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Touching Hare Krishna Ratha-yatra Festival of Chariots

A devotee of the Hare Krishna faith poses for a photograph during the festival of Rathayatra on June 12, 2011 in London, England. Rathayatra, or Chariot festival, features three huge, wooden chariots pulled by hand across Central London accompanied by constant singing, chanting, drums, cymbals and dancing. (Photo by Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images)

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13 Jun 2011 09:09:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Russian Climber Kirill Oreshkin

“Kirill Oreshkin of Moscow is crazy. Without the aid of equipment or safety gear, Oreshkin climbs buildings, statues, and whatever he can get his hands on to dizzying heights and then takes the most gorgeous selfies imaginable”. (Photo by Kirill Oreshkin)

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16 Mar 2014 10:06:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Octopus by Marialuisa Tadei

Marialuisa Tadeis sculpture is very large compared to a life size octopus. The sculptures are made of steel and concrete. They are then turned into a mosaic using hand cut glass. The texture is bumpy because of the mosaic but is smooth on the glass. The main idea behind the sculpture is to explore spiritual and symbolic representation.

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22 Apr 2014 10:57:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Into The Mirror by Luca Meneghel

Luca Meneghel is an italian photographer specialized in fashion and food photography with a background in design. He was born in Belluno the 19th. february 1989 and now he’s based in Bolzano. “Into the Mirror is a series of images that intersect reality and artistry through the fusion of lens captures and hand drawing”.

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24 Nov 2013 10:52:00,post received 0 comments

Wow A frightening-realistic Body Art by Chooo-San

“The images might look like they are digitally altered using Photoshop, but they are actually hand drawn pieces of incredibly realistic body art by Japanese artist and student Chooo-San”. (Via Enpundit.com)

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30 Jun 2012 12:13:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Clip of the Day: Orange Caramel (오렌지 캬라멜) – 까탈레나 (Catallena) – Korean

Orange Caramel (오렌지 캬라멜) – 까탈레나 (Catallena) – Korean. Is it worth eating live beings? This is a philosophical question: the history of our species and the ontology of being are saying that it's more likely yes, and on the other hand your mind and empathy are more likely to be against this idea. Or at least like in this Korean clip – eat, but with tears in your eyes.

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12 Sep 2017 09:18:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Metal Lion by Selcuk Yilmaz

Created from nearly 4,000 pieces of metal scraps, Aslan (Turkish for Lion), is a recent sculpture by Istanbul-based artist Selçuk Yilmaz. The piece took nearly a year of work and involved hand-cutting and hammering of each individual metal piece

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01 Feb 2014 12:13:00,post received 0 comments

Charming Type Is... by Eugene Lvovsky

Eugene Lvovsky is a Graphic Designer/Artist from Toronto, Canada who makes art out of type - letterforms, outlines and fragments.
"Each letter, each little piece in my art is perfected by hand and placed very specifically to create a visually pleasing relationship between typographic characters and their unique shapes."

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08 Mar 2014 03:04:00,post received 0 comments