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Peace is within reach. We just haven't conceptualized it, methinks. Carpe diem, and see you next year!

Much work remains to be done if we are going to critically assess the state of education today. This was also cross-posted on Vijana FM .

I was archiving some photos I had picked up around the Internet over the years, and began wondering - why was it that I wasn't saving the source of the images? Then I thought about texts, and how many pieces of text we come across everyday, and how many of these pieces we actually care to activity seek for its author and not the words on the page. Perhaps reading does give off vibes in ways we don't recognize. Then I came back to the images and realized that if there lies a story in the picture, that story creates a certain intangible vibe that may not have anything to do with who or what created/captured it, or why.

"Show a man too many camel's bones, or show them to him too often, and he will not be able to recognise a camel when he comes across a real one." - Idries Shah

(Courtesy Boston.com ) A man dressed as Santa Claus holds a flare as he wakeboards on a small lake in Hamburg, Germany on December 5, 2010. (REUTERS/Christian Charisius) I've known about the Boston.com "Big Picture" section for a while, but I thought this image was a nice juxtaposition of celebration, nature, and light all at the same time. Hannukah matata ;)

Why don't we see good news in the headlines anymore? Is photojournalism dying? Why is there a problem of transparency with the biggest of the big governments in the world today? Who ever decided to settle in the global north way back when? Why do we learn if we don't foresee an implementation of learned material? Who judges crimes made in the middle of the ocean, and can they really project their power further than their territory? There will be more as this year comes to a close...

"... we are experiencing delays. Thank you for your consideration". I have heard this automated message across at least 3 businesses based in London when trying to contact them by phone. Does this mean that the weather is making us inefficient? If yes, at what point between perfect efficiency and perfect inefficiency do we decide that perhaps humans can (are supposed to?) live elsewhere? Carpe diem, ak

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