Vous avez l'impression de ne plus arriver à lire des livres?

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«Jeune femme lisant», morceau d’une toile de Corot, 1868 via Wikimédia, License CC.
Vous avez l’impression de ne plus arriver à lire des livres? C’est un syndrome courant..

http://www.slate.fr/story/93415/insecurite-lecteur


....  j'aime bien cette citation "La tangibilité du livre, tant d’un point de vue matériel que spirituel, est ce qui lui confère ce pouvoir immense de changer nos vies de manière si radicale.» Et je suis d'accord aussi que la lecture d'un article sur le PC est pollué par les liens hypertextes et par le scintillement de l'écran. Il n'y a que sur un ordi que je lis "en diagonale" !

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Beautiful Painting 

by Vail Bunny Oliver.

Joni Mitchell - River (Live, 1970)

http://www.youtube.com/v/fCwlEnuXYsE?autohide=1&version=3&attribution_tag=CzEROagX0SZcWJy3DzJASQ&autohide=1&feature=share&showinfo=1&autoplay=1

 Joni performed alongside fellow friend and singer songwriter James Taylor at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 28th October 1970. Despite this track long being a fan favourite, she's seldom to perform it very often in her long and acclaimed career. It's taken from her 1971 release "Blue" which remains one of her most critically acclaimed albums and one that's seen as not only a benchmark for women in music but for singer/songwriters.

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby cry

He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease
And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby say goodbye

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

Written by Joni Mitchell

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Painting

                                                     
                                                                    Artiste  GIGI MILLS .

Gigi Mills was born in Ohio to an English mother and a Russian father. Gigi had a very colorful childhood, being raised in The Mills Bros. Circus family where plenty of travel and hard work were part of her daily routine. The performing arts were an early focus, specifically ballet and modern dance. Gigi spent quiet hours while travelling sketching, studying the masters, and and dreaming of one day becoming an artist. 

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Isa B présente son dernier corpus d’œuvres qui s’inspire du phénomène des bidonvilles. Ils constituent à eux seuls des univers parallèles de bric et de broc en constante expansion. Elle procède à partir de photographies et de documentations retrouvées sur le net et focalise son attention sur l’habitation elle-même plutôt que sur ses occupants. L’idée n’étant pas de faire abstraction du genre humain, mais d’éviter une imagerie trop narrative des faits à l’allure d’un photoreportage. La condition humaine est alors suggérée par la représentation de son habitacle. Des abris souvent dérisoires qui ne protègent pas de grand-chose; les toits de tôles qui deviennent brûlants sous le soleil, les portes qui ne ferment à peu près pas, les mauvais matériaux de construction, les terrains inondables et pollués…

Painting  Isabelle Beaupré - 


 « …je suis toujours en train de regarder des choses que les gens ne regardent pas, pour les faire remarquer et leur donner de la valeur. Il y a ainsi un parallèle entre l’activité des trieurs et l’activité de l’artiste » Vik Muniz

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D'un beau bleu et mon chat adore cette plante -

MIMMO JODICE

                                                        

                                                      .Apollon Baia.

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«Edmund Alleyn» et «Démons quotidiens» de Nancy Houston

NASA's 'Van Gogh' Data Visualization of the Sun - The Atlantic

NASA's 'Van Gogh' Data Visualization of the Sun - The Atlantic


NASA’s Van Gogh Sun


in Art, Astronomy, Video - Science | July 24th, 2012 Leave a Comment

Late last year, NASA released Perpetual Ocean, a remarkable three minute, Van Gogh-like video showing ocean currents swirling around the globe between June 2005 and December 2007. Now, the NASA team returns with Van Gogh Sun, a clip demonstrating a new technique created by Nicholeen Viall, a solar scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center, who specializes in creating images that demystify “the mechanisms that drive the temperature and movements of the sun’s atmosphere, or corona.” The video above gives you the quick overview; this NASA web page (where you can also download the video) takes you deeper into Viall’s world.

If you ask me, Perpetual Ocean certainly calls to mind Van Gogh’s Starry Night. When it comes to these corona images, it’s Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at close range.

via The Atlantic

Xufei Yang Bach Violin Concerto G minor Snow Mix 3DSBSa

If You Ever Need Someone - The Family BonesGalerie de pop-songs, dont la mélancolie initiale sert de paravent à un incurable optimisme, le premier album éponyme du groupe rassemblant, autour de Justin Webb aka The Family Bones, quelques grandes pointures de la scène indé de Californie, est le disque idéal de l’été naissant, qui va faire disparaître vos soucis comme buée au soleil – n’est qu’à voir le clip aux 25 000 Post-It de Si vous avez toujours besoin de quelqu'un, rafraîchissante beauté visuelle autant que mélodie entêtante.

TranshumanismUNICEF: US Among Highest Child Poverty Rates in Developed Countries A new report released this week by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reveals alarming child poverty rates within affluent, or 'developed', nations. The US ranks second highest among all measured countries, with 23.1 per cent of children living in poverty, just under Romania's 25.6 per cent. The report Report Card 10 shows roughly 13 million children in the European Union (plus Norway and Iceland) lack basic items necessary for their development. 30 million children – across 35 countries with developed economies – live in poverty.

! A Palette Knife

! A Palette Knife

Hiatus 

 charcoal on paper
100cm x 70cm
2012

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Henri Cartier Bresson - Sebastiao Salgado

Anonymous Québec « Police & Violence » Citizen of the free World, We address you with a big sadness, a weight on the heart. Anonymous was particularly shocked and horrified by the extreme violence of the repression of the peaceful demonstrations, organized by students from Quebec. We are anxious to express our solidarity and our condolences for the wounded persons and their families. Anonymous requires from the government of Quebec to respect the fundamental rights of the citizens. The freedom of expression is an inalienable right on which no government can walk, without paying a heavy toll for this misdeed. Anonymous requires from the government of Quebec to put an immediate term of that repression, and to stop the police violence against the peaceful demonstrators. In front of the injustice, In front of the corruption, In front of the repression, Anonymous will always be near the oppressed. Operation Quebec wants to remind to the world, that we are united, and that together we shall not fail. Populate with the free world! Never forget that Anonymous fights for the freedom, of all, including yours. We are Anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us````

Paris Travel - Romantic Life Museum - Paris, France Travel Guide

Sleepsong ~ Secret Garden

Lars Danielsson - The Linden

Red - Zhang Yimou Portrait made of socks, bamboo sticks and pins

Hong Yi, who often goes by Red, is a Shanghai-based artist who works with materials more often found in a dirty apartment than an art studio.
We are big fans of her portrait made of coffee stains, but were particularly taken by her new material of choice: socks. If you thought sock-based creativity was limited to hand puppets, think again.
Red was inspired to work with socks when she wandered down an alleyway and saw laundry hanging out to dry on bamboo sticks. This simple setup stood out against Shanghai's busy cosmopolitan surroundings, and made her consider the surprising beauty of that moment in her portrait of Zhang Yimou, a Chinese film producer and star. Red chose Zhang, she told Huffington Post Arts in an e-mail, "because many of his movies reflect the beauty of the Chinese culture, through the use of bamboos and traditional costumes."

Jehro - Tonight Tonight (Clip Officiel)

Jehro a trouvé son style en collaborant à l’injustement mésestimé opus des Marathonians en 2003. Pour Jérôme Cotta, ce seront désormais reggae, soul, et calypso qui allaiteront une œuvre dont le 3ème tome, Cantina Paradise, a été Victorisé cette année, le chaloupé Tonight tonight n’y contribuant pas peu (le 17/05 à St-Maurice).