Redneck Home Remodels Everyone has their dream home but because the expense often outweighs the reality, we work with what we have and remodel piece by piece. Even with this more frugal approach, it can be costly; therefore, the list below is an inspirational group of visionaries that have taken their remodeling into their own hands, showing us how to save a buck in the process. (We thought we’d change things up a bit today and present some home renovations you might not be doing in the near future. Here they are, presented by us here at BuildDirect) 1. If you’re looking to add an extra bedroom or two to accommodate your growing kin (or some imposing houseguests), you might want to look to this subtle home expansion as an example. source: 2. Adding a custom crafted front deck to your home can add a wonderful aesthetic appeal but it can also cost thousands of dollars when all is said and done. 3. source: 5. 6. 7.
Water Scarcity Map Optical Illusions Pictures, Amazing Art! Artist Transforms Tiny Studio Into A Series Of Ethereal Wonderlands It’s easy to see why the first major exhibit from 27-year-old Jee Young Lee, the photographic series “Stage of Mind,” is going viral. Monsoon Season Lee uses no photo manipulation to create her images. Her setting is always the same -- her small studio in Seoul, the longest wall of which is still shorter than the average adult male alligator (less than 14 feet). But in Lee’s hands, the space has infinite potential. Sweet Appetite Using cheap materials -- often no more than styrofoam, cardboard and paint -- Lee morphs her workspace into representations of her state of mind: a sea of menacing anemones or a logic-bound Lego wonderland. Gamer To build a single iteration can take weeks or even months. Blackbirds Lee's influences are overt: the dichromatic patterning comes from the American artist Sandy Skoglund, and snap-then-destroy is the signature move of the German installation artist Thomas Demand. Food Chain Oversleeping "Resurrection," the piece below, is about growing up. Resurrection
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Illusions of light: Brightness, Form, Colour Back Much of our research is focused on understanding how and why we see illusions, since to understand how we see correctly, we need to understand why it seems that we sometimes see incorrectly. Illusions, therefore, are critical windows into the mind. The beautiful thing about illusions is that they make us realise not only that things are never what they seem, but also that our experiences of the world shape our understanding of it. The whole concept of an illusion is predicated on a misconception. When you see an illusion, you are entertaining two realities simultaneously. Illusions are useful as a research tool because they tell us how the brain works, that the brain evolved NOT to see the retinal image (which is made up of meaningless, or ambiguous, patterns of light) – i.e. not the world ‘as it is’ – but to see the world in a way that proved useful in the past. The powerful colour, motion and shape illusions on this page have all been created in-house. See also
Play The 7 Modes in 7 Days (Tabs Incl.) Photo by Marta Monleón Modes are used in all kinds of musical styles like Jazz, Rock, Metal, Flamenco, etc. They create a certain mood or feel to your playing. If you feel like you are stuck playing solos using just Major/Minor or Pentatonic/Blues scales all the time, you’re ready to call on the modes and dive a little deeper. When I first got introduced to modes I was a little bit overwhelmed, but also excited to explore this whole new world of boundless possibilities. I soon realized it’s all about the journey and not the destination, so enjoy the process! There are 7 modes which can be derived from the major scale: 1 – Ionian 2 – Dorian 3 – Phrygian 4 – Lydian 5 – Mixolydian 6 – Aeolian 7 – Locrian Each mode starts and stops on a different note within the major scale. In this post we take the C major scale to explain the modes, but you can derive the 7 modes from any major scale in any key. I challenge you to understand the basics and work your way through each mode in 7 days.