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The tie is one I collected from a Pfizer drug rep when Viagra first came out. For some strange reason, this hopeful guy is the only one I could get to wear it for me!
This Is an illustration based on a quote about optimism, could not find the author of the quote so if anyone knows please give us a shout!
The illustration should hopefully be included in a self published book with all the proceeds going to support those in need. Those are the only details I know, more news soon..
London General route 11: Fulham Broadway, Fulham Town Hall - Liverpool Street Station.
Approaching Liverpool Street Station.
Check out the construction workers smiling towards me and the camera in realisation of what I am photographing. This added to my optimism of route 11 being given Borismasters. I was highly anticipating a nice ride, and other Borismasters that passed me on the route whilst en route Liverpool Street were surprisingly empty so that kind of confirmed to me that the buses would not be packed and horrible like route 24's first day of Borismasters. Note there is no hybrid sticker.
©London Bus Breh 2013.
For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you.
Krzysztof Kieslowski
I could have watched the new season of Orange is the new Black today. I could have seen Kevin Spacey tear it up in House of Cards. Or I could have looked at cars on the internet.
Instead, I went outside and watched this.
I regret nothing.
"life is good" redux.
It's a progress report. I already posted a shot of this fine setup over a year ago and at the time I thought what was there was just a start and was going to get even better and it did. More slogans added to the effect that life is good and beach is all you need. What you see is only a part of the whole thing, there are more flags, more artificial palms, more everything . Basically it is a very localised , confined to a small garden , explosion of optimism.
Which reminded me an old silly joke:
pessimist: "it just can't get any worse!"
optimist: "Oh I am sure it can!"
anyway, apart from enjoying the scene I also thought wouldn't that be fun if I had a spare house next door to this one and lots of time on my hands and money to waste , to setup , merely as an art act , an alternative display "Life sucks"..
IT would be a fine selection of skulls, skeletons, black flags, posters "I wanna die" , "Life is hard but fortunately short", "No future" etc etc , maybe a few stuffed animals you know .
I recon that would be awesome duo.
But sadly I have no spare house next door , no money to waste and basically no spare time, so life basically sucks ..
as for the optimistic lot in this house I am sure they have this tune on repeat:
"I met you up in the garden
You were digging plants, I dug you, beg your pardon
I took a photograph of you in the herbaceous border
It broke the heart of men and flowers and girls and trees"
(Belle and Sebastian)
Sometimes you shoot things that you just like. I don't know why, but the balance just appeals to something.
I like this.
As I understand it, the start of the 1960s was a time of architectural optimism: post-war Britain was being rebuilt for a more aspirational population with greater leisure opportunities. The future was a break from the past: modern and high-rise.
At least that's how I rationalise Arlington House, on Margate seafront: it may seem incongruous to 21st Century eyes, but at the time it made perfect sense; it was even a return to the Art Deco ideals of pre-war seaside developments.
Built in 1963 on reclaimed salt marsh, "Britain's first 'park and buy' shopping centre with luxury flats" featured 52 shops plus a pub and a supermarket, alongside a petrol station and a multi-storey car park for 500 vehicles, all centred on this apartment block.
Constructed with white concrete cladding impregnated with glittery mica particles, the 58m-tall, 18-storey block was divided into 142 apartments. The lobby was detailed in Carrara marble, with a teak-and-brass concierge lodge; the plan even included a theatre, swimming pool, rooftop garden and restaurant, though only the last was realised. Leases were initially short (5-7 years): flats targeting a dynamic, high-turnover market sector rather than long-term family homes.
The immediate problem was that the aforementioned 'aspirational population' soon preferred Mediterranean package holidays to weeks on the north-facing English Channel coast, and Margate never transcended its 'buckets, spades and amusement arcades' image. Neglected high-rise developments also acquired a poor reputation in the UK; Robert Calvert apparently wrote the 1979 Hawkwind song 'High Rise' ("It's a human zoo / A suicide machine") whilst living in Arlington House.
It's fair to say, without judgement, that modern Margate is a run-down seaside resort in a particularly deprived area of the UK. Gentrification of the Old Town and the 2011 opening of the Turner Contemporary art gallery have brought additional sources of revenue, but the very first sight greeting visitors at the railway station is this 1960s tower block. It doesn't help.
I even like Brutalist architecture, and this stepped, wavelike design with huge windows was a great way to give residents both seaward and landward views (and breezes), but the maritime climate is unforgiving and some of those curtains could do with replacement.
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This Optimist Dinghy sailboat was part of a children's sailing lesson fleet which sailed out of Falmouth Harbor to practice drills in Nantucket Sound.
The pessimist will probably view this photo and see a restless person who can't sleep or see the beginning of a brand new day. The optimist will probably view this photo and see the beginning of a brand new day or see a tired person going to get some sleep. How do you see it? Let me know by leaving a comment below.
Day 44 of 365.
This clothesline speaks a lot to me -- cheery, innocent optimism held up against a Cuban world that might not be seen in such light.
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This design was my entry to Spoonflower Optimism Challenge with limited colour palette. Hope you like it :) x
“A Pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
An Optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
“Our brains aren’t just shaped by the past. They are constantly being shaped by our future.”
80% of people describe themselves as optimists. Our brains are wired to see the bright side. Tali Sharot’s TED talk on our collective bias toward optimism went online.
“We are more optimistic than realistic, but we are oblivious to the fact. Take marriage for example. In the Western world, divorce rates are about 40%. But when you ask newlyweds about their own likelihood of divorce, they estimate it at zero percent. Even divorce lawyers. Optimists are not less likely to divorce, but they are more likely to remarry. In the words of Samuel Johnson, “Remarriage is the triumph of hope over experience.”
Some say ‘Happiness correlates with low expectations.’
It’s a good theory, but it turns out to be wrong for three reasons:
1) Whatever happens, whether you succeed or you fail, people with high expectations always feel better, because how we feel — when we get dumped or we win employee of the month — depends on how we interpret that event.
2) Regardless of outcome, anticipation makes us happy.
3) Optimism changes subjective and objective reality. Optimism leads to success. If we expect the future to be bright, stress and anxiety are reduced.”