The idea of turning burned-out incandescent light bulbs into vases and terrariums has made the blogosphere and Pinterest rounds. If you haven’t come across it and/or haven’t read a useful tutorial explaining how to open up bulbs and clean them out, check out this Freepeople post or this one from Instructables.
I want to try this!
Whether it is celebrity trash or not, I could care less about that… but the idea is really cool!
An item on the eBay Stories blog describes some auctions of art made from “trash” donated by celebrities:
If that sounds, well, weird, it really isn’t, once you get a chance to look at the pieces this person has created. In fact, we think it is a cool idea.
The theme of the artwork is “wild life,” inspired by the idea that if your life is wild at times, things may break and then need to be thrown away. So, don’t worry: the art is made from broken items, not rotten banana skins or dirty diapers.
One of our favorites is this one, a Jason Mecier Original “Wild Life” Raccoon Artwork presented by GLAD Black Bag.
The raccoon piece includes trash from Lauren Conrad and Constance Zimmer. Fashion designer Lauren Conrad is reported to have scoured her trash one day, coming up with green and white pencils, bottle caps, wrappers, magnets, and more to contribute to the project.
Proceeds benefit Keep America Beautiful. More here: eBay stories blog | What would you pay for trash?
Love E.O. Wilson <3
Dreamers and Storytellers – legendary Harvard sociobiologist E. O. Wilson on art and reconciling science and the humanities (via explore-blog)
Sir Ken Robinson on the essential role of exploration in finding your element, which in turn changes everything. (via explore-blog)
Socrates was on to something over 2000 years ago… Socrates was wise because he understood the limits of his own knowledge. He claimed that he lacked extensive knowledge and wisdom. He set out to question the politicians, poets, and craftsmen to see who was the wisest. After extensive Socratic questioning, those who claimed to know something either did not know anything of what they claimed to know, or they knew some things but still knew far less then they originally claimed to know (Adapted from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wisdom/).
I love Edward Gorey!
12 years ago today, the world lost Edward Gorey – remember him with his superb, irreverent black-and-white vintage illustrations.
Amazing!
I think this little guy could use a helmet. (Photo by Eco Suparman via The Telegraph).
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