Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?
YES!
Beautiful Photos of Animals in Winter
What an amazingly beautiful collection of animal photos set in the stark of winter.
via Bored Panda
The Narrowest House in the World - 72 Centimeters at its Narrowest
Polish architect Jakub Szczesny designed the Keret House in Warsaw into a gap between two other buildings. It is 72 centimeters at its narrowest and 122 centimeters in the widest.
Szczesny:
That is why at first it seems that the construction of living space within such premise is impossible. Keret House is to contradict that false image, simultaneously broadening the concept of impossible architecture.
High-speed Photos of Guns Milliseconds After Firing
Finnish photographer Herra Kuulapaa in his series High Speed Ballistics captures, incredibly, the bullets rocketing out of the gun barrels amid smoke and fire. Amazing.
Super Slow Motion Video of a Match Igniting from Emmy Award-winning Cinematographer Alan Teitel
Emmy Award-winning cinematographer and founder of UltraSlo, Alan Teitel brings us this 4,000fps video of a match head lighting on fire.
Colin Murray for Bourne & Shepherd, ca. 1880s.
Guest Post - Devereau Chumrau - Images of the History of Yoga
Devereau Chumrau - Actor & Yoga Practioner
This guest post is from actor Devereau Chumrau.
Devereau may be a native of Los Angeles, but it is also the time she spent in Ghana, in Europe and the UK, and largely as a student of the Asolo Conservatory in Florida, that has shaped her vision as an actor and as an artist. She has, all along the way, worked to develop her interest and experience in acting for the stage and for the screen.
Catch her show LOVECRAFT: Nightmare Suite opening Jan 31 at the Visceral Company in Hollywood.
Devereau:
Just call me yogini from now on!
This awesome exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, “Yoga: The Art of Transformation," has redefined my understanding of yoga with its 17 centuries of images and objects documenting yoga's history.
It's so great to be able to geek out on my fascination with both yoga and art history.
The exhibit page on the Smithsonian site has so much enthralling history in the very specific stories that go along with the beautiful images.
See also 5 things to buy the Hot Yoga enthusiast in your life »
Night Time Cityscapes Created with Thousands of Bright Dot Stickers
Yukino Ohmura uses thousands of bright dot stickers to create these astounding night cityscapes. It is an illusion that disappears when you walk up to the panels.
Yukino says:
Illusion turns out to be truth by keeping a distance from it, and truth may turn out to be illusion too. We are trying to struggle in this world which is filled with uncertain and unstable truths. My artworks are part of the truths cut out from this chaotic world.
Photorealistic Surrealistic Pencil Drawings
South African artist Jono Dry not only has the incredible ability to draw these photorealistic drawings, but also has a surrealistic eye.
Dance Movements Captured Through The Photography of Jesus Chapa-Malacara
Photographer Jesús Chapa-Malacara uses his passion as a former ballet dancer to create this gorgeous Dance Prints series. His KICKSTARTER campaign details his vision and ambitious for a bigger and better series.
via Peta Pixel
Folded and Ironed Tulle Beautiful Portraits
British artist Benjamin Shine takes a single sheet of tulle and folds and irons it to create these stunning near photographic portraits.
Shine:
“The idea of ‘painting with fabric’ led to the development of this technique where the portrait image is created through the intricate pleating and pressing of a single length of tulle fabric. The technique aims to utilize the translucent qualities of the tulle fabric to generate various gradients, tones and textures."
via Bored Panda
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Sari Mercer
Guest Post - Devereau Chumrau - Kids Styled as Golden Globe Celebs
Devereau Chumrau - www.devereauchumrau.com
This guest post is from actor Devereau Chumrau.
Devereau may be a native of Los Angeles, but it is also the time she spent in Ghana, in Europe and the UK, and largely as a student of the Asolo Conservatory in Florida, that has shaped her vision as an actor and as an artist. She has, all along the way, worked to develop her interest and experience in acting for the stage and for the screen.
Catch her show LOVECRAFT: Nightmare Suite opening Jan 31 at the Visceral Company in Hollywood.
Devereau:
There is nothing that can top a cute kid. These kids are so very cute.
Tricia Messeroux of Toddlewood Photography turns these adorable kids into the visions of the celebrities that we all know and recognize.
Mini Chiwetel! And a close runner-up are mini hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler
Jennifer Lawrence
Lupita Nyong’o
Giuliana Rancic
Kelly Osbourne
Paula Patton
Sofia Vergara
Boeing 777 Model Made of Manilla Folders by Luca Iaconi-Stewart
San Francisco-based designer Luca Iaconi-Stewart has spent 5 years creating this meticulous model of a Boeing 777 out of manila folders.
It is fascinating to see our obsessions made actual.
via Colossal
Guest Post - Shakira Sofer - 5 Paintings by Local Sarasota Artist Michael Panarella
Shakira Refos - Photo by Brian Braun
Today's first guest post is from Shakira Sofer.
"I am a human girl with animal tendencies. The Dutch raised me and the Caribbean made me. Tempt me with distraction but only if you are a woman or HipHop.
Fux with it."
These paintings were done by Michael Panarella. A brilliant fine artists amongst many many talented young artists in Sarasota Florida.
Michael has an art show this Thursday presented by Premier Sotheby's International Realty and U.S. Trust which is the first of its kind.
WHEN
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
5pm – 8pm
WHERE
Premier Sotheby’s International Realty
50 Central Ave, Suite 110
Sarasota, FL, 34236
941.308.6466
Both company's plan on continuing their commitment to Sarasota's local art community by presenting artists to their clients under the theme of "Artfully uniting the world of fine art and finance."
Panarella is on the verge of more major exposure with talks of a exhibition coming up in New York later this year. His style switches from abstract to figurative so smoothly, I'm a huge fan of his general aesthetic.
Check out his website. There you can find more examples of his recent paintings, sculptures and installations. Michael Panarella is going places.
POTD - Death by Donald Revell
Donald Revell
Death
Death calls my dog by the wrong name.
A little man when I was small, Death grew
Beside me, always taller, but always
Confused as I have almost never been.
Confusion, like the heart, gets left behind
Early by a boy, abandoned the very moment
Futurity with her bare arms comes a-waltzing
Down the fire escapes to take his hand.
"Death," I said, "if your eyes were green
I would eat them."
For what are days but the furnace of an eye?
If I could strip a sunflower bare to its bare soul,
I would rebuild it:
Green inside of green, ringed round by green.
There'd be nothing but new flowers anymore.
Absolute Christmas.
"Death," I said, "I know someone, a woman,
Who sank her teeth into the moon."
For what are space and time but the inventions
Of sorrowing men? The soul goes faster than light.
Eating the moon alive, it leaves space and time behind.
The soul is forgiveness because it knows forgiveness.
And the knowledge is whirligig.
Whirligig taught me to live outwardly.
Shoe shop. . . pizza parlor. . . surgical appliances. . .
All left behind me with the hooey.
My soul is my home.
An old star hounded by old starlight.
"Death, I ask you, whose only story
Is the end of the story, right from the start,
How is it I remember everything
That never happened and almost nothing that did?
Was I ever born?"
I think of the suicides, all of them thriving,
Many of them painting beautiful pictures.
I think of boys and girls murdered
In their first beauty, now with children of their own.
And I have a church in my mind, set cruelly ablaze,
And then the explosion of happy souls
Into the greeny, frozen Christmas Eve air:
Another good Christmas, a white choir.
Beside each other still,
My Death and I are a magical hermit.
Dear Mother, I miss you.
Dear reader, your eyes are now green,
Green as they used to be, before I was born.
Vincent Van Gogh “Bedroom in Arles”
Modern Art Classics Reorganized by Ursus Wehrli
Swiss comedian and experimental artist, Ursus Wehrl, in his “Tidying Up Art” series, reorganizes famous paintings, stacking up their elements by size, color or form, or by otherwise sorting out the unbearable mess of modern art.
He tries to make us believe he is doing the original artists a favor by organizing them. His TEDx talk video is funny and excruciating.
René Magritte “Golconda”
Paul Klee “Farbtafel”
Egon Schiele “Reclining Female Nude”
Pablo Picasso “The Red Armchair”
Georges Seurat “Les Poseuses” (Pointillism)
Wassily Kandinsky “Sky Blue”
Joan Miró “The Gold of the Azure”
Bird Steals Egg Camera to Film this Gorgeous Aerial Shot of a Penguin Colony
Apparently a camera disguised as an egg was too tempting for this bird of prey ( a striated caracara ) who snatches it from a penguin colony, and flying off, only to accidentally catch this amazing aerial shot in the process.
via the Verge
APP of the Day: Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab of Ornithology
I've always wanted an app that uses the contextual awareness of a smartphone with the deep knowledge of a field guide to help me know the name of all the gorgeous birds I am blessed to meet. Well, The Cornell University Lab of Ornithology just put out MERLIN BIRD ID (only for iOS for now). My app of the day. I want one that does the same thing for trees.
Full-Sized Cardboard Pirate Ship
Three friends decided to build a full-sized ghost pirate ship out of cardboard for a Treasure Island- themed Halloween party.
5 Video Gadgets for the iPhone Videographer
In addition to our daily internet finds, we actually had 4 full seasons of a weekly video show. In that process I did a great deal of work to find the things that would let me film on the go. While I had the distinct honor of working with the very talented Stephen McFadden, there were times when I needed to film myself in the snowy Manhattan evening, far away from Stephen's amazing camera.
So here are 5 video gadgets I discovered along the way.
NYC From a Bicycle Point of View
Designer Tim Sklyarov wanted to connect his passion for photography with his preferred mode of transportation. Et voila. The result offers us a unique perspective on the city.
