Paige Bradley created one of the most striking sculptures I’ve seen in recent times. Her masterpiece, entitled Expansion, is a beautiful woman seeking inner piece but fractured and bleeding with light.
“From the moment we are born, the world tends to have a container already built for us to fit inside: a social security number, a gender, a race, a profession,” says Bradley. “I ponder if we are more defined by the container we are in than what we are inside. Would we recognize ourselves if we could expand beyond our bodies?”
(Source: unnaturallybound)
Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), Nga Manu Reserve, New Zealand
Tuatara are endemic to New Zealand. They grow very slowly, live to over 100 years old and are the only survivors of an ancient group of reptiles which roamed the earth 200 million years ago (The Sphenodontia).
Tuatara are classified as an endangered species and are now found in the wild mainly on over 30 predator-free off-shore NZ islands.
(photo/text: Sid Mosdell)
i fucking love tuataras!!
22-year-old pro body boarder Renan Faccini, from Sao Paulo Brazil, shares his fascinating tattoos in this photo! His artist, Daniel Pimentel of Organic Tattoo Studio, also shares Renan’s passion for body boarding and has a great talent for bringing Renan’s tattoo ideas to life! Renan’s “Menace to Society” tattoo on his neck stands for the state of being free within society, free from its oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, the idea that everything that isn’t the way that society says it is, is considered a menace just for being different and unique. The 5 crows tattooed on his chest resemble death, reminders to him to live each day as if they were the last ones.
Hong Kong Newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis)
… the only species of salamander found in Hong Kong. Once thought to be endemic to the territory, the species has also been found in the coastal parts of Guangdong Province, China. The newt is treated by some naturalists as a sub-species of Chinese Warty Newt (Paramesotriton chinensis). However, some disagree such a classification based on the disjunctive distribution of the two, and the differences in their physical appearance and habitat preference.
The snout-to-tail length of the newt is about 11 to 15 cm. The body colour ranges from light brown to dark brown. Small granules can be found throughout the body. The head is roughly triangular. The eyes have horizontal pupils. When threatened it releases a toxic secretion and may also feign death, rolling onto its back and exposing its brightly coloured belly.
In the breeding season the male displays by beating its tail which develops a white or bluish stripe which is visible in dim light. Sperm is transferred to the female in a spermatophore (sperm packet deposited on the substrata). Eggs are laid singly and are wrapped in leaves…
(read more: Wikipedia) (photo:T - Drow Male | Wikimedia; B - Thomas Brown)
French artist Mademoiselle Maurice who creates stunning geometric figures on urban surfaces using rainbows of folded origami figures. via
Oh Ryan Reynolds, I’m glad you get to play Deapool.
