don't carry it all

In the hills of Colletto Fava, in Piedmont, Italy, once stood an enormous pink rabbit, over 60 meters tall: Hase, created in 2005 by the Austrian art collective Gelitin. Woven from waterproof fabric and stuffed with straw, it was designed to be climbed, walked on, and hugged by visitors, like a toy fallen from the sky. Its purpose was not only to entertain but also to show how art and nature intertwine: the artists planned for the rabbit to slowly decompose over the years, until it disappeared.

It's part of a package called the KIDS Act, filled with digital ID and age verification and censorship.

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dreams to reality

beauty requires openness. it asks you to let things reach you, to soften enough to be moved. it’s not naive to see beauty everywhere—it’s a skill, a form of intelligence, a kind of quiet bravery. because it is so much easier to critique than to create, to detach than to engage, to dismiss than to love.