Artist uses 100,000 banned books to build a full-size Parthenon at historic Nazi book burning site.
This article on Racial Imposter Syndrome is an interesting read - especially if you also have a mixed race or multicultural background.
Have you heard of the wartime spies who used knitting as an espionage tool? Fascinating read.
I just love artist Ronit Baranga's disturbing anatomical dish-ware. So deviously fun!
This art museum hired a neuroscientist to change the way we look at art.
After three decades at peace, Salvador Dali's body is ordered to be exhumed to satisfy a paternity case.
If you're also a self-professed bibliophile, you'll probably want this playful book chair, too.
Link Love
Miscellanea: March 2017
Polish artist Dawid Planeta illustrates his fight against depression in mysterious and surreal paintings.
I'm mesmerized by ink in motion.
The Guggenheim Museum just released over 200 modern art books online for free.
15 creative ways to track your mental health.
The Draw This Again challenge highlights that practice does make perfect!
I love these flower collages by Holland based artist Anne ten Donkelaar.
Miscellanea: February 2017
I love these teas with fun tin packaging cleverly disguised as classic books.
Not only does Dr. Pia Interlandi design biodegradable shrouds for people to be buried in, but she helps families perform meaningful ceremonies and rituals to honor their dead.
Are you an artist who is tired of being asked to work for free? You'll enjoy these.
These museums shared their creepiest possessions on Twitter.
You are surprisingly likely to have a living doppelgänger. (I'm still searching for mine)
How constraints force your brain to be more creative.
Filled with wanderlust but unsure of where to travel next? Here are 52 ideas!
14 Artists react to the refugee ban with compassionate illustrations.
Have you ever wondered how a work of art makes it onto the wall of the White House?
I'm enamored with these Victorian age cobweb Valentines from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Miscellanea: January 2017
The last few months have slipped away from me, so here is an extra long 'Link Love' to make up for my absence. Enjoy!
A great read about how artists with dyslexia navigate their creativity.
The strange history of compulsive book buying. (I'm guilty!)
Author Austin Kleon shares 6 Ways for Getting Your Work Discovered without being spammy.
You can download high resolution protest signs for free, thanks to the passionate designers at Join the Uproar.
These embroidered book clutches by Mrs. Chaplin are wonderful.
Bryce Wymer's time-lapse sketchbook videos are such a joy to watch!
A playlist of 172 songs from Wes Anderson films.
Flora quietly adorns weathered public statues.
Women Who Draw is an open-directory of freelance female illustrators, which an emphasis on promoting women of color, LBTQ+, and other minority groups of female illustrators around the world.
Bones and blood lurk within the exquisite sculptures celebrating dark beauty by Jennifer Trask.
Artist Lavanya Naidoo creates exquisite handcrafted flora typography entirely out of paper. You can view more of her paper art on her website.
In times of dread, artists must never choose to say silent.
August Links: 2016
A new study suggests that art reduces stress, even if you aren't the best at it.
Illustrator Sarah K. Benning creates exquisitely embroidered scenes that resemble detailed drawings.
If you're curious as to what would be on Leonardo Da Vinci's to-do list, you're in luck!
I love this so much; Letter sent to Iceland with hand-drawn map instead of address arrives safety to it's destination.
19 incredibly useful websites you wish you had discovered earlier.
Polish artists collaborate to recreate traditional Slavic wreaths to embrace and honor old folk culture and traditions.