Day 1,429: patter

The result is that in much of the world the patter of tiny feet is being drowned out by the clatter of walking sticks.

Global fertility has collapsed, with profound economic consequences

Artwork of the day 
Confetti Pattern
Robert Goodnough
Date: 1973
Style: Post-Painterly Abstraction
Genre: abstract

Word of the day 
patter: continuous and sometimes funny speech or talk, especially used by someone trying to sell things or by an entertainer

Quote of the day
“The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems.”
― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living