Tag Archives: creatives

Nine-year-old Kenyan inventor given national award

Posted on June 2, 2020 by agogo22

Stephen Wamukota came up with a hand-washing machine that helps prevent the spread of Covid-19.   A nine-year-old Kenyan boy who made a wooden hand-washing machine to help curb the spread of coronavirus has told the BBC he is “very … Continue reading →

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BEYOND – animated shortfilm

Posted on June 2, 2020 by agogo22

This is my MA graduation film at MOME. Synopsis: A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out. Also in Earth there are places and situations with strange attraction. … Continue reading →

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Artists Pay Tribute to the Death of George Floyd Through Illustrations | My Modern Met

Posted on June 2, 2020 by agogo22

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrés Guzmán 🌞🇵🇪🌿 (@andresitoguzman) #BlackLivesMatter SARA BARNES People across the world are reacting to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. Those creatively inclined are responding … Continue reading →

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A 20,000-Square-Foot Tribute to Healthcare Workers Emerges at Queens Museum

Posted on June 2, 2020 by agogo22

In the Queens Museum parking lot, Cuban-American artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada (previously) has painted a 20,000-square-foot mural as both an act of gratitude to Latinx healthcare workers, who have risked their own safety to care for others, and a nationwide call to … Continue reading →

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another gorgeous Luly Yang monarch butterfly dress 

Posted on May 31, 2020 by agogo22

02-oct-2014 – another gorgeous Luly Yang monarch butterfly dress Source: another gorgeous Luly Yang monarch butterfly dress | Vestidos locos, Vestido de mariposa, Fotografia de modas

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Tragic Things About Louis Armstrong

Posted on May 30, 2020 by agogo22

Behind Louis Armstrong’s career, success, and fame, there was tragedy. The man nicknamed Pops and Satchmo didn’t have an easy life by any stretch of the imagination, and even as he was taking to the stage and wowing fans, he … Continue reading →

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How to Be Alone

Posted on May 30, 2020 by agogo22

I was struggling with quarantine — until I found the polar explorers. By Sindha Agha. Read the story here: nyti.ms/2LSeiRK

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The Mushroom Hunters: Neil Gaiman’s Subversive Feminist Celebration of Science and the Human Hunger for Truth, in a Gorgeous Animated Short Film

Posted on May 30, 2020 by agogo22

A lyrical journey into the history of our species as the sensemaking animal who hungers for knowledge and advances by love. BY MARIA POPOVA   Every year at The Universe in Verse — the charitable celebration of science through poetry … Continue reading →

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“Singularity (after Stephen Hawking)” by Marie Howe

Posted on May 30, 2020 by agogo22

Poem by Marie Howe. Text and context: brainpickings.org/2020/04/23/singularity-marie-howe-animated Created for The Universe in Verse: brainpickings.org/the-universe-in-verse Produced by SALT Project (saltproject.org) with Maria Popova (brainpickings.org). Original music by Zoë Keating (zoekeating.com). This has been a multi-woman labor of love, with everyone … Continue reading →

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Dried Botanics Pressed into Delicate Fauna Compositions by Artist Helen Ahpornsiri

Posted on May 29, 2020 by agogo22

England-based artist Helen Ahpornsiri (previously) presses delicate flowers and plants into wondrous artworks that depict the colorful diversity of the natural world. By foraging botanics from her garden, Ahpornsiri pieces the dried natural matter together in a manner that’s similar … Continue reading →

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