Not Your Average Drawing of a Rock: Colorful Riverbeds Drawn with Pencil by Ester Roi California artist Ester Roi (website currently down) works colored pencils to create drawings of imagined riverbeds that exhibit a superb understanding of the interaction between light, color and water. Roi uses a special drawing device called the Icarus Drawing Board that allows her to effectively create warm and cool “zones” underneath a wax-based medium. According to her website “the warm zone is used for mixing pigments, blending, burnishing and reworking. The cool zone is used for line drawing, layering, detailing and finishing touches.” HeadBox Is An Online Marketplace In The U.K. For ‘Inspiring Spaces’ HeadBox is a newly-launched marketplace in the U.K. for ‘creative, inspiring and off-site spaces’. It enables corporate, SME, and private bookers to find and book spaces for things like launch events and parties, off-site meetings, workshops or basically any kind of occasion that requires a setting that moves slightly beyond the everyday. “The process of trying to book creative, inspiring, off-site spaces is very time consuming and painful. It involves lots of phone calls, emails, filling in forms and contracts and is very paper based,” Andrew Needham, CEO and founder of HeadBox, says when asked to describe the problem the London-based startup solves.
The Balanced Rock Sculptures of Michael Grab Rely Solely on Gravity Land artist Michael Grab creates astonishing towers and orbs of balanced rocks using little more than patience and an astonishing sense of balance. Grab says the art of stone balancing has been practiced by various cultures around the world for centuries and that he personally finds the process of balancing to be therapeutic and meditative. Over the past few years of practicing rock balance, simple curiosity has evolved into therapeutic ritual, ultimately nurturing meditative presence, mental well-being, and artistry of design.
Bump Smitten: Real Baby Shower: Vintage Circus I love a good circus theme! And Traci from 45 Wall Design did an amazing job with this one -- I especially MEGA HEART the invitations and matching RSVP postcards. Super chic and available online! Also loving all the decorations -- including the giant balloons, a photobooth plus props, and fun activities -- like painting blocks and the 'take a guess" game. Looks like a wonderful get together to celebrate the family expansion. From Traci...
Pacific Light: Macro Footage of Ink, Oil and Soap Shot by Ruslan Khasanov Russian graphic designer Ruslan Khasanov who is probably best known for his experiments in liquid typography just released this experimental video where he plays with the interaction between ink, oil, and soap. Khasanov says he became inspired while cooking with a mixture of oil and soy sauce when he noticed the small black beads begin to form at the bottom of a container. He then began playing with a mixture of ink and soap to create this amazing mix of blue, white, yellow, and magenta. See everything in motion in the video above, and you can see some larger stills over on Behance.
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How to Become an Early Riser It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. – Aristotle Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I rarely went to bed before midnight, and I’d almost always sleep in late. I usually didn’t start hitting my stride each day until late afternoon. But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high correlation between success and rising early, even in my own life.
Self-Discipline This week I’ll be blogging a series on self-discipline. New posts on this topic will appear every day Mon-Fri. I’ve also added a new self-discipline category. In this series I’ll be focusing on what I call the five pillars of self-discipline. The Five Pillars of Self-Discipline The five pillars of self-discipline are: Acceptance, Willpower, Hard Work, Industry, and Persistence. Alternative Sleep Cycles: You Don’t Really Need 6-8 Hours! Most people only think that there is one way to sleep: Go to sleep at night for 6-8 hours, wake up in the morning, stay awake for 16-18 hours and then repeat. Actually, that is called a monophasic sleep cycle, which is only 1 of 5 major sleep cycles that have been used successfully throughout history. The other 4 are considered polyphasic sleep cycles due to the multiple number of naps they require each day. How is this possible?
50 Life Secrets and Tips Memorize something everyday.Not only will this leave your brain sharp and your memory functioning, you will also have a huge library of quotes to bust out at any moment. Poetry, sayings and philosophies are your best options.Constantly try to reduce your attachment to possessions.Those who are heavy-set with material desires will have a lot of trouble when their things are taken away from them or lost. Possessions do end up owning you, not the other way around. Become a person of minimal needs and you will be much more content.Develop an endless curiosity about this world.Become an explorer and view the world as your jungle.
Liberal vs. Conservative Values - a Comparison This page has not been updated recently. We hope to come back with new and updated articles in the future. Liberal and conservative values in conflict Essay:Examples of Conservative Bias This article is in response to the liberal bias article on Conservapedia. It was actually started on Conservapedia by user SebastianValmont but was not completed because the user was blocked, presumably for his liberal views. Christine Comer was fired from her job as Texas Science Director simply for believing in the Theory of Evolution. This was not even mentioned on Conservapedia due to their conservative bias. [edit] Examples of Conservative Style