>> Trash bags as citywide eco art intervention. A NY artist is swapping out standard black garbage bags with biodegradable pink polka dot — or otherwise brightly colored — bags. The point: A prettier city, plus a social awareness of the amount of stuff we throw “away.” (via Utne)

>> Daydreams as productive soap operas. In this sense, the content of daydreams often resembles a soap opera, with people reflecting on social interactions both real and make-believe. We can leave behind the world as it is and start imagining the world as it might be, if only we hadn’t lost our temper, or had superpowers, or were sipping a daiquiri on a Caribbean beach. It is this ability to tune out the present moment and contemplate the make-believe that separates the human mind from every other. (via 3qd)

>> IM as therapy AND break-up medium. “Eventually, the grueling process of “breaking up” gave way to the rather static state of “broken up.” We stopped IMing, and his screenname sprouted an addendum in pale gray script that read “Mobile.”"

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