this is the best that i can do

ross paul mcewan

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:59:43 +1000

ross paul mcewan

Sometimes people have a hard time understanding what a happy...

Sun, 12 May 2013 10:33:22 +1000

Sometimes people have a hard time understanding what a happy relationship between two people who obvs think the other is awesome looks like.

We think this is one great (and holy bananas, so freaking hilarious) example.

Oh god this made my morning.

Dem freckles.

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:47:39 +1000

Dem freckles.

This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:22:39 +1000

This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long as they like. Turning the crank on the side releases one penny every 4.97 seconds, for a total of $7.25 per hour. This corresponds to minimum wage for a person in New York. This piece is brilliant on multiple levels, particularly as social commentary. Without a doubt, most people who started operating the machine for fun would quickly grow disheartened and stop when realizing just how little they’re earning by turning this mindless crank. A person would then conceivably realize that this is what nearly two million people in the United States do every day…at much harder jobs than turning a crank. This turns the piece into a simple, yet effective argument for raising the minimum wage.

2headedsnake: Caitlin Hackett

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:18:49 +1000

2headedsnake:

Caitlin Hackett

Self Portrait - acrylic on canvas painting by Chuck Close

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:18:43 +1000

Self Portrait - acrylic on canvas painting by Chuck Close

That Schiele one sends me to my happy place. Seated Woman With...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:47:07 +1000

That Schiele one sends me to my happy place.

Seated Woman With Bent Knee by Egon Schiele,

La Grande Odalisque by Ingres,

Saint Praxidis by Vermeer,

The Cripple by John Currin,

Les danseuses by Edgar Degas,

Madame X by John Singer,

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer,

Woman With a Fan by Modigliani,

Man Crazy Nurse #3 by Richard Prince,

Adele Bloch Bauer I by Gustav Klimt.

I would have a first born so I could give it to Wes Anderson in...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:44:18 +1000

I would have a first born so I could give it to Wes Anderson in order to secure one of these.

UNGH

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:03:16 +1000

UNGH

fer1972: Daniel Maidman

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:24:45 +1100

fer1972:

Daniel Maidman

2headedsnake: Frederik Vanhoutte

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:08:33 +1100

2headedsnake:

Frederik Vanhoutte

"If you’ve been up all night and cried till you have no more tears left in you - you will know that..."

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:05:42 +1100

“If you’ve been up all night and cried till you have no more tears left in you - you will know that there comes in the end a sort of quietness. You feel as if nothing was ever going to happen again.”

- C.S. Lewis (via pale-afternoon)

2headedsnake: Akageno Saru

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:03:03 +1100

2headedsnake:

Akageno Saru

2headedsnake: Caroline Inez Charney ‘Periodic 1’

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:51:55 +1100

2headedsnake:

Caroline Inez Charney

‘Periodic 1’

iu2: Wang Yue, a senior at Dalian Industry University, uses her...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:47:38 +1100

iu2:

Wang Yue, a senior at Dalian Industry University, uses her paintbrush to turn ugly tree holes into lovely views in Shijiazhuang, capital city of Hebei Province.

Wang Yue calls the tree-hole paintings “meitu” which means “beautiful journey.” The paintings on the trees have brightened the city during the dull, grey winter.

deadsymmetry: Cara Thayer & Louie Van Patten.

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:47:28 +1100

deadsymmetry:

Cara Thayer & Louie Van Patten.

Photo

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:54:21 +1100

I’ve seen them at least ten times and never once noticed...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:02:08 +1100

I’ve seen them at least ten times and never once noticed Patience’s birthmark. I wish I did, it looks like a galaxy.

andherimagination:

Patience Hodgson, lead singer of the Australian band The Grates, grew up with a large, rare port wine stain birthmark, otherwise known as Klippel Trenaway Sydrome, covering half of her upper body.

“I love my birthmark’s spectrum of colour. When I’m warm it’s a kind of red-purple, like the colour of some plums and when I’m cold it’s a vivid, almost neon blue. I also like how it’s a kind of protective barrier protecting me against non-accepting and unthoughtful people.”

via Nat Mccomas

30+ of the most beautiful abandoned places and modern ruins...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:01:05 +1100

30+ of the most beautiful abandoned places and modern ruins i’ve ever seen

NACHO ORMACHEA

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:00:49 +1100

NACHO ORMACHEA