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See the Actual Signal Strength on Your iPhone or Android. Bokeh Type. Orhan Pamuk. 106 of the most beloved Street Art Photos. Click on a photo and you make it bigger and can post a comment on it.

106 of the most beloved Street Art Photos

And thats some of the most beloved Street Art Photos posted in 2012 on Street Art Utopia! A member of Street Art Utopia on Facebook wrote two year ago this nice piece about the future: – My son, do you want to hear something strange? – Yes! What? – You know the new tree painting we did on the garage last week. . . – What? – Well, yes, many were. . – Was art forbidden? – Well no, but it had to be in special buildings only. . – Wow. . . – Yes, my son. Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1) Preachers Rock, Preikestolen, Norway Blue Caves - Zakynthos Island, Greece Skaftafeli - Iceland Plitvice Lakes – Croatia Crystalline Turquoise Lake, Jiuzhaigou National Park, China Four Seasons Hotel - Bora Bora Ice skating on Paterswoldse Meer, a lake just South of the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1)

Marble Caves, Chile Chico, Chile The Gardens at Marqueyssac Ice Canyon - Greenland Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada Multnomah Falls, Oregon Seljalandsfoss Waterfall on the South Coast of Iceland Petra - Jordan (at night) Whole Foods Employees Can Give You Free Stuff At Their Discretion. Did you know that Whole Foods employees are allowed to give you free stuff even when they aren't manning those little sample tables?

Whole Foods Employees Can Give You Free Stuff At Their Discretion

True story—to a degree. And it's a good reason to be kinder to Whole Foods workers when you finally get to check out. One Laura Oppenheimer uncovered this very important bit of information: I discovered this when I went to go buy mayonaise and expressed to the cashier that I was bummed they didn’t have Best Foods (which is obviously the best mayonaise ever, no tough decision there). So she told me she’d give me the 365 brand one for free to try it out since my preferred brand wasn’t available. Now, yeah, that is a free Whole Foods brand product she got (one that isn't that isn't even artisanal) but still. Yes they can, says a Whole Foods publicist, who tells us, "Customer service is extremely important to Whole Foods Market. Get inspired. Get motivated. Practice. Improve your drawing skills! Carved Book Landscapes by Guy Laramee.

(click images for detail) For the better part of three decades multidisciplinary artist Guy Laramee has worked as a stage writer, director, composer, a fabricator of musical instruments, a singer, sculptor, painter and writer.

Carved Book Landscapes by Guy Laramee

Among his sculptural works are two incredible series of carved book landscapes and structures entitled Biblios and The Great Wall, where the dense pages of old books are excavated to reveal serene mountains, plateaus, and ancient structures. Of these works he says: So I carve landscapes out of books and I paint Romantic landscapes. Mountains of disused knowledge return to what they really are: mountains. Laramee’s next show will be in April of 2012 at the Galerie d’Art d’Outremont in Montreal. Diffusion theme. Mental_floss Blog & 11 Pencil Vs. Camera Images.

986 653Share10.7K Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast and now living in Belgium, Ben Heine is an amazing artist who overlaps hand-drawn works of art with photos to create stunning images. I selected eleven of his Pencil Vs. Camera images from his site, but you should check out all his awesome work if you have time. Bootdisk.Com. Rusko - Hold On (feat. Amber Coffman)