Category Archives: Arts & Crafts

The beauty of form

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Michaela

A colourful peacock mantis shrimp This otherworldly creature, a mantis shrimp, was photographed in the waters of Indonesia’s Lembeh Strait. The shrimp feeds by smashing open its prey with a force that can break a pane of glass, and its … Continue reading →

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What you see and hear…

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Michaela

Postcard by Catrin

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The witness of the moment

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Michaela

Vivian Maier was a street photographer whose work of over 100,000 prints was recently discovered. She was a extremely private person, whose past time was to walk the streets of New York and Chicago and take pictures of daily life … Continue reading →

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Heaven, Earth or Sea ?

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Michaela

Can you guess what this is ? a) beautiful b) stardust in the galaxy c) chunks of sea ice

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Stillness and harmony

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Michaela

Paul Cézanne, b Jan 19 1839 in Aix-en-Provence (born this day, 172 years ago)

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Eve after the Fall

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Michaela

Auguste Rodin’s primary subject and source of inspiration was the human body, from simple studies to penetrating portraits to depictions of human passion and suffering–continually shocking the public with his sensual subject matter and frequent fragmentation and abstraction of the … Continue reading →

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Moon Shadow

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Michaela

Partial solar eclipse over Vienna this morning. Great spectacle…

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Small world

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Michaela

Can you guess ? Martensia sp. (red seaweed), living specimen (40x)

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The Creator

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Michaela

Henri Matisse called the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence ‘the crowning achievement of my entire career’ – which is an astounding statement for somebody who thought of himself an atheist. But as much Picasso understood the descent into hell, … Continue reading →