Showing posts with label featured artists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label featured artists. Show all posts

Saturday, August 8, 2020

Day 2934: Is it Real?




"What is Real?" : photo, digital collage.





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Click here for Daryl Hall, What's Going On.
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2GN2S

 Ever want to wake up to a Walrus?


At the Pairi Daiza Resort, visitors can do just that. 
Named the Best Zoo in Europe by the Diamond Themepark 
Awards for the last three years (2018-2020), the resort 
is located about an hour's drive from Brussels in Brugelette.
Those who decide to stay at the park overnight can choose 
from a variety of accommodations located on the east end 
of the park, in areas (or "worlds") called The Last Frontier 
and The Land of the Cold. The resort offers 100 rooms 
with eight different themes and wildlife views.
 
A nosy brown bear gazes into a guestroom at Pairi Daiza Resort.
Guestroom views look upon wildlife such as wolves and bears, 
sea lions, Siberian tigers, penguins, polar bears, and walruses.
The stays in the Land of the Cold include The Walrus House, 
where the rooms evoke the feeling of sleeping in a 
snow cave, with a glass partition that looks directly 
into the walrus's aquatic habitat.
The Polar Bear House rooms offer the choice to gaze 
upon the white bears above ground or in the water -- 
the window seat is particularly awesome.

Love at first sight at The Polar Bear House.

The stay includes 24-hour park access within the immediate 
resort area, breakfast and dinner, wifi and nonalcoholic 
drinks in the room. Prices for a two day, one night 
package start at 129 euro ($150 USD) per person.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the resort has instituted 
mask and social-distancing requirements 
to safeguard both guests and staff.





2GN2S #2


The Unschooled Artists by Austin Kleon


Taking lessons in creativity from my kids.
Drawing by Owen and Jules Kleon 
A great, fun article, here.
I hope you don't miss it.






•  A 2-minute funny video, Starbucks order, here.
•  A two-minute funny video, engineer Dad, here. 
• A two-minute funny video,  Physics,  here.


Smiles for Saturday ...

























Monday, July 6, 2020

Day 2901: Happy Birthday, Freida!





"Young Freida": old photo & digital.







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Click here for Kenton Chen, Your Story.
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Happy Birthday, Frida!

 
Frida Kahlo would be 113 today, Monday. 
The Mexican activist and artist was born in 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico. A vocal leftist and supporter of the Mexican Revolution, Kahlo is most known for her self-portraits, as well as her fashion, deliberately mixing Western and indigenous styles.  

Here are 5 things you should know about the Mexican artist. 

1. She was extremely proud of her Mexican heritage.

2. She started painting after a life-threatening accident.

A visitor looks at the painting "The Broken Column" by Frida Kahlo

 3. She married a famous Mexican painter.


4.  She rejected the label of surrealist.


5. She used fashion to make a political statement.



Happy Birthday, Freida!






• A 6 min. award-winning "Piper",  here.
• A 3 min. funny video, "For the Birds",  here. 
• A 6 min. funny video, "Rollin' Wild",  here.




A smile for Monday ...

























Saturday, July 4, 2020

Day 2899: A holiday treat!





"7/4/2020": junk mail collage + digital.








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Click here for Miriam Makeba, Pata Pata.
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Something special for the holiday today,
brought to my notice by Blog Correspondent, Carrol Wolf.
 "When you get a chance,  look up the 25th Street Mosaic. 
It is about a large public mural in San Pedro. 
It's a little overly long but really fascinating."
And, I did. Thank you Carrol!
 
Julie Bender
 Picture a 200' wall, conceived by artist Julie Bender. 
Taking 2 years, 8 months to complete with the help of 300 locals.
(Julie said she slept for 2 months on completion.)




 

I snagged a few screen captures, 
hoping to lure you to the comprehensive 20 min. video, here 
Well worth your time, when you have the time. 
A 3 min. Ray Kelly video, here.
And, a short 2 min. abc-news video, here.


Congratulations to Julie Bender and 300 helpers! Wow!

 




Blog Austria correspondent, 
Heidi has sent a few shots from her walk today.



"After a rainy night, the sun came out. 
So we could go walking again."


"It was so lovely to meet these 8 weeks old cuties."

all Austria photos by Heidi Putscheg

I think we all appreciate Heidi and pictures from Austria?










• A 2 min, video, firework dictionary, (sound down or off?), here.
• A 7 min. funny animation, "Some Thing", here.
• A 4 min. amazing animation, here.




Smiles for Saturday ...







  














 



From Merriam-Webster: via Austin Kleon
Doomscrolling and doomsurfing are new terms referring to the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening, disheartening, or depressing. Many people are finding themselves reading continuously bad news about COVID-19 without the ability to stop or step back.
Don’t do it! Put on a mask and go for a walk instead.