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- StumbleUpon. Great Ideas. Before I Die & Candy Chang. What matters most to you Interactive public art project that invites people to share their personal aspirations in public.

Before I Die & Candy Chang

After losing someone she loved and falling into depression, Chang created this experiment on an abandoned house in her neighborhood to create an anonymous place to help restore perspective and share intimately with her neighbors. The project gained global attention and thanks to passionate people around the world, over 1000 Before I Die walls have now been created in over 70 countries, including Kazakhstan, Iraq, Haiti, China, Ukraine, Portugal, Japan, Denmark, Argentina, and South Africa.

The psychology of color. - StumbleUpon. Rashad Alakbarov Paints with Shadows and Light. This is kind of flying all over the internet right now, but I couldn’t resist sharing.

Rashad Alakbarov Paints with Shadows and Light

Artist Rashad Alakbarov from Azerbaijan uses suspended translucent objects and other found materials to create light and shadow paintings on walls. The jaw-dropping light painting above, made with an array of colored airplanes is currently on view at the Fly to Baku exhibition at De Pury Gallery in London through January 29th. (via art wednesday, fasels suppe) * MASSIVE POWDER PAINT FIGHT * - Jens Kopke online portfolio.

- StumbleUpon. In a parallel universe... Underwater photography competition medal winners 2011/12. Big Blue - Clark Little Photography: A look at waves from the shorebreak. Matthew Cusick : Paintings &Collage : Map Works. Beautiful poem. - StumbleUpon. 30 Best Earth Pictures of the Week - April 24th to May 01th, 2012. 1.

30 Best Earth Pictures of the Week - April 24th to May 01th, 2012

The Blue Dragon by Steve Richards 2. Shore in Seychelles 3. Matterhorn Mountain, Switzerland 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. I Know That Feel, Bro. Most Amazing Miniature Food Artworks by Shay Aaron. Shay Aaron is a brilliant artist from Israel who makes the most astonishing miniature food jewelry.

Most Amazing Miniature Food Artworks by Shay Aaron

These foodstuffs look so beautiful that we would desire to eat them. Actually, there’s a whole market out there for miniature food. Not actual stuff you can eat, but beautifully hand made designs of steaks, burgers, pies, vegetables, eggs and pretty much food artworks you can think of. Comments comments. 15 Cool Alcove Beds.

Home design DIY Kids Weddings Fashion and Style FOOD Cool stuff 15 Cool Alcove Beds Alcove beds are naturally fun for kids.

15 Cool Alcove Beds

Although they could be very practical in contemporary living spaces so they are good for adults too. Such beds are natural space saving solution because they usually occupies corners or other not the most practical parts of rooms. Coachella 2012. This weekend, the first part of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival took place in Indio, California. More than 225,000 people gathered to hear performances by more than 140 artists including Radiohead, Bon Iver, Gotye, The Hives, and Florence and the Machine. A lifelike projection of the late rapper Tupac Shakur even took the stage last night during the closing act with Dr.

Dre and Snoop Dogg. The festival wraps up next weekend, April 20 through 22. [33 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Jarvis Cocker of the British band Pulp, in silhouette, performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, on April 13, 2012, in Indio, California. A view from the Ferris wheel at the 2012 Coachella Festival held at The Empire Polo Field on April 13, 2012 in Indio, California. Festival goers run toward the main stage to catch the beginning of Kendrick Lamar's set during the first weekend of Coachella 2012, on April 13, 2012. 25 Great Motivational Quotes You've Never Heard Of. InShare66 63Probably my most read post ever was the 20 Greatest Motivational Quotes of All Time.

25 Great Motivational Quotes You've Never Heard Of

So much so that I expanded the post and wrote a book with the 50 greatest quotes in that is now sent free to my new newsletter subscribers. Sign up in the box on the left if you want a copy. As I was trawling some quotes the other day it struck me how many amazing ones there were that I’d never heard before and I thought it would be cool to collate the best for your perusal. Now of course I realize that you may well have heard of one or two, but I genuinely hadn’t (except one), so please don’t give me a hard time or point out that you knew 18 out of 20 and thus I’m a philistine and deserve a damn good thrashing.