This project has been everywhere lately, but I can’t help making a quick reference to it because it is a stellar fusion of science and creativity.
A National Geographic team created a working replica of the house in Pixar’s animated film Up.
More info and many pictures at the source.
This song is composed entirely of vocal samples, musical chords and sounds effects from Disney’s 1937 version of Snow White. Who knew Disney movies could be remixed into catchy trip-hop tracks? Well done!
There is also an entertaining Alice in Wonderland Gangsta Rap Mashup if you’re interested.
I’m spending this weekend at an intensive Integrative Medicine conference. I can’t begin to describe how fascinating and wonderful it has been.
I’m trying not to get discouraged by what modern medicine has become; to believe that it is indeed possible to treat patients as whole human beings, medically, naturally, emotionally and spiritually. I plan to be an active participant in this paradigm shift we so desperately need.
When I begin to doubt my potential impact on the juggernaut of the medical industry, I like to remember this quote:
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
–Howard Zinn
Please forgive me, but I can’t remember which of the wonderful blogs I follow led me to Xiau-Fong Wee.
Curious forms of flesh and machine…
Reverse mermaid…not quite as sexy as the deep sea sirens we’re accustomed to.
See more on the artist site.
An appropriate warning on the main site page states: beware, my doctoring is not for the weak at heart.
Grotesque Cabaret is a unique and disturbing “doll surgery” lab, where porcelain skinned ball-jointed dolls get a curious makeover.
Upon seeing the fascinating detail, I immediately wondered what materials the artist uses…
Materials include: Milliput, Apoxie Sculpt. Rembrandt dry pastels, Tamiya and Hasegawa acrylic paints and associated products, Faber Castell artist watercolour pencils. We also find metal parts and assorted extra eyeballs.
Many of the gallery links have the dolls pictured in stages (plus incredible close ups), so you can see their evolution. I’ve shown some of the tamer ones, but if you enjoy grotesque doll mods, I encourage you to view the rest.
See the gallery here.
I’d just like to call your attention to Isotope on Etsy.
Here you’ll find t-shirts decked out with science, maps, music and other assorted geek treats.
Evolution…
Even flying squirrels!
I’ve had hair below my waist for most of my life. It’s become a trademark…an entity of sorts. I wonder if this is what would happen if I cut it all off.
By the talented Dan May
Seen on Creep Machine.
I love Randy Mora’s digital collages.
A bit of anatomy, a bit of history, antiquated devices, textures…kitschy, classic, beautiful, macabre, surreal = SheWalksSoftly heaven!
See more here.
Now here’s a wine I would buy no matter what it tasted like, just so I could keep the bottle:
See more lovely pictures here.
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