whale.



The Loneliest Whale in the World. In 2004, The New York Times wrote an article about the loneliest whale in the world. Scientists have been tracking her since 1992 and they discovered the problem: She isn’t like any other baleen whale. Unlike all other whales, she doesn’t have friends. She doesn’t have a family. She doesn’t belong to any tribe, pack or gang. She doesn’t have a lover. She never had one. Her songs come in groups of two to six calls, lasting for five to six seconds each. But her voice is unlike any other baleen whale. It is unique—while the rest of her kind communicate between 12 and 25hz, she sings at 52hz. You see, that’s precisely the problem. No other whales can hear her. Every one of her desperate calls to communicate remains unanswered. Each cry ignored. And, with every lonely song, she becomes sadder and more frustrated, her notes going deeper in despair as the years go by. Just imagine that massive mammal, floating alone and singing—too big to connect with any of the beings it passes, feeling paradoxically small in the vast stretches of empty, open ocean.

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brown dress with white dots.

there is something nice about browsing a tumblr that keeps with a theme. when you look at mine its like bllaaaahah because i like too many things and just blog everything i like. brown dress with white dots has a beautiful collection of warm, stark, earthy images. you have to look at the archive to really see the pattern because even though they are all pretty random images they feel like they belong together.

materialistic philosophy.

new tumblr crush! materialisticphilosophy has a great collection of photography, the only downside is that most of the sources are not cited.

" 'I SIT DOWN & PONDER' Upon what, exactly? Maybe the recent outburst of revolution that had struck civilization. To speculate on our beliefs of social alienation and totalitarianism… I dare you to sit, maybe under an oak tree on beautiful Spring’s day my friends. Tell me what it is that you ruminate upon."
-Calvin Kunateh