I call myself Saman, others do too.

So this guy, Warwick Murray, wrote a book and named it the Geographies of Globalisation. In it, he spends an adequate amount of time explaining Anthony Gidden's concept of time-space distanciation. Murray refers to it as the, "stretching of social systems across space and time".

This blog is rooted in the notion of time-space distanciation. Human interactions have increasingly gained distance from time and space, and have consequently become immune to their constraints. Although the notion of time-space distanciation was constructed based on the rise of telecommunications, I find it to stand true for all social systems, particularly those related to media and the arts.

These posts - when they are not unapologetically pretentious or reflecting my infatuations and dissaprovals - demonstrate the connections stuff have with other stuff. A bunch of bull excrements, you say? Well...maybe.
farsizaban:

Qashqai Nomads of Iran
cockwagons:

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
I remember in elementary school we went on a field trip, and we counted tree rings, to determine the ages of the trees. That was really hard. I’m sure a grad student somewhere came up with an easier method.
Woah…these tree rings look like the contour lines in topographical maps. I can’t stop staring. 
secretrepublic:

Rush Hour…

My suggestion is that whenever you have to choose, always choose the unknown, because the known you have already lived. Never miss the unknown. Always choose the unknown and go headlong. Even if you suffer, it is worth it — it always pays.

— Osho (via lashla)
alternative transportation + public transportation