30 Beautiful Beaches in the World
Love means romance and romance means a couple and a beautiful
place. Most beautiful and romantic place can be thought of is a beach. If you
are a couple and looking for a silent 7 calm place then beach is one of the best
idea for you. You will enjoy with your partner in mature is lap. Here are the
most beautiful & romantic beaches in the
world.
Honeymoon Beach - Republic of Seychelles
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Incredible Dust Paintings
Los Angeles-based artist Allison Cortson collects dust from the homes of her subjects and incorporates the particles into the background of their portraits. Over a period of months, she collects dust from vacuum cleaners bags of her subjects and then painstakingly create the detail in the images by spraying glue onto the canvas and sprinkling it with the dust. Allison Cortson said dust is the perfect material because it is actually created by the people in the paintings. "I was sitting on the couch watching dust particles float around in the light coming through the window and the idea came to me. Read more after the break..........
Halloween Cake
While we put most of our Halloween energy into thinking up weird food costumes, we’ve noticed in the past couple of years that our friends around the blogosphere and flickr-verse have been getting crazy creative with the cakes for this particular holiday season. Since you know we can’t bake to save our lives, let’s take a look at a few of the freakiest, loveliest cakes we’ve spied around the web. see more cakes after the break......
Miniature World Heritage Buildings
If you have a dream to travel the world, but have a budget to visit one country, choose Japan and visit the Tobu World Square in Nikko. This theme park contains over a hundred 1:25 scale models of famous buildings designated as World Cultural and Heritage Sites by the UNESCO and other important landmarks, complete with 140,000 1:25 scale miniature people. As incredible as it may sound, no two of the 140,000 miniature residents at Tobu World Square looks alike! The park also has 20,000 real bonsai trees.
The White House
At Tobu World Square, it took 5 years for artisans to create the miniature reproductions of world historical sites like the Sphinx, the Parthenon, the Great Wall of China and the World Trade Center. From these pictures, it is impossible to tell whether they are real or models. Take the visitors out of the picture and your sense of scale is seriously impaired. Read more after the break......
12 Art Made From Fruits
A painter makes pictures with paint, a sculptor makes statues with clay and a performance artist makes a fool of themselves. But what do you call an artist whose medium is fruit? From the radical to the ridiculous below you will find 12 excellent examples of this flourishing art form.
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12. Cartoon Owls
Orange owls make meal times more fun! These citrus cartoon characters can liven up any lunchtime… as long as you’re a child or have the mental capacity of one.See more after the break........................
Daniel Giraud Elliot's Paintings
Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915), American born, was an important figure in the nineteenth century scientific community. He was one of the founders of the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the American ornithologist's union. He was also curator of zoology at the Field Museum in Chicago. See more paintings after the break...........
Incredible Hanging Temple
Datong the city has little to offer but nearby are the very unusual 'hanging' monastery and the Yungang caves. The Hanging Temple is quite unique architecturally and is over 1400 years old. It is built into the side of a mountain. For support cross-beams were built into the side of the mountain while the back of the mountain provides additional support. There were two principal reasons for building a temple in such an odd location; the mountain provided relief from rain, snow and other natural hazards. The other reason is the Taoist principle of no noise. At that height and isolation they needn't worry about that! In the temple itself there are relics that reference to the three main religions of China: Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, which is also a unique attribute of this monastery. Read more after the break.......
Mouth Art by Doug Landis
True talent and artistic calling can’t be contained even by the most severe physical handicaps, and Doug Landis is the perfect example. Using only his mouth, Doug creates some really extraordinary artworks.
Doug Landis was paralyzed from the neck down, after an awful accident, during a high-school wrestling match. The before over-active kid, too busy to pick up a pen and draw, discovered his talent when he saw the drawing of a house, on a Christmas card, and thought he could do it himself. He redid the drawing a few times, until he developed his own style. Read More after the break..........