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“If I could wish for my life to be perfect, it would be be tempting but I would have to decline, for life would no longer teach me anything.” — Allyson Jones http://kristinedominique.tumblr.com [email protected]

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Drew Mosley’s “A Rebellious Nature” at Wall Space.

Currently on view at Wall Space Gallery Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is artist Drew Mosley’s fascinating solo exhibition of new work: “A Rebellious Nature.”

From Wall Space Gallery: In “A Rebellious Nature,” Drew Mosley explores themes of displacement and transition. Urban sprawl and commercial development threaten and displace natural habitats. The paintings in this collection evoke the transient nature of all life and reveal what is at stake if we do not develop sustainable relationships with the natural environment and its inhabitants.

“A Rebellious Nature” will be on view until November 26th - only a few more days - so be sure to stop by if you’re in the area.

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Artist ATSUSHI KOYAMA

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Finished the fourth book in my series of prehistoric books: The Carboniferous!  Silkscreened (6 colors) and bound by hand, the overall picture is about 9 feet long. It’s an edition of 30 and I have it for sale in my shop here,

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US students will be able to shield themselves during school shootings with the latest in body armour, the Bodyguard Blanket

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Are fucking kidding me? I have been sitting at home and constantly watching the news after the events of yesterday. For those of you who are wondering, I am a junior at REYNOLDS HIGH SCHOOL! I was there when the shooter kept running in the halls trying to open the doors and get in. I was there in the dark praying and crying while my librarian kept saying ” they’ll have to kill me before they touch my kids” I have known her for three years, her determination to keep us safe broke her heart. Seeing this, that little children need protection in school. Are we sending kids to a battlefield? I have three little brothers ranging from 5-10, and still people have the nerve to speak about the second amendment? Really? I can’t even type anymore. I’m so disgusted and frustrated. When will you realize that it’s important to have gun control? When a shooter is pointing a gun at your child? Is that when you’ll realize that guns aren’t something to be kept around. People say it’s a free country but honesty, this country is more oppressed and diseased than any other country.

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Show me ONE instance where gun control and gun free zones prevented school shootings.

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Let me tell you guys a story. In 1996, in a little town in Australia called Port Arthur, a gunman killed 35 and injured 23. This place was a tourist attraction, with plenty of visitors and locals going about their business.  35 people died.That’s 35 marriages, anniversaries, birthdays or uni degrees. 35 people left Port Arthur in body bags. At the time, we had a pretty conservative government, and the Prime Minister at the time (in hindsight) was kind of a dick. But within two weeks of the shooting, Howard instituted a massive reform and buyback of all firearms. 

But it must be a statistical flaw, you say, there weren’t that many massacres before 1996, right? No, WRONG.  In the eighteen years leading up to Port Arthur, there had been 13 mass shootings. 

But April, you ask, this couldn’t possibly have worked could it? Wouldn’t it only have reduced the mass shootings? WRONG. Since 1996, there have been ZERO mass shootings. That’s right, ZERO. FUCKING ZILCH. There have been scattered homicides, however:

How many schools have been raided and children murdered? NONE. How many film buffs have been murdered in their seats? NONE. How many innocent lives have been lost to the barrel of a gun? NONE.

On top of this, homicides involving the use of guns, and youth suicide involving the use of guns has declined dramatically, by up to 60%

Australia, however much the environment tries to kill you, is a safe haven, and you can walk the streets with 99% assurance that you won’t fall victim to a drive by shooting.

Your move, America.

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in 1987 a lone gunman killed 16 people, wounded 15 and then committed suicide. within six months the uk government passed an amendment to the firearms act effectively outlawing all high calibre, high frequency, high capacity rifles and shotguns.

in 1996 another lone gunman killed 16 children and their teacher, and then committed suicide. again within six months the uk government outlawed all handguns. special dispensation had to be issued in order to hold shooting competition as part of the 2012 olympic games, and british hopefuls had to train overseas.

you can legally own certain types of shotgun, .22 calibre rifles over a certain barrel length, and antiques. that’s it.

in the nigh-on twenty years since the uk has had one mass shooting. one. and we’re down to about 30 gun-related deaths annually.

there is not one example of gun control laws reducing mass shootings and gun-related homicide. there are dozens. it literally works every time. the usa is the anomaly not because it didn’t work but because it hasn’t tried.

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Be softer with you. You are a breathing thing. A memory to someone. A home to a life.

Nayyirah Waheed  (via joannaleighhh)

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Medical illustrator Brittany Bennett says: “I’m a recent graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts pursuing a career in medical illustration. I wanted to share my thesis project with Morbid Anatomy since it is deeply influenced by my passionate study of anatomy, dissection, medical art history, and medical museums. Also, Morbid Anatomy was one of the first resources I looked at when I started to consider medical illustration. For my project, I created an interactive anatomical flap mannequin that it is entirely hand drawn and life size.

The inspiration for this project came from my experience drawing from cadavers and viewing Johan Remmelin’s anatomical flap book (1617) which I saw during my internship with Librarian, Annie Brogan, at the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mütter Museum.“ 

You can see more of Brittany Bennett’s work here 

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The black orchid Maxillaria schunkeana is found in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.

Source

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Dog Adopts A Baby Fox After His Mom Died In A Car Accident

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IT’S LIKE THE FOX AND THE HOUND BUT EVERYONE LIVES HAPPILY EVER AFTER AND IT’S A COLLIE. 

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by fumib

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Fig. 154. The lower part of the bladder and urethra laid open. Demonstrations of anatomy, being a guide to the knowledge of the human body by dissection. 1906.

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a few from another trip to the southern presidentials - white mountains, new hampshire.

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Several plates from Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg’s Die Infusionsthierchen als Vollkomene Organismen. These drawing are showing various types of protozoa (more often simply called algae), which Ehrenberg observed under his microscope. 

A full library of Ehrenberg’s books and drawings can be found here. I could spend hours looking at all those illustrations, the fact that there’s a whole hidden world which surrounds us but we are more or less completely oblivious to it just amazes me everyday. 

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WHALE WHISPERERS Photographer ANUAR PATJANE National Geographic

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Collective Quarterly: Mad River.

I was recently sent a copy of Collective Quarterly, a new magazine devoted to design and discovery.  It’s so awesome that I felt like sharing it with all of you.  Each issue highlights a single location focusing on artists, food, music and special peculiarities that make it one of a kind.  Their latest issue, “Mad River,” focuses on Vermont’s Mad River Valley where topics range from German refugees to a woman who forges knives from horse hooves.  Definitely check it out if you get a chance.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina