#nanopoblano

Watching Face Off and one of the challenges was to do body paint on their models. I then took it upon myself to find some online that I thought were very well done. Quite a few of them I found on Design Swan here. The following is from this CBS News article.

Twelve years ago on this day I created a blog on WordPress and published my first post ever. I was nineteen years old and starting a new chapter of life. Now I am 31, and I believe I have turned the page on a fresh chapter. Not such a happy one, but there is some sweetness. Like the thorn in the stalk of a rose. Now I have been privy to the darkest parts of the human brain, and my eyes have…

There’s something special about the way November arrives. The air shifts, the days feel a little cozier, and suddenly we’re invited to slow down just enough to notice the things that truly matter. It’s a month wrapped in gratitude, reflection, and—even for some of us—a challenge to stretch our creativity. November naturally nudges us toward thanksgiving. While I try to practice gratitude…

These old roads lead to places that have changed as the seasons roll over the land. Cold and frost coat everything in an ethereal beauty, which vanishes overnight once the thaw sets in, leaving behind rotten mulch and the filth of the world exposed. But then spring follows soon after, hustling and blowing gales behind which she sprinkles the faintest dusting of light green. Buds, too small to…

This is the one where Marigold acquires a cloud. She didn’t know where it came from, only that it must have dropped down from the sky, because that is where clouds tend to consort. They harmonise together up there, she noted, once the cloud had settled in her room. It liked the eastern corner, where the walls would be soaked in the liquid gold of the evening sun. It hung there, and when she…

Deep Blue Octopus Odyssey Poisonous Bubblegum by Swartz Brothers Art Caribbean Reef Octopus Cute Dumbo Octopus In Space by Lee Noah

Buzzfeed and other websites share posts about things we do in America that other countries find weird. As an American, it’s easy to overlook the weirdness that is unique to our country. However, when talking with family and friends from other countries, it’s apparent that there are certain things that are American things, not found in other countries. One of the most common things that’s pointed…

Her mother asked her to go to the shop on the corner of the street to buy a tin of beans. She put her shoes on first before taking the change offered to her and stepping out of the front door. The sun shone beautifully that morning. It was all she could do to stop herself soaring into the sky above. The deepest, cleanest blue it had been for weeks. She walked down the road, turned left where a…