I’m guessing that when English inventor Thomas Saint patented his idea for a sewing machine in 1790 he never imagined that one day a guy would be using one to create realistic portraits of people. Yet that’s exactly a modern-day version of his machine is being used for by one American artist. … Continue readingSplendid Sewing Machine Portraits
I’m so in love with this story I could practically explode.
According to paleontologist Mark McMenamin from Mount Holyoke College not only is their a very real possibility that the mythological kraken once DID roam the seas, but at least one of the cephalopods may have even been self aware enough to have actually created the earliest known self portrait. … Continue readingKrakens not only were real they might have been artists!
I’m in love with photographer Vincent Fournier’s work. There is something about his photos that just click with me. They hit me in the exact right spot. The combo of reality with a touch of fantasy is spot on perfect… … Continue readingThe Futuristicly-Mudane Docu-Staged Photographs of Vincent Fournier
I’ll admit, it is hard for me to imagine a world before the dial tone. Sure I’ve watched plenty of old movies and TV shows so I’m well aware of the iconic “Number please” phone operators. But truly imagining it is, honestly, difficult at best. Therefore it’s, naturally all kinds of fascinating to me. It’s quaint and somehow nostalgic in a way that only things that you never really experienced for yourself can be… … Continue readingIt’s 1954 and Now YOU Can Dial!…
Now THOSE are some impressive moves… … Continue readingBoom boom goes the music…swish pop goes the dance…
…to kick the day (or afternoon, or evening depending on when you’re looking…or from where you’re looking…sheesh this is getting complicated) off right. This is Dan Rider actor and paper … Continue readingA Little Dr. Who A Capella Action…
Timeyodie, aka August Jeske in his boring everyday life (which is kind of an awesome name on it’s own), much to my amusement does impressions of a big old bunch of Star Wars characters. … Continue readingRaise Your Hand if You Want to See 34 Star Wars Characters Impersonated
…do you see the pig face on Saturn’s moon Hyperion?… … Continue readingIs it only me or…
I see a flash of light, I see a DeLorean crashing through a store window, I see a man who looks a heck of lot like Christopher Loyd circa Doc Brown days, and…well…I am sooo confused…whaaaa…mama hold me…. … Continue readingDoc Brown is that you? I’m so confused….
I’m always a sucker for a good flashmob. Yes, yes I KNOW it’s been done (and done and done), but, still, when it is executed well a flashmob is still something wonderful…a little unexpected gift handed to a person in the middle of their busy day. … Continue readingCopenhagen Philharmonic You Can Flash Me Anytime…