Monday, October 31, 2022
Van Gogh Painting Splashed with Tomato Soup Costume
Some environmental activists are keeping busy lately by vandalizing famous works of art and/or gluing themselves in public places, such as roadways or convention centers. A couple weeks ago, two such activists threw tomato soup at Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London, then glued themselves to the wall on which the painting hung. The good news from that incident is that the precious painting is safe. It was protected by a sheet of glass.
An acquaintance of Twitter user @EristicEnigma was inspired by the incident to make this amusing Halloween costume.
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Northern Forest community, Marina Glebova
Friday, October 28, 2022
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Some clever tips for easy pumpkin carving.
Too sweet, or not too sweet?
Halloween is fast approaching, and with it comes questions about the excessive confectionary kids gather in the course of their trick or treating.
Should parents let them binge the sweet stash in one fell swoop before returning to healthier programming? Or space out the treats like some Nordic nations and allocate one “lolly day” a week?
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Can Experiencing Horror Help Your Brain?
Fear evolved over millions of years to protect us from danger. So, yes, fear is a feel-bad emotion, but also, and perhaps paradoxically, the engine in a whole range of pleasurable activities and behaviors—which inspire what we can call recreational fear.
France's Most Famous Living Skeleton
Seurat became rather famous for his appearance, and drew scrutiny of the French medical community. It became obvious to anyone who observed Seurat over time that his skeletal body size was due to the fact that he ate very little. But why was that?
Read here
Monday, October 24, 2022
Life in Happyland
Words and photographs by James Whitlow Delano
Let fallen leaves lie
A municipality in the Netherlands has declared fallen autumn leaves to be worth their weight in gold – ecologically speaking.
Eindhoven, in North Brabant, is encouraging its citizens to abandon blowers and rakes and to let fallen leaves in gardens or parks lie.
Martijn van Gessel, an Eindhoven council spokesperson, said they were trying to change ideas about how public spaces should look.
The city wants to retire leaf blowers in parks and create a warm, wet, winter leaf layer for insect life – even if it looks messier.
“For a long time, people were convinced that the grass always had to be mowed, the leaves had to be collected, and everything had to look tidy,” said Van Gessel.
“But in parks, we should let the leaves lie.”
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Hello Everyone
Photo by Miroslav Srb
From smiling triggerfish to a waving raccoon, the shortlisted images for the 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photo awards have been announced.
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