Stiff Prose and Pretentious Metaphors

not really any original content here; chances are I should be doing something more productive right about now

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AnonyMouse Wedges Miniature Shops and Restaurants Built For Mice into Busy City Streets

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Illuminated Wire Sculptures Nest Inside Larger Kinetic Works by Artist Spenser Little

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Visit Original Link

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Meticulously Crafted Steampunk Creatures by Igor Verny Feature Articulated Wings and Limbs

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Oyster Mushrooms Sprout from The Pages of a New Book About Fungi

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A Dense Cluster of Birdhouses by Artist Bob Verschueren Rests in a Treetop

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Human Figures Removed from Classic Paintings by Artist José Manuel Ballester

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Jacob Witzling’s Off-Grid Cabins 

“I started building cabins because, like lots of kids, I loved forts and Ewoks,” says Witzling, who recalls being captivated by his architect and engineer father’s favorite book, Handmade Houses: A Guide to the Woodbutcher’s Art. “I always wanted to live in a cool-looking fairy tale house, like a hobbit. I read that as a kid, and imagined living in one of those houses myself someday. I would gaze at the pictures from inside my blanket fort, and daydream about building one of my own. The uniqueness and zero restriction of the handmade home is what inspires me to create these livable sculptures from sustainable and local materials. 

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Fragile Compositions of Perishable Goods Are ‘Hanging By a String’ in Illustrations by Vicki Ling

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Wearable Sculptures Blend Humans into Surrounding Landscapes in Photographs by Nordic Artists

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Weapons from Celtic Myth

Celtic myth is wack, and the weapons are some of the weirdest stuff out there, so here’s a short list of my faves.

The Gae Bolg- The spear of Cú Chulainn. If you wash it in a stream before use and throw it from the foot, it extends barbs down every blood vessel in the victim’s body. You don’t remove the spear from the corpse so much as clean the corpse off of the spear. Very nasty.

The Spear of Lugh- This thing is so bloodthirsty that if you don’t keep it immersed in a bath of blood while it’s not in use, it’ll burst into flame and consume the blood of everyone nearby. Fortunately, if you don’t have enough blood to fill a bathtub, poppy juice will do.

Claíomh Solais, the Sword of Light- has seven edges. Emits blinding light.

Caladbolg- the sword of Fergus MacRoích. It leaves a rainbow trail when you swing it, and once lopped the tops of three mountains when Fergus missed a strike.

Fragarach, the Answerer- A sword that can cut through anything, inflict wounds that never heal, control the winds, and prevent people from lying when it’s pressed against their throat. That last one may not be a magic power per say.

Excalibur- You think you know it, but those basic boring Athurian Legends you’ve read don’t show off its best powers. In Welsh stories, this thing burns out the eyes of its wielder’s enemies, and cuts through anything that isn’t enchanted like a lightsaber.

If you know any others, feel free to add them!

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The amazing digital art of Lorenzo Lanfranconi

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The Movement of Waves and Currents Illustrated in Glass by Shayna Leib

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The Steampunk Aesthetic Of Victorian London In Superb Paintings Of Vadim Voitekhovitch 

Vadim Voitekhovitch was born in a small town of Mozyr, Belarus. He spent most of his life Belarus and he graduated from Bobruisk Art College. From 2004 he lives and works in Germany. His style is quite diverse, but he dedicates most of his time to watercolor and oil. Voitekhovitch likes to draw pictures on history subjects and especially subjects coming from XVIII-XIX centuries.

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Fantastical Worlds Created with Dappled Brush Strokes by Illustrator James R. Eads

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Dense Installations by Max Hooper Schneider Feature Vibrant Landscapes Scattered with Human Objects