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Drew Mosley’s “A Rebellious Nature” at Wall Space.

Currently on view at Wall Space Gallery Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is artist Drew Mosley’s fascinating solo exhibition of new work: “A Rebellious Nature.”

From Wall Space Gallery: In “A Rebellious Nature,” Drew Mosley explores themes of displacement and transition. Urban sprawl and commercial development threaten and displace natural habitats. The paintings in this collection evoke the transient nature of all life and reveal what is at stake if we do not develop sustainable relationships with the natural environment and its inhabitants.

“A Rebellious Nature” will be on view until November 26th - only a few more days - so be sure to stop by if you’re in the area.

US students will be able to shield themselves during school shootings with the latest in body armour, the Bodyguard Blanket

But it must be a statistical flaw, you say, there weren’t that many massacres before 1996, right? No, WRONG.  In the eighteen years leading up to Port Arthur, there had been 13 mass shootings. 

But April, you ask, this couldn’t possibly have worked could it? Wouldn’t it only have reduced the mass shootings? WRONG. Since 1996, there have been ZERO mass shootings. That’s right, ZERO. FUCKING ZILCH. There have been scattered homicides, however:

How many schools have been raided and children murdered? NONE. How many film buffs have been murdered in their seats? NONE. How many innocent lives have been lost to the barrel of a gun? NONE.

On top of this, homicides involving the use of guns, and youth suicide involving the use of guns has declined dramatically, by up to 60%

Australia, however much the environment tries to kill you, is a safe haven, and you can walk the streets with 99% assurance that you won’t fall victim to a drive by shooting.

in 1996 another lone gunman killed 16 children and their teacher, and then committed suicide. again within six months the uk government outlawed all handguns. special dispensation had to be issued in order to hold shooting competition as part of the 2012 olympic games, and british hopefuls had to train overseas.

you can legally own certain types of shotgun, .22 calibre rifles over a certain barrel length, and antiques. that’s it.

in the nigh-on twenty years since the uk has had one mass shooting. one. and we’re down to about 30 gun-related deaths annually.

Medical illustrator Brittany Bennett says: “I’m a recent graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts pursuing a career in medical illustration. I wanted to share my thesis project with Morbid Anatomy since it is deeply influenced by my passionate study of anatomy, dissection, medical art history, and medical museums. Also, Morbid Anatomy was one of the first resources I looked at when I started to consider medical illustration. For my project, I created an interactive anatomical flap mannequin that it is entirely hand drawn and life size.

The inspiration for this project came from my experience drawing from cadavers and viewing Johan Remmelin’s anatomical flap book (1617) which I saw during my internship with Librarian, Annie Brogan, at the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mütter Museum.“ 

Several plates from Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg’s Die Infusionsthierchen als Vollkomene Organismen. These drawing are showing various types of protozoa (more often simply called algae), which Ehrenberg observed under his microscope. 

Collective Quarterly: Mad River.