcwsk4lps1qdy406o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>CSAAM April 2013: Touch – A Ghazal</p><p><a href="http://diligentcandy.com/2013/04/16/csaam-april-2013-touch-a-ghazal/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/48127515672http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/48127515672Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:36:20 +0200Republic of the Imagination: Is/Not: republicoftheimagination: By Margaret Atwood Love is not a...http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/48111858763http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/48111858763Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:52:55 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2g5xf1kWZ1rplwgmo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vineeth.in/post/21059032470/a-day-in-the-life-of-india-by-times-of-india" target="_blank">vineethin</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>A day in the life of India</strong><br/>Full page cartoon published by the Times of India </p> </blockquote>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47475446263http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47475446263Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:50:57 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m28571Thv21qhbu2ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://erraticintrovert.tumblr.com/post/47466028054/they-see-everything" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">erraticintrovert</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>They see everything.</p></blockquote>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47475363394http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47475363394Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:49:48 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/30b1bc94982b8ac48eeeeac3cd7e3e1c/tumblr_mkvnomDp991rc9v2no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://macimuvek.tumblr.com/post/47352614200/the-handmaidens-of-sivawara-preparing-the-sacred" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">macimuvek</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span class="userContent">The handmaidens of Sivawara preparing the sacred bull at Tanjore for a festival - Valentine Cameron Prinsep</span></p></blockquote>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47462139032http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47462139032Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:04:21 +0200theflyinglota: After finishing our assigned readings from the Subaltern Studies Collective this...http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47461969294http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47461969294Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:01:20 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcyzybDd8q1ripbcjo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47461945628http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47461945628Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:00:56 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1d0303c8ac8776ab987b8d643f68a6f7/tumblr_miotqhcDgy1qglhc3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fuckyeahbookarts.tumblr.com/post/47355762961/by-rubyetc" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">fuckyeahbookarts</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>(By <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rubyetc.tumblr.com/post/43823014723/i-missed-out-on-an-ikea-trip-today-i-am-not-ok" target="_blank">rubyetc</a>)</p></blockquote>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47451294038http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47451294038Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:01:09 +0200syntaxandsemantics: her eyeswere the clinkof empty glassesbeing bussedback to the bar,his voicewas...http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47448390371http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47448390371Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:37:47 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d2e4c6b48e2303c779d5a598f48aa709/tumblr_mjoh21KIL91s4ptngo2_500.jpg"/><br/> The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/430e87b121423f1caffbc4af47423189/tumblr_mjoh21KIL91s4ptngo1_500.jpg"/><br/> An Apology for Idlers by Robert Louis Stevenson <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2d34776ee18d2381c5ceb1d1f79097e0/tumblr_mjoh21KIL91s4ptngo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9dcf2fad0200d2bfaa3ebbd39be6840d/tumblr_mjoh21KIL91s4ptngo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas de Quincey <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/403a98f4ecdc6fe3afa06bb6803b0fa8/tumblr_mjoh21KIL91s4ptngo5_500.jpg"/><br/> Consolation in the Face of Death by Samuel Johnson <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5db72bca6a0f462b9f67532ac4e2fa54/tumblr_mjoh21KIL91s4ptngo6_500.jpg"/><br/> Of the Abuse of Words by John Locke <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/61a59634d296575373d80efca8570a90/tumblr_mjoh21KIL91s4ptngo7_500.jpg"/><br/> The Executioner by Joseph de Maistre <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6ba908956ea96cab3e2a9cf2b3961f15/tumblr_mjoh21KIL91s4ptngo9_500.jpg"/><br/> Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid by Virginia Woolf<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/40ebdbae24ea206eb37ccec7ae0115c9/tumblr_mjoh21KIL91s4ptngo10_500.jpg"/><br/> Writings of the Zen Masters <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/919a8478ae3ea4c5de4d00578555e6a7/tumblr_mjoh21KIL91s4ptngo8_500.jpg"/><br/> An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment? by Immanuel Kant <br/><br/> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.beautifulbookcovers.com/penguin-great-ideas-iv-design/" target="_blank"><strong>Penguin Great Ideas - Series 4 Book Cover Designs</strong></a></p> <p>Penguin’s <em>Great Ideas</em> series spans 100 slim paperback volumes, each containing a speech, story, essay or excerpt of text that “changed the world”.</p> <p>These minimal, two-colour, typography-heavy designs are the work of David Pearson, with aditions from Alistair Hall, Joe McLaren, Catherine Dixon and Phil Baines.  <a href="http://www.beautifulbookcovers.com/penguin-great-ideas-iv-design/" target="_blank"><em>See the full high-res gallery.</em></a></p> <p><small><strong>More from <a href="http://www.beautifulbookcovers.com/" target="_blank">Beautiful Book Covers</a> on:<br/><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BeautifulBookCovers" target="_blank">Facebook</a> - <a href="https://twitter.com/bestbookcovers" target="_blank">Twitter</a> - <a href="http://pinterest.com/bestbookcovers/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> - <a href="http://www.beautifulbookcovers.com/feed/" target="_blank">RSS</a></strong></small></p> </blockquote>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47448352240http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47448352240Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:36:36 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff0cd9e89a182a00eb8f5fa2cf416ecc/tumblr_mkwfoviCuf1qhlsrfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://gemmacorrell.tumblr.com/post/47387718348/i-forgot-my-comb-but-its-ok-ill-just-use-my" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">gemmacorrell</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://gemma-correll.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/i-forgot-my-comb-but-it-ok-i-just-use.html" target="_blank">I forgot my comb, but it’s OK I’ll just use my fingers. </a></p></blockquote>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47448199923http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47448199923Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:32:03 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0e4dce34fbfbb2772efdaba202136f4d/tumblr_mkw5lt3zkV1qfdlkjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.naomielliott.co.uk/post/47370044343" target="_blank">naomielliott</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>i’ve had enough of these grey skies now…spring, are you in there?</p> </blockquote>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47447971815http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47447971815Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:24:47 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4c232f2d8e75a8e828a33e57be274290/tumblr_minnjvKumF1s5kzilo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://missalsfromiram.tumblr.com/post/47058047119/jahangirs-dream-jahangir-mughal-emperor" target="_blank">missalsfromiram</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Jahangir’s Dream</em> (Jahangir, Mughal Emperor, embraces Abbas the Great, Shah of Iran) - c. 1620</p> </blockquote>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47222212923http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47222212923Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:08:31 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8b8e99ae257f2a19c03ae3e5d0037f75/tumblr_mkqxpkhxRn1qbzztco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mentalexotica.tumblr.com/post/47127257128/to-me-you-are-still-nothing-more-than-a-little" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">mentalexotica</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>“To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world….” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince)</p></blockquote>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47222022231http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47222022231Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:06:01 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9c5b149123f6f46550daee045add74a4/tumblr_mkr1g8Xcqn1qf4xz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://poetryeater.com/post/47133658192/the-quote-i-had-tacked-to-my-board-while-i-was" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">poetryeater</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>The quote I had tacked to my board while I was writing Lit is from Samuel Beckett, and it’s really helpful: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail better.”</p> <p>- Mary Karr, from <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Why-We-Write-Acclaimed-Authors/dp/0452298156/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365109835&sr=8-1&keywords=why+we+write" target="_blank">Why We Write</a></p></blockquote>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47221934851http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47221934851Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:04:53 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/300dda0654f9d8ac2609d7526149bcfd/tumblr_mkriojyRkD1qa4karo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47221667724http://diligentcandy.tumblr.com/post/47221667724Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:01:32 +0200