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The Middle Place: Environmentalism, Labor Rights and a Free Market Society

Repost from Wednesday, April 17, 2010:

It's complicated. We want everything to be linear, to sit in neat piles until we have time to sort through them. But that just isn't how things work. I feel like I am in the middle place, maybe you feel the same way too. I believe in capitalism, in a free market society. It is the best system yet for giving human beings liberty to live a free life. I am a proud American. My family has lived the American Dream for as far back as the 1600s. Nobody ever became a scion of society, but we've all gotten by just fine. A few hiccups here and there, but really nothing to complain about.

The Story Of Stuff

This is the best thing you can do with 21 minutes and 36 seconds of your time today.

Happiness and House Hunting in Paradise

via www.realestate.com.au

As I lay in bed tonight dreaming about my new home and what it might be, I am reminded that wherever I hang my hat, it's not really about the place. Happiness isn't something you can move into, or find through creating the perfect color palette. You have to make happiness inside of yourself. That's what real happiness is all about. Nontheless, I can't help but think that this little slice of heaven wouldn't help the happiness along just a wee bit. Agree?

via Desire to Inspire

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Living in Style

(Window by Louis Comfort Tiffany c. 1880 from the American Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Design is how we impose our will on the environment. Good or bad, it's just a matter of opinion, right? With Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram--there sure are a lot of "expert" opinions going around. I think we can all use a fresh take on the art of Interior Design. It's critical to understand the difference between a passing fad and a timeless technique. Particularly if your job is to create living spaces for other people. I'm excited to visit the Met's upcoming exhibit "Living in Style." It opens June 18 and runs through September 18, 2013.