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Strength & Vulnerability | Edge of Humanity Magazine
Artwork By Ava Sol Ava photo series “Unite” marries fine art self portraits with plants with inspired lines to show the unity between humans and nature, sexuality and spirituality. The photographs depict the strength and the vulnerability of the human body, … Continue reading
An elderly couple goes on a date to a museum, then explores love new and old. | Wish You Were There
Tom and Ingrid, an elderly man and woman, meet up at an art museum and then wander about. It’s their first date, and their conversation is filled with the sharing of interests and ideas… and those first “butterfly” moments of … Continue reading
Fossil fuel companies know how to stop global warming. Why don’t they? | Myles Allen
Take action on climate change at http://countdown.ted.com. The fossil fuel industry knows how to stop global warming, but they’re waiting for someone else to pay, says climate science scholar Myles Allen. Instead of a total ban on carbon-emitting fuels, Allen … Continue reading
A Portrait of the Covid-19 mRNA Vaccine | Kottke
Artist and biologist David Goodsell has done a painting of the Covid-19 mRNA vaccine. The vaccine structure is highly idealized, with spike mRNA in magenta, lipids in blue, and PEG-lipid in green. The background is blood serum or lymph. Both … Continue reading
From Mad Men to Henri Cartier-Bresson :: What can composition do?
Composition is arguably the most important tool in telling a story. Everything in a photo is important to that message. The placement of objects and proximity is important. Relationships of shapes have meaning. This is the most important skill you … Continue reading
Artist Highlights Intricate Leaf Cut-Out Art by Holding To the Sky
Can you be-leaf the detail? Talented paper artists from around the world use fine blades to cut out detailed designs from blank sheets. Kazakhstan-based artist Kanat Nurtazin creates his amazing artwork this way, albeit on a more unconventional material. Instead, … Continue reading
A Flurry of New Notebooks from Field Notes Features 99,999 Unique Snowflake Designs
U.K.-based artist Brendan Dawes channels the infinite crystalline shapes of snowflakes in a new collaboration with Field Notes. For its 49th limited-edition series, the Chicago-based notebook manufacturer tasked Dawes with designing an algorithm that mimics the atmospheric process that forms … Continue reading
A brief history of Letchworth Garden City
Discover how Letchworth Garden City, the world’s first Garden City, came to be founded, the principles behind its unique planning and development, and the influence it has had in shaping the Garden City movement globally.