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Creating Moss Art. Top Story - October 2024.
Exploring Moss art Recently, I had the opportunity to create a Moss art frame. My local library had a two-hour workshop regarding this art form. Moss art is the art that takes Moss from trees, rocks, and stone and uses it to create a living picture. Anyone who loves botanical art would find this art craft tremendously fun.
By Daphsam2 years ago in Art
Everyone Needs a Space. Top Story - August 2024.
Everyone needs a space. We all need a place to say the things that we believe, and no one wants to hide the pain. There'd be nothing to gain. Searching for the truth is what we're after. Sharing tears and laughter sometimes i just want to be alone. You're not the only one. Like everyone else, we need to hear her own voice inside, say here and it's all right. So i respect your space. Can you respect mine? Raindrops whisper your name. Our standard argument: you say no. I say yes. You say so. What i said? Whatever? You say that's too bad. I say you are a piece of work. You say that's right. And the argument that i think to myself: it's supposed to rain today.
By Gaille Hunter2 years ago in Art
3 Things I Drew for You . Top Story - August 2024.
They say the best way to see the progress in your craft is to document your journey. But it’s so painfully vulnerable to look at the beginning stages of your work. I cringe at all my first creations in any discipline. Yet I want to improve and I want to share some of the behind-the-scenes of how I was feeling when I created these pieces. So, that in the future I can look back on the past versions of myself and hopefully some of you will relate to the work along the way.
By RJ2 years ago in Art
Cities on Canvas. Top Story - July 2024.
Paris Street, Rainy Day 1877 Gustave Caillebotte French artist Gustave Caillebotte was known for his cityscapes during the Realism movement. This is a large oil painting and among his best-known artworks. In the painting, individuals can be seen walking through the Place de Dublin at an intersection to the east of the Gare Saint-Lazare in north Paris. Today the painting can be viewed at the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
By Rasma Raisters2 years ago in Art
Social Media Trap. Top Story - July 2024.
I feel stuck. I know what is good for me and what is good for my business to grow and I'm afraid they are different things. I want to say I have control but is there a way for me to say no? It's like a drug deal happening every day. It must happen if I am going to make money and gain followers. But they say dealers don't participate in their drugs. Is this true? Do those behind this new addiction know how bad it is and sell it to us anyway?
By Thomas Terry2 years ago in Art
Bringing bare walls to life. Top Story - July 2024.
Urban environments don’t have to be humdrum. We’re worth more than that. There’s room for colour, for imagination, for humour on even the plainest of walls.
By Andy Potts2 years ago in Art
Humanity. Top Story - June 2024.
Humanity is something we sometimes lose sight of. We forget who we are and what we were created to be. We forget our ideas have meaning and impact in this world we call home.
By Thomas Terry2 years ago in Art
Tea set by a suffragette . Top Story - June 2024.
Pankhurst is a name well known to the history of women’s suffrage. Who hasn't heard the name Emmeline Pankhurst, founder of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), an all-women organisation campaigning for the right to vote? The group that helped to achieve the right to vote for women in Great Britain and Ireland in 1918. Some know of her daughter Christabel, both being honoured by the Pankhurst memorial in Victoria Palace Gardens, London, right next to the UK Parliament buildings. Sylvia Pankhurst is notably not included in the monument. Why? Because she split with the WSPU to campaign against Britain's entry into First World War.
By Raymond G Taylorabout a month ago in Art
Trauma Carnival . Top Story - May 2024. Content Warning.
I have unpopular opinions on one of my old favorites, The L Word. First is: Jenny is my favorite character. Second: The show was originally about Jenny, her trauma, her broken identity and the way her sexuality was explored as an awakening that brought up many memories of childhood abuse.
By Melissa Ingoldsby2 years ago in Art
Remembering the rink. Top Story - May 2024.
If you were there, you’ll never forget it. For decades, Durham Ice Rink was at the heart of the city’s social life. From Friday night ice discos to crowds roaring on the Wasps every Sunday, not to mention a proud history of figure skating and speed skating, the riverside rink was the place to be.
By Andy Potts2 years ago in Art
Enroute. Top Story - May 2024.
The stars and planets all whipped by as Deirdre's crystalline craft sped past them. Her people, the Vlondans, had discovered that the mineral Dianthium which grew so readily on their home world not only kept their hair pink but also was a perfect material for engineering spacecraft from.
By Alicia Anspaugh2 years ago in Art
A Terrible Truth and its Consequences. Top Story - March 2024. Content Warning.
He killed his son. And unfortunately, for him, he might have regretted it as soon as it was done. Rage is an interesting trait in humans because it is one of the only traits that shows our true animalistic nature. We are nature. We are part of this cycle. In our minds and bodies, we hold the truth--our undeniable power to be gods of life and death.
By K. Kocheryan3 years ago in Art