Thursday, June 30, 2011

Erin McGuire's adventures in blue

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Last May I did a post about Erin Mcguire's work at the moment I found her blog and was spelled by her art.I went back and was enchanted again and as it's always hard to chose two in a good collection I decided for these because I love blue. At least there is a criterion not very orthodox but a criterion....
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Blue sky of Malaysia

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Let's end the month with shades of blue of Malaysian sky. Photo by kymioflar...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Miami Beach police caught on tape killing Afro-American and threatening eyewitness

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I first watched it at Al Jazeera but they don't have the embed option.For the moment I keep hearing Narces Benoit, the eyewitness who taped on his cell-phone and put the smart card in his mouth, saying:"They're gonna kill this man, Oh my God"/ "They're gonna kill this man."/ "Oh My God,...
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It's not that hard to say... guess what?

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Fail: Hella Heaven's fail series

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Fourth Hella Heaven's Fail series.(Click to enlarge: Rainbow with 6 colo...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

Tessellation or tiling by M. C. Escher

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Wikipedia:"A tessellation or tiling of the plane is a pattern of plane figures that fills the plane with no overlaps and no gaps. One may also speak of tessellations of parts of the plane or of other surfaces. Generalizations to higher dimensions are also possible. Tessellations frequently appeared...
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Sunday, June 26, 2011

"She dreamt of Love" by Lavanya Naido: discovering the quilling capabilities

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I never heard about quilling:"Quilling, the coiling and shaping of narrow paper strips to create a design, has been around for years — hundreds, in fact. During the Renaissance, nuns and monks would roll gold-gilded paper remnants trimmed during the bookmaking process, and use them to decorate religious...
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

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Hi King! What's up? I'm sure you are at peace. Hard times here, yes it was. But you did it shine ey...
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Macarena: surely you know it!

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Click the music and listen a little. Have a great Saturd...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Gardasil victims: when medicine kills or make people sick because of money

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I cannot pretend I didn't see this video. We are being diagnosed and prescribed drugs by the pharmaceutical industry and not physicians.This is the reason for prescribing Gardasil:$1,200 each injectionPromotional Price $3,000 (3 injections)$1400 each injectionPromotional Price $3,000 (3 injections)The...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Representing books: William Barnett and Jan D. de Heem

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Right: Music and Literature, 1878, by William BarnettLeft: Still Life of Books, 1628, by Jan Davidsz de HeemAlthough these two paintings are separated by two centuries they have a lot in common. The right one depicts books and some objects we cannot quickly recognize as being part of our lives and we...
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Paintings that reproduce reality will never stop amazing. Why?

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These are not photos, they are acrylic painting by  by ~duytter . The wet effect of the right one is amazing.Why paintings that represent reality move us?&nb...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei is released in China after 81 days in Chinese prison

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After 81 days in Chinese prison the artist and activist Ai Weiwei is back at this studio as the Reuter's picture shows. I knew Ai Weiwei because of videos, statements and interviews the British sculptor Anish Kapoor, that I like very much, did to denounce Ai Weiwei imprisonment. In one of them...
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The Four Dogs

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Tenth photography of The Four Dogs series. There are four dogs in front of them and they are trying to figure out what to do.&nb...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Delphic Sibyl by Michelangelo

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The left is a detail of The Delphic Sibyl, 1509, that is at the Sistine Chapel. I can look for minutes at her and can't get enough.At this site it is said:"They (the sibyls) were women of ancient times supposed to have supernatural gifts of foretelling the future. They devoted themselves to solitude...
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Monday, June 20, 2011

June 20 World Refugee Day: "Even one is too many"

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"Every day, thousands of people run from war, persecution and terror. Even one is too many. One family force to flee is too many. One child growing up in a camp is too many. One refugee without hope is too many."Angelina Jolie - UNHCR Goodwill AmbassadorToday is World refugee day. "Who are you?" "I'm...
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Fail: Hella Heaven's fail series

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Third Hella Heaven Fail's ser...
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Medicine diagnoses paintings: Mona Lisa has high cholesterol a Botticelli Madonna and Michelangelo are also sick

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When medicine is corrupted and cares only about money and not the health of people and drugs that kill are on the market it becomes a criminal issue. "(NEWSER) – Leonardo da Vinci's model for the Mona Lisa was smiling despite some serious health problems, according to an Italian pathologist applying...
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How to remove the borders of pictures at Blogger

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Sometimes taking the borders of the images creates a very interesting atmosphere and it is very easy to get rid of them.At the "edit html" add the code style="border:none;""display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" You must do it before writing or...
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Saturday: Awards extravaganza

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Take a look at this search to see the blog awards created till now. I believe that one day there will a a blog award, these created by bloggers not the officials, museum since they are part of blogosphere culture.Wow! That was so unexpected. Maznah at Cooking Varieties gave me these six awards. They...
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