Tag: art

Transform any sound into a picture

People love capturing the moments that mean a lot to them. They’re sometimes in the form of videos and sometimes photographs. Either way, people love hanging pictures on their walls, putting them on their shelves, making collections or handing them out as gifts. Today we’re going to talk about something you’ve probably never heard about […]

Amnesty International: Iranian Women Are Being Made Into “Baby-Making Machines”

Amnesty International is saying that an Iranian bill restricting the availability of contraception and abortions in order to boost the country’s population is effectively going to turn Iranian women into “baby-making machines.” [RawStory] Read a new essay from Toni Morrison about how to learn from failure. [National Endowment for the Arts] This tea-related analogy for […]

This Very Important Cat Painting Sold For $800K

Would you shell out $826,000 to prove your devotion to the cats in your life? (For the record, if I were a millionaire, I probably would.) “My Wife’s Lovers,” by Austrian artist Carl Kahler, which is believed to be the world’s largest painting of cats, just sold at auction for that hefty sum, which is actually half a million […]

The Long Interesting History Of Woodwork: Art In The Making

Through the years, the woodwork has always been a significant part of our everyday lives. It turns out woodwork is part of our history, too. We have always been using woodworks every day – from waking up in the morning on the wooden bed with carved headboards, to sipping coffee on the carved eating table […]