Vivian Narvaez

Self-taught artist whose works are influenced by her Cuban roots | Interested in interior décor, books, nature, history, science, research, technology

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A Concrete Casita in Austin Does Double Duty as Guesthouse and Gear Storage
dwell - Lauren Jones
Ravel Architecture builds an efficient in-law unit in one family’s backyard out of board-formed concrete and steel. Located in Austin’s historic Hyde Park in the company of 1920s-era bungalows, the Concrete
15 hours ago
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Mexico
Eagle Relief | Toltec | The Met
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This exquisitely carved stone panel, one of a pair given to the museum by the Hudson River School painter Frederic Church in 1893, depicts an eagle …
11 hours ago
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Calligraphy
'Abd al-Qadir Hisari | Calligraphic Galleon | The Met
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Sweeping golden calligraphy forms the hull of this galleon, at sail upon a sea composed of miniscule ghubar (dustlike) script. Referred to as …
Apr 7, 2016
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section from a Qur'an Manuscript | The Met
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Containing Suras 5 through 9, this codex represents the second volume of a seven-volume Qur’an. As a medial volume, it has no colophon, but a few of …
11 hours ago
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Art
Fragment from a Talismanic Scroll | The Met
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Inscription: (across top), in foliated kufic, (in the name of God/ the Merciful, the Compassionate); (in middle of page, later addition), in naskh in …
Jul 11, 2017
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Art
Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif | "The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by |
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Folio from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya of al-Jazari One of the finest surviving examples of Mamluk painting, this manuscript page …
Jul 27, 2016
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Constellations
`Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi | Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi | The Met
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Two Folios from a Manuscript of the Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita This manuscript is a late fifteenth-century copy of the Kitab suwar al-kawakib …
Nov 11, 2017
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Art
Charming Illustrations Reveal How Weird and Wonderful Cats Really Are
My Modern Met - Emma Taggart
If you have a cat, you can probably relate to these funny illustrations by Landysh, one half of creative duo Lingvistov. The ongoing kitty comic purrfectly captures the hilarious day-to-day moments living
16 hours ago
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Prefab Homes
How Tree House Master Pete Nelson Built an Empire in the Woods
dwell - Marissa Hermanson
Now that the TV series “Treehouse Masters” is wrapped, we catch up with builder Pete Nelson to hear the story behind his arboreal empire, and what’s on the horizon. Over the past six years Pete Nelson
1 day ago
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Biological Species
Extraordinary pictures of the most ancient trees on Earth
Gizmodo - Omar Kardoudi
Photographer Beth Moon spent 14 years traveling around the world taking pictures of the most ancient trees on Earth. The resulting photos—printed in …
Jan 2, 2015
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15 Cat Posts To Take Your Week From Blah To Brilliant
BuzzFeed
Featuring the ~incredibly rare~ Ramen Cat™! 1. These two were simply the bestest of friends: 2. This ferocious bb was READY 👏 TO 👏 POUNCE 👏 : 3. The kitties were comin' in nicely this season!!! 4. one
13 hours ago
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Mystery
The Well of Being: An Extraordinary Children’s Book for Grownups about the Art of Living with Openhearted Immediacy
Brain Pickings by Maria Popova - Maria Popova
A lyrical invitation to awaken from the trance of the limiting stories we tell ourselves and just live. “This is the greatest damn thing about the universe,” Henry Miller wrote in his magnificent meditation
Feb 26, 2015
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Philosophy
How to Disappear: The Art of Listening to Silence in a Noisy World
Brain Pickings by Maria Popova - Maria Popova
“There is… the fertile silence of awareness, pasturing the soul… the silence of peaceful accord with other persons or communion with the cosmos,” Paul Goodman wrote in his 1972 taxonomy of the nine kinds
2 days ago
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News
'One Of The Worst Forms Of Evil': More Than 330 Arrested In Child Porn Site Bust
NPR - Merrit Kennedy
More than 330 people have been arrested around the world in a major takedown of a massive child pornography website, which U.S. officials say is among the first to be found using cryptocurrency to carry
1 day ago
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Autism
Gifted Students With Autism Find An Intellectual Oasis In Iowa
NPR - Jon Hamilton
Educators refer to teens like Alex as "twice exceptional." "I have a large degree of skill in almost every subject of learning," says Alex, who is 16. "But I also have autistic spectrum disorder." For
1 day ago
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Culture
18th Century Butts, Moving Statues And Other 'Metropolitan Stories'
NPR - Ari Shapiro , Gustavo Contreras
Every year, millions of people visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It holds thousands of years of art history: Egyptian temples, Renaissance sculptures, iconic 20th century paintings. "For
1 day ago
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Michigan State University
Keeping students safe is a growth industry struggling to fulfill its mission
theconversation.com - John S. Carlson
In the 25 years I’ve spent working as a school psychologist and professor of school psychology, I’ve never seen so much federal, state and local …
1 day ago
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Suicide
I study teen suicide and believe clinical science can predict who is at risk
theconversation.com - Adam Bryant Miller
People often ask me what I do for a living. In the past, I would start with something vague, saying things like “I’m a researcher; I work at the …
1 day ago
Vivian Narvaez
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Instagram
The 24 Most Brilliant Living Room Staging Tips of All Time
apartmenttherapy.com - Kate Streit
The living room is where a lot of life’s best moments happen—parties, Netflix binges and quality family time, just to name a few. Creating a living …
15 hours ago
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Books
Biography claims Susan Sontag was author of her ex-husband's book, Freud: The Mind of the Moralist'
dailymail.co.uk - By Ralph R. Ortega For Dailymail.com
Susan Sontag may have been the real writer behind her husband, Philip Rieff's 1959 book, 'Freud: The Mind of a Moralist,' according to a new …
21 hours ago
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IStock
11 Things We No Longer See In Schools
mentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey
If you ask a fifth grader what a card catalog is, there’s a good chance your question will be met with a blank stare. And while this might make you …
17 hours ago
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Lifestyle (Canada)
The 24-Hour Readathon That Makes Me Fall in Love With Reading On Repeat
bookriot.com - Steph Coelho
If you’re a book lover and haven’t ever participated in a readathon, you’re missing out. Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon is the most hardcore of them all. …
1 day ago
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Culture
The War On Terrorism, Through The Eyes Of 3 Women At The CIA
NPR - Greg Myre
Amaryllis Fox was about to start her senior year in college when the Sept. 11 attacks hit in 2001. The next day, she drove from Washington to New York to see the smoldering rubble. Just a few years later,
1 day ago
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Kindle
Here Are 17 True Crime Books You Should Read ASAP
BuzzFeed
Because non-fiction is always way more scary than make believe. 1. I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara. "You'll be silent forever, and I'll be gone in the dark." Michelle McNamara's I'll Be In
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Innovation
15 Quotes That Will Remind You of the Joy and Power of Books
Inc Magazine - Jessica Stillman
October is National Book Month, and to celebrate I'd love to pass on a timely reminder: reading is amazing. Not only does just about every icon credit a love of books with making them who they are today,
1 day ago
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Books
Eat, Drink And Be Wary: Ex-CIA Agent Reveals How Eateries Are Key To Spycraft
NPR - Nina Martyris
In Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, the taciturn MI6 lothario with the cold eyes and cruel mouth who would go on to become the world's most famous spy muses that the restaurant is key
1 day ago
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Medicine
Study shows why even well-controlled epilepsy can disrupt thinking
stanford.edu
Transient bursts of high-frequency electrical activity in epileptic brain tissue can impair cognition even when no seizure is occurring, Stanford …
16 hours ago
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Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette’s Enduring Mystique
The New York Times - By NAZANIN LANKARANI
PARIS — As queen of France for less than two decades, Marie Antoinette was vilified as extravagant and frivolous. Elaborately coifed and plumed, she embodied all the excesses of the French monarchy. The
1 day ago
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Military History
‘You and What Army?’: How Viktor Leonov Did What Custer Couldn’t
OZY - Eugene S. Robinson
It almost sounds apocryphal (it was not), this idea that if Soviet soldiers during World War II retreated they would be shot — hence their relentless …
1 day ago
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Ancient History
Clothing in the Mongol Empire
ancient.eu - Mark Cartwright
The clothing worn by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th century CE, like most other aspects of their culture, reflected their nomadic lifestyle in the …
2 days ago

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