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Makes Me Think - MMT - Today's Thought-Provoking Life Stories. The Mavens' Word of the Day. Home. Worthless word for the day : an obscure words refactory. Beautiful Ballerinas Gracefully Dance Across Urban Streets. Photographer Dane Shitagi created the Ballerina Project as an ongoing exploration of the elegant beauty of ballerinas. The project initially began in Honolulu, Hawaii, but has since taken to the city streets of New York, Boston, and Toronto.

Each composition elegantly combines the smooth lines and curves of a ballerina's body, strikingly contrasted with the geometric shapes of busy urban landscapes. Shitagi has developed this ongoing project across 12 years, and he says it's not your typical dance photography project, but rather, "an etching of ballerinas' hearts and emotions. " His beautifully precise subjects are placed softly against the harsh urban surroundings, and each creative juxtaposition is more expressive than the next. If you are interested in these captivating photographs, you can see more of the project here.

Countdown to Nov 13, 2014 12:00 Noon in Sydney. Luciferous Logolepsy. Welcome to Luciferous Logolepsy, a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an "English" word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, derivative, archaic or abandoned words in what we loosely define as the "English Language", that a clear-cut definition seems impossible. For the purposes of this project though, words are included that may stretch any basic definitions. Particular attention has been paid to archaic words, as they tend to be more evocative - as if their very age lends additional meaning or overtones. (To build your own links to words, simply link to the page they are on, and add an anchor to the URL with the word, like this: ) The letters in the menu above link to separate pages with words listed in alphabetical order.

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