I very often get excited about stupid crap. And today is another one of those occasions. I’ve known about velvet paintings for years. I mean they are right up there with ship pictures with the string riggings, dogs playing poker, and wolves howling at the moon in terms of awesome art. The gold standard for […]

Historian photographer Patrick Elie finished a project where he took old photos from war-torn Normandy in 1944 and matched them with a current photo that he took of the same spot.  Since much of Normandy was re-created during the rebuilding process, there are some neat before-after shots here. Shocking Photos of Normandy from D-Day and […]

Article in Slate today about Genius, what it means, and how we use the label.  No real conclusions, but a solid quick read to start a discussion. How we use and abuse the word genius. – By Ron Rosenbaum – Slate Magazine

I’m a fan of art in all it’s forms, especially the kind of art that I download from the internet.This kind of art is really makes it to the top of my awesome list, garbage art-Artists are outraged at a piece of art which has won a Waikato award and $15,000, the controversial piece is […]

Mike Stimpson takes photographs of Lego. And they are really good. Even better, he has staged recreations and reconstructions of some famous scenes . Mike Stimpson at RedBubble – Go here to see all of his photos. Ther acna all be purchased as prints, too. io9 has a brief post on Stimpson, with links to […]

Here’s some fun art for fans of Calvin and Hobbes by artist spacecoyote, as seen on Deviant Art .com. LINK Artists comments: Few historians know of the heartwarming friendship between French Reformation theologian John Calvin and English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes, the latter of whom may or may not have been real, considering he was […]

Ben Templesmith is one of my favorite comic artists. He has worked on many projects, including 30 Days of Night. He posted a piece he did for the He-Man animated series DVD. He-Man was one of my favorite cartoons. I never got into the toys, but I watched the show every chance I had. I […]

I have not been to Burning Man, and have always been curious. Kevin Kelly’s post on the event has given me a couple more reasons to check it out. The Burning Man event has evolved from a small gathering of people to an enormous congregation of over 40,000. The event as a forum for self-expression, […]

I had some stirring thoughts on the New Hampshire primary results, but am tired of discussing it. Instead, here is someone who re-created the battles from J.R.R. Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings. With Candy. Missed Manners: What I Did Over Christmas Vacation From the author: “Here you can see how skilled we are at cardboard […]