the-aesthetics-of-painting:

Snake
Euan Uglow 

cavetocanvas:

Ilya Repin, Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin, 1884

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

The sitter for this painting was the twenty-nine-year-old Russian author Vsevolod Garshin, whose life was scarred by the suicides of his father and brother and his own struggles with mental illness. Garshin published approximately twenty stories, many of which powerfully express his pacifist beliefs, his love of beauty, and his aversion to evil. At the age of thirty-three, he committed suicide by throwing himself down a stairwell.

leichenschrei:

Pavel Semenovich Sorokin, Hercules and Lichas, 1849

Photo by Christian Coigny

rhamphotheca:

indeed.

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Raquel Gralheiro. Levar a mostarda ao nariz (Lead to the nose).

visual-poetry:

by joão louro

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Danny O’Connor. Skull.

futurejournalismproject:

Premature Ignition

July 4th fireworks in San Diego Bay were cancelled last night after they all pretty much simultaneously exploded on three of the four barges they were to launch from.

Garden State Fireworks, the company that was producing the show, released the following statement:

“The Garden State Fireworks team will be working throughout the night to determine what technical problem caused the entire show to be launched in about 15 seconds.

“We apologize for the brevity of the show and the technical difficulties. More information will be posted when available.”

Takeaway: Mistakes can lead to pretty pictures.

Image: Instagram of what happens when all your fireworks explode at once. Via benballer.