Turning Toward

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Hong Yi , a Malaysian artist who goes by the nickname "Red", describes herself as an artist-architect who "likes to paint, ...

Marisa Redondo creates beautiful organic paintings inspired by the natural beauties of her current surroundings in Northern California. Wo...

[Mom, this post is for you] I think there comes a point (or many points) in a child's life when one must admit that their parents wer...

A book story by  Nina Katchadourian It's the weekend! (And the end is in sight for my thesis!) Spring has arrived in Tucson, and w...

I have to admit, the hedgehog illustration is the primary reason I found this artist (Hedgehogs are my catnip). Anyways, back on track: Maj...

Night Lights by Beata   The sun fell below the horizon long ago but still along the mountains hangs a choking orange glow that b...

I have to thank NPR for this one. After hearing a charming interview on All Things Considered  with Aly Spaltro, known on stage as Lady La...

Photo by Joe Raedle, Getty Images Members of a Haitian Ministry of Health body-collection team unload 14 bodies of cholera victims ...

The results of the World Press Photo Awards were released a few weeks ago, and the winners are stunning. Out of 103,481 photographs from 5,...

These four tracks, which comprise the Redford suite that concludes The Roots' Undun album, have been playing on repeat for about t...

Burn #210 by David Nadel It is quite difficult to bluntly admit one's weakness, to lay bare one's closely-guarded, mangled piec...

I love this wonderful little short film about an intrepid night janitor from Portuguese director Nona Rocha : WINNER OF 14 AWAR...

This is a bit past Sunday...and Monday too for that matter. My excuse: Deadlines have been looming and I've been buried in an avalanch...