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Understanding Life Off the Grid >>> Professor and Photojournalist Examine Back-to-the-Landers Across Canada
Have you ever wondered what life would be like without commercially-provided heat, water and electricity? >>> Phillip Vannini, professor at Royal Roads University and photojournalist Jonathan Taggart have these three questions in mind while they travel the country looking for the answers. The duo made a stop in Grande Prairie last week as part of their three-year study. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada has funded more than $50,000 (taxpayers dollars) to Taggart and Vannini to examine the ...
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‘Mermaid’ Sightings in Zimbabwe Spark Debate Over Traditional Beliefs
I certainly hope this account of mermaids existing in the waters of Zimbabwe is true. Read the whole story from Voice of America News: Some strange things have been happening lately in various parts of Zimbabwe. Last month a man was hounded from a Bulawayo neighborhood over claims he possessed goblins that were raping his wife and his neighbors’ wives, and otherwise wreaking havoc in the suburban community. This week Water Resources Minister Sam Sipepa Nkomo told a senate committee ...
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Harvesting Sunlight >>> Glittering Carl Sagan Inspired Photography by Debora Indi
Looking like a shooting sun star that lost her way on a voyage through the cosmos, the figure in these Sagan-inspired spectral photographs by Debora Indi are a tantalizing, glittering reminder of that pulsating oneness we all feel when we gaze at the stars. “We are all star stuff harvesting sunlight.” - Carl Sagan >>> ABOUT THE PROJECT: This project is inspired in the quote by Carl Edward ...
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Tiny Gandhi’s Break Records Spreading Peace
How incredible is this peace march made up of over four hundred tiny Mahatma Gandhi’s? They rallied for the Training Resource and Care for Kids (T.R.A.C.K.S), a charity for single mothers and children living without support at railway stations, but were a sign of peace for all thing unjust in the world just a day before the anniversary of Ghandi’s death on January 30th. According to Yahoo News: “485 young boys flooded the streets of Kolkata, India on Jan. 29 ...
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Molecular Virtual Reality >>> Drew Barry Animations of Unseeable Biology
Drew Barry is like a real life Ms. Frazzle taking us aboard the Magic School Bus on a wild ride into the human body going as deep as the cells that hold all that we are. Along with some apparently stunning fractalic forms, it’s a ride you will surely enjoy. According to TED: We have no ways to directly observe molecules and what they do — Drew Berry wants to change that. At TEDxSydney he shows his scientifically accurate (and ...
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Heaven Earth >>> Documentary on Practice and Commercialization of Amazonian Ayahuasca and Shamanism
HEAVEN EARTH explores the practice and commericalization of amazonian ayahuasca-shamanism in Iquitos. The feature-length documentary film portrays all day activities of Percy – a peruvian healer and another western ayahuasquero, named Ron. Both live near Iquitos and host nightly ayahuasca ceremonies and retreats, mainly for interested westerners. Participants of ayahuasca ceremonies, tour operators and –guides, as well as western vision seekers reveal episodes of their internal imagery and recount stories about their journeys. A growing global pop culture – swinging ...
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Could Magic Mushrooms Help the Fight Against Depression?
From my own personal use, I would say yes. It’s nice to know now soon others might more easily be able to use mushrooms for healing as I did. According to the The Independent: Magic mushrooms could one day be prescribed for depression after Professor David Nutt, the controversial sacked government drugs advisor, claimed research on healthy volunteers proved what a mistake it was to abandon therapeutic psychedelic drugs more than 50 years ago. The first clinical trial into magic ...
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A 6 Year-Old’s Vision of a Gift Community >>> Video
So I have a few questions… Who the fuck is this girl and how is she so wise?? Is she a cyborg sent back in time to teach us about love and sharing? Do “indigo children” actually exist? Are Ankhs the new peace sign?? This video is already spreading like wildfire and for good reason. In a time of economic crisis and with 11 months until the world’s end, a child’s unreserved view of fundamental humanitarianism is resonating with the ...
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Minerologie >>> Exquisite Antique Illustrations From The Natural History Museum
This exquisite collection of watercolour drawings on paper is the result of Francious Louis Swebach Desfontaines own project. His aim was to produce a publication of ten colour plates each depicting sixteen mineral specimens set into boxwork cabinets. The collection of plates held in the Natural History Museum Library, were to be used in Swebach’s completed publication. The collection contains original drawings for 10 prints with alternative versions. These drawings are accompanied by one page of text. This prospectus for ...
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Plunge into the Sweet Spiritual Epiphanies of Art by Larry Carlson
“Larry Carlson’s greatest strength is in artfully depicting the mystical dimensions of consciousness, coaxing us into sweet spiritualized epiphanies one moment then plunging us into completely bizarre surreal frenzies the next. Few artists can rival him in terms of innovation, vision, talent, high-yield experimentation. and courage to peer in to the unknown. Carlson’s artwork gives us a kind of disjointed representation of the slippery nature of the unconscious mind driven to surreal Dionysian extremes. His artwork fuses together aspects of ...
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Wander Into The Wonder of Music Of Balam Acab
Nothing says wonder than a sweet baby angel singing and that is just what you will find amidst the witch house liquidy lullabies of Balam Acab’s latest album Wander / Wonder. >>>
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The Undercurrent of Incommunicable Thoughts Explored in Underwater Photo Series >>> Omni-Phantasmic
I am simply in love with the Omni-Phantasmic photo series by Neil Craver. I love the way the figures all seem to be either ascending, descending, are completely stuck in time, or are coming up for air. Feels like the numerous photos could easily represent the entire spectrum of emotions one feels in so many different experiences throughout a lifetime. Here is what he had to say about the series: “This project is meant to be consumed with your emotions, ...