Gazing at a painting feels like an almost magical encounter with another mind but what real effects does art have on us?
https://aeon.co/essays/works-of-art-compel-our-attention-but-can-they-change-us
Monthly Archives: April 2021
To Weep, Perchance to Dream
If non-primates set their marks upon this world,
Their views, their memes, their sins.
Would they a lady’s slipper see,
Or different worlds within?
Perhaps instead, a feline grace,
A fleeting hippo muse,
A mantid’s dream,
Archaean’s space,
A raptor’s edge-sharp hues.
But in their darkest dreams and fears,
In their most dismal hours,
I fear they see a primate face
And feel a primate’s power…
This Soft Robot Stingray Just Explored the Deepest Point in the Ocean
While all eyes were on the dramatic descent of NASA’s Perseverance rover last month, a team sent a robot into another alien world, one closer to home: the deep sea….
Enter an Archive of 6,000 Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized and Free to Read Online
We can learn much about how a historical period viewed the abilities of its children by studying its children’s literature.
Enter an Archive of 6,000 Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized and Free to Read Online
Leonardo’s Brain: What a Posthumous “Brain Scan” Six Centuries Later Reveals about the Source of Da Vinci’s Creativity
Using a wealth of available information from Leonardo’s notebooks, various biographical resources, and some well-reasoned speculation, Shlain sets out to perform a “posthumous brain scan” seeking to illuminate the unique wiring of Da Vinci’s brain and how it explains his unparalleled creativity.
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/17/leonardos-brain-leonard-shlain/
Seven Things you should Know about Ingenuity
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is small but mighty. In a mere six years, it went from being an implausible prospect to a 4-pound (1.8-kg), space-certified companion to Mars aboard the Perseverance rover. And when Ingenuity arrives at Mars, it will aim to push the limits of flight. Here are seven things you should know about Ingenuity:
Creating a Pedestrian-Friendly Utopia Through the Design of 15-Minute Cities
With “hyper-proximity” to amenities, jobs, government services, public parks, shopping, and a variety of entertainment only by bike or foot, the concept reconsiders how cities can be better designed to support the basic needs of residents.
Are You an Echo: The Remarkable Story of the Forgotten Young Woman Who Became Japan’s Most Beloved Children’s Poet
BIG CATCH
At sunrise, glorious sunrise
it’s a big catch!
A big catch of sardines!
On the beach, it’s like a festival
but in the sea, they will hold
funerals
for the tens of thousands dead.
https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/03/03/are-you-an-echo-misuzu-kaneko/
Inside the Arctic Circle, Golden Hour Has Nothing on Golden Day
When photographer Reuben Wu visited the Svalbard Satellite Station in Norway, the sun never strayed far from the horizon….
New Online Archive of Graphic Design
The Letterform Archive Launches a New Online Archive of Graphic Design, Featuring 9,000 Hi-Fi Images
This Random Sense of Wonder 