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Art can be made with crayons, or it can be made of crayons. Art is different for everyone, but what stays universal is versatility, beauty and a fearlessness to try something new. Opening sequences of movies turned into art? Yes, indeed. Boring old infographics taken to new heights? Sure, we like it. Converse sneakers melting into feet? Sign us up (well, maybe. It’s cool if you don’t look at it for too long). The more you dig into the world of art, the more infinite it seems. Kinda like one of those pretty fractal thingies. Let’s dive in.

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Photoshop Lessons – How To Photoshop Your Gremlin Kids Into A Star Wars Poster
The Dimwit Diary

Well, I don’t know what the deal is with you dimwits, but I have a hundred nieces and nephews.  At least it feels that way. It might as well be a hundred when they’re all gathered for the holidays, running around the house biting and screaming like a bunch of rabid animals.  The worst is, now some of them are into Star Wars.  They’ll go around for hours with their toy lightsabers, hacking away at my shins, and stabbing me in the neck. I swear they’re lucky they’re cute kids, or else I’d take those lightsabers and snap them right in half.  Whoops, sorry about that, young Skywalker.  I’m hungover and trying to take a nap.  Now go bug your parents, and give your uncle a break with the dangblasted lightsabers already.  Cripes almighty.  I hate Star Wars with a passion. Today’s Photoshop lesson, I will teach you how to Photoshop your gremlin kids into a Star Wars poster so that they’ll leave you the crap alone.  With any luck, maybe they

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Notes on Email
DanielNester.com

1. I was going through my old Hotmail account last night. It’s an abandoned email address that was overrun by spam and pornbots because I switched to Gmail and whenever I signed up for anything like spam or porn sites I used my Hotmail address. 2. The old emails still live there, dating back to 2000 or so, tucked into folders called “Personal,” “Home Office,” and “Jobsearch.” I get lost poking around reading these old messages, like the way people go through old photo albums. 3. Here’s an email in the “Freelance” folder for a six-month Medical Writer job in Morris Plains, NJ, which I received on October 25, 2003: The Medical Writer is responsible for generating and preparing Pharmacovigilance safety reports to support the CHC global initiatives. He/She will generate Summary of Safety Documents for Regulatory Authorities, including post-marketing data, Literature reports, and review of previous safety reports. Knowledge of FDA/ICH regulations, strong computer skills i.e., word, excel, a

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Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Makes Heavy-Metal Single To Depict Torture, Abuse in China — Mock State Power
Peace and Freedom

China: The Chinese artist and political campaigner releases a music video for his heavy metal single Dumbass, which reconstructs the 81 days he spent detained by the authorities. Artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei has released a heavy-metal single called “Dumbass’” – meant to reconstruct his 81-day detention in 2011, which was part of an overall crackdown on dissent by the Chinese government. With it he has released a music video showing two emotionless prison guards who watch Ai as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers, and even sits on the toilet, much of it metaphor designed to mock state power. The Telegraph Ai was convicted of tax evasion by China, which his supporters saw as punishment for his activism. “This is dedicated to all those people who do not have the opportunity to raise their voice, who will never be able to raise their voices,” Ai said. “This is not just one generation. In the past 60 years there have been innumerable amoun

Il Mare di Frate Cipolla di fine Maggio
Il Ristoro di Frate Cipolla | Restaurant in Pisa

La Grande Cipolla al largo della Meloria Al Ristoro di Frate Cipolla è arrivata una nuova variazione del vario & variegato antipasto detto il Mare di Frate Cipolla. Stavolta l’Ammiraglio Balestri (il cuoco) ha escogitato quanto segue: Insalatina di cozze, Brandade di baccalà al vino rosso e Seppie con mele e menta Naturalmente, è più che probabile che nelle prossime settimane ci sia qualche nuovo arrangiamento – se ne darà notizia su queste paginette.

TBT: The very first custom handpainted shoe designs
Project Awesome

It’s Throwback Thursday! Back in 2008 when I was just starting out with handpainting and designing shoes. Here’s the very first design sketches.

View on the Sea View
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Divine Image of The Day….
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Human xmas tree
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MIGUEL ORDOÑEZ
Giocondo Express

TERESA NIETO ENTREVISTA A MIGUEL ORDOÑEZ. Teresa Nieto y Miguel OrdoñezMadrid Mayo 2013. Miguel Ordoñez (pintor,artista) esta realizando una accion artistica para una exposicion en la galeria ” La Vaqueria” Madrid,cuya tematica son los Platanos “A MI ME PISO UN PLATANO” Teresa Nieto (T.N)-¿Miguel me quieres a mi mas que ha un platano? Miguel Ordoñez (M.O)-¡Uff,¿Me quieres crear dudas con tu pregunta?……Por supuesto te Quiero a Ti ante todos los platanos. “Esta conversacion es el inicio de una entrevista entre entrevistadora T.N y entrevistado M.O” TERESA Y MIGUEL SON NOVIOS DESDE HACE 33 Años con algunas interucciones;viven en Madrid T.N-¿Porque ese interes por los platanos? M.O- Intento unificar conceptos,en este caso los platanos para desarollar una accion artistica. T.N-¿ A priori la tematica sobre los Platanos conlleva  mucho morbo sexual? M.O- Si es inevitable;la realidad de nuestra vida incluye o contiene como minimo un 10 o 20% de t

A brief interlude fron Zentangle
tabbycattangles

Many thanks to all who are wishing me well with my new business venture.  There is a very kind and su[[prtive article in this week’s Stockport Express which you can read here - http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/artist-angela-cater-finds-new-4001941

The power of art
The Beautiful Collision

“The Christian in the one whose imagination should fly beyond the stars.” Francis A. Schaeffer I recently came across Pope John Paul II’s Letter to Artists, and from the moment I read it I wished I’d discovered it sooner. It’s a beautiful description and proclamation of the role art has to play in the life of Christians. As more and more followers of Jesus use art to express their faith, John Paul II’s words provide inspiration, encouragement and support. Here’s a small section – you can read the full letter here. *** “In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art. Art must make perceptible, and as far as possible attractive, the world of the spirit, of the invisible, of God. It must therefore translate into meaningful terms that which is in itself ineffable. Art has a unique capacity to take one or other facet of the message and translate it into colours, shapes and sounds which nourish the in

Encyclopedic Luanda: Angola at the Venice Biennale
The Culture Trip

The title for the Angola Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale is Luanda, Encyclopedic City; as the organisers state: ‘the Encyclopedic Palace has been given an impossible task: no building can contain a universal multiplicity of spaces, possibilities, and objects. When a building tends towards the encyclopedic, it becomes a city’. The representing artist Edson Chagas questions our perceptions of the city, and the ways in which an inundation of symbols characterises urban life. Read More >>

Deflated : art : florentijn hofman’s giant rubber duck: the aftermath : hong kong
openhouse

after dominating the scenery of victoria harbour just over a week ago, hong kong’s resident yellow rubber duck by dutch artist florentijn hofman - which originally made its debut in 2007 by traveling around the world – took a turn for the worst as it completely deflated overnight. measuring just under six stories, the inflatable sculpture was planned to be on display june 9, 2013. via : designboom     .

Yes, We Love A Great Map
Travel Between The Pages

Marcus Kirby’s London-based cartography firm The Future Mapping Company is developing an international reputation among map geeks and travelers for exceptional maps based on bold color palettes and cutting edge design. This all makes us eagerly await the release next week of Kirby’s new map of New York City’s five boroughs. Not inexpensive at $57, the lithographic purity and silk coated Italian printed paper makes these maps cartographic works of art.

The Cynic and the Boatbuilder by Charles Eisenstein
Artistically UnPoetic

The Cynic and the Boatbuilder Charles Eisenstein Charles Eisenstein will be joined by David Abram for the upcoming Evolver Learning Lab webinar, “What’s the Matter with Matter (and Does it Matter)?” This live, interactive video dialogue will take place on Wednesday, May 22 at 8pm EST/5pm PCT. A few days ago in Stockholm I was walking by the water and was accosted by a youngish man from Ireland who shouted out my name. This is not something that happens to me often – apparently he is among that small subset of humanity that has read my book – so I took this coincidence as a sign to stop and have a conversation. It turned out he was in Sweden on a two-year program for boat-building, learning traditional techniques to build small boats by hand. His story inspired me in several ways. First, here was an intelligent young person is committed to work that offers no possibility of high social status or wealth. Second, he was deeply in service not only to his craft, but to a v

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Words
The new-ness

Whatever those words are, as I will know soon, I know as of now that they are warm and soft and sometimes,  sometimes they put a smile on my face.