Though finger painting is normally associated with tempera paint and messy classroom art projects, Iris Scott is quickly changing what "finger painting" brings to mind. Wearing surgical gloves and painting with high grade oils, Iris achieves a whirlwind of crisscrossing color strokes and a vibrant impressionistic style. Since 2009, when Iris first began finger painting in Taiwan, her artistic career has caught her by surprise. Grateful for a new global market of online art collectors, Iris has shipped to Dubai, Ireland, and all over the USA.

“Cosplay, short for “costume play”, is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture centred around role play. A broader use of the term "cosplay" applies to any costumed role play in venues apart from the stage, regardless of the cultural context”. – Wikipedia. (Photo by Luffy Monkey D.)

People view artist David Byrne's installation "Tight Spot" beneath Manhattan's High Line park on September 27, 2011 in New York City. The 48-foot by 20-foot inflatable globe is squeezed beneath the steel support framework of the High Line and is accompanied with a rumbling audio soundtrack created by distorting Byrne's voice. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The talent in bubbles unfurled the white Beluga whales living in Shimane Aquarium in Japan.As shown in the picture, have learned to make bubble rings, indicative of high intelligence.Whales blowing air from the mouth to create a stream and immediately after xanafysoun powerfully in the same place so that the bubbles to form a ring.Beluga whales are organized in groups and are social animals. They live in Arctic and sub​​-Arctic and known as "sea canaries" and mimic a wide range of sounds.

A hyena eyes a herd of zebra at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, August 19, 2015. The Park is home to some of the world's most majestic wildlife including lions, rhinos, zebras and flamingos. The scenery is stunning, from forests of acacia trees to animals congregating at the shores to drink. UNESCO says that with rapid population growth nearby, the area is under "considerable threat from surrounding pressures," particularly deforestation, a contributing factor in floods. (Photo by Joe Penney/Reuters)

Architects Christophe Berdaguer and Marie Péjus get scary with this sculptural,bogey-inspired arts center in France. Situated behind the severe Synagogue de Delme, the center's design transforms an old house, which previously served as a prison, a school, and most recently a funeral home. The new intervention draws inspiration from the latter, cloaking the structure in a white veil of molded concrete that creates a "living body" which expands into the surrounding areas of the house.

With hours of dreamy candlelight in your Candle by the Hour, you canset the amount of time it burns, hour by gleaming hour. Simply feed the pliable bees wax coil through the candle clip in increments of 3 inches or less. Three inches of cancle will burn for approximately 1 hour. Set your nights alight with the Candle by the Hour!. Burning time total is 144 hours. Quirky bees wax Candle is like a sculpture. Candle reaches upward in a spiral from a metal burning plate with metal calipers gripping the Candle. A unique conversation piece for any room. Burns as long as you "tell it to" and then extinguishes itself!

Children at Somerleyton School in Suffolk, UK on February 27, 2025 tuck into an iced bun, given by the Lord and Lady Somerleyton along with a £1 coin, as part of a long-standing tradition dating back to 1877". (Photo by Jason Bye for the Times)