Tag: Blue

Color, texture, and terrain are the three words that best describe “Deep Blue”, Mark Bradford’s 50-foot work documenting the destruction in Los Angeles during the 1965 Watts Riots. The scale and intricacy of his work coupled with the simplicity of materials — colore...

It started with just a simple conversation on an ordinary day. When my sister told me her desire to decorate the guest room with some artwork. She suggested that I could draw for her a flower. It’s her favourite, the peony. I drew the flowers digitally and printed them on art paper. The...

One of the greatest gifts our childhood imagination gives us is the ability to go into any space and find an adventure there, boundless and expansive and intricate. You evade danger and fight bad guys (or good guys, if you were that kid), and live fully in a world that doesn’t exist,...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Nov. 1) — “Folks, it’s great to be with the next governor of Florida, Charlie Crist!” President Joe Biden called out from the stage. As the Nov. 8 election draws near, Rep. Charlie Crist stepped out to speak to the public the importance of voting, with...

After 5 days of visiting places in Sydney center, we finally traveled a bit outfield, by taking a guided tour to the famed Blue Mountain area. It was not in our original plan, but upon reviewing it and seeing that we had a more or less free and easy day, we scouted for a good place around the wider ...

Two months ago I wrote that it was a terrible time to need to write a newsletter. I’m not sure it’s gotten much better. Life progresses on fairly normally. I’m counting down the minutes until our winter break as I’ve done many semesters before. I’m struggling ...

Have you ever wondered why green (midori) is blue (ao) in Japan? In Japan, Japanese people wait on red, go slow on yellow, and go on “blue”. Before 1930 the word for green was Midori. However, it was 1930 in March when the first traffic light was placed in Hibiya and it was then wh...

Recent scientific studies suggest that listening to birdsong not only captivates our senses but also offers therapeutic benefits, reducing anxiety and paranoia. In fact, research published in scientific journals like PubMed (source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36229489/) and various news ar...

The Connecticut River Estuary: A large wetland complex that includes tidal marshes, mudflats, and salt marshes located in the southern part of the state, the Connecticut River Estuary. It’s an essential habitat for migratory birds, fish, and other wildlife. Stewart B. McKinney Nationa...

I did not know what to expect when I returned to southwest Florida more than a week ago. Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm, devastated our community in late September. Hundreds of houses were destroyed damaged, including my own. Once I surveyed the damage to my house, my wife and I arranged ...

Ifyou’re like me, you’ve been eagerly anticipating the release of captive-bred Spix’s little blue macaws, Cyanopsitta spixii, back into their ancestral home in Brazil. These parrots are amongst the very rarest birds in the world, with a captive population that hovers around 25...

Recent scientific studies suggest that listening to birdsong not only captivates our senses but also offers therapeutic benefits, reducing anxiety and paranoia. In fact, research published in scientific journals like PubMed (source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36229489/) and various news ar...

Depression can be brutal. I guess I have been feeling the signs that this negative cycle was coming. I just wish the good moods lasted longer. It is so cruel how the brain does this. Suddenly switches from euphoria to dysphoria. I just want to give up today. Throw the towel in and not exist anymo...

Depression can be brutal. I guess I have been feeling the signs that this negative cycle was coming. I just wish the good moods lasted longer. It is so cruel how the brain does this. Suddenly switches from euphoria to dysphoria. I just want to give up today. Throw the towel in and not exist anymo...

Um. Yes? Am I supposed to be hurt by that? “Blue-haired feminist” doesn’t even have to have blue hair. “Blue-haired feminist” could be their own natural hair color, could be conventionally attractive, could have been the woman of Angry Dude’s dreams until the m...

The Supreme Court seems to want States to experiment and adopt different rules on any number of matters. Maryland and other deep Blue States could experiment by drastically restricting the number of guns owned in the State and carried outside the home. Although we don’t have proof of what effe...

Hannabah: It really started growing up as a gay person in a tribal community. There were not many LGBTQ role models or resources growing up. I left New Mexico and moved to New York for college and to be among other gay people. In college, I majored in gender and sexuality studies and journalism...

As we approach this November’s general election, campaigns across the country are mobilizing volunteers and resources to gear up for the final 30 day stretch. With that milestone comes increased efforts to reach voters, sparking questions of how to most effectively reach the electorate along l...

The way I look has allowed me to occupy a space of “accessible Blackness” to many of my white peers. In other words, I have Black blood but not Black skin, meaning I can be seen as interesting but not scary. This has also functioned as my greatest tool of influence. I often find myself i...

When a galaxy clashes with a larger group, the effects can be even more dramatic. Galaxy clusters aren’t simply a bunch of galaxies thrown together; they include intracluster gas and more complicated dark matter halos than those found around individual galaxies. Therefore, cluster-ga...

“The universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.” — J.B.S. Haldane The search for extraterrestrial life is a journey that has captivated the human imagination for centuries. The idea of life beyond Earth challenges our understanding of the cosm...

Biotechnology has a wide area like it relates all the biosphere in one word i.e. biotechnology. Biotechnology has an enormous scope. Biotechnology provides all the services that we use daily. When we see aquatic yes! there is also a biotechnology role. Biotechnology when concerned with wat...

In that place of stillness, he knew he was not his body. The body, once his body, floated nearby. He was aware that he was not his body. A strange blue light hummed along his spine, calmed him, and gleamed with the pulse of the stars. He saw a dome of clear sky ringed with tall trees. All night t...

Ifyou have blue eyes, chances are you’re related to everyone else who has blue eyes. Blue eyes are now the second most prevalent eye color after brown, accounting for 8–10% of humans. But unlike brown eyes, we can trace the origin of blue eyes to a single common ancestor. Scientist...

Nearly two hours’ ride off the Belizean Island of San Ignacio, I dove into the Great Blue Hole. I felt the excitement of donning gear and splashing into warm water, descending beyond the depths that human lung capacity can support. (After a few years of diving, I’d lost that nervousne...

Blue Dream’s outstanding blend of effects and flavors has won it the moniker of “cannabis classic” and made it a perennial favorite among consumers. Even though the cannabis industry is always evolving, Blue Dream Strain remains a fan favorite. Longtime admirers and curio...

I was walking around with a blue tongue the other day. No, this is not some new Austin thing, though I guess it could be. It’s a side-effect of a new treatment option I’m trying. I’m fighting metastatic cancer. As part of that, I’ve gone through a few rounds of chemotherap...

In the last few years, I’ve quit coffee a few times. I struggled through the first days, occasionally even experiencing nausea, but the worst symptom was always the headache. After a very difficult week, it would gradually improve. I often went back to coffee after 2–5 months despite kno...

The Revolutionary War Battle of York involved 29,000 American, French, and British soldiers; contrast this with the Battle of Gettysburg, a single battle that involved 160,000 North and South soldiers on the field. The total number of deaths between 1861 and 1865 was roughly equal to casualties sust...

Recently, I flew KLM Business Class from Tokyo to Amsterdam and was surprised by one thing — the tableware. The sophisticated porcelains were the work of Dutch designer Marcel Wanders. I was particularly taken by some bone china bowls with the iconic Royal Delft patterns transferred onto th...

We had not dwelt in this “neck of the woods” very long, when we first learned of The Blue Mailbox. The Blue Mailbox is an actual place, marked on some maps. People in many surrounding towns could drive you straight to it, as I could, because they know exactly what you mean when you sa...

What is retro? Look at the jeans in my photo. One pair is decades old, and the other was recently purchased. Can you tell the difference? What does retro really mean? Is it new being old, or old being new? I started pondering these questions when I went shopping for a new pair of jeans last week....

I designed a blue flower dress with Midjourney AI — perhaps Artificial Intelligence is the future of fashion. I kind of hope it is. I can’t sew and I can’t draw, yet I desperately want to be a designer. I’ve been creating digital art for years and am inexplicably drawn to ...

Lately, there’s been a surge in popularity surrounding a Blue Egyptian Plant used in skincare routines. This regimen has proven effective in combating aging signs for numerous women. According to its creators, they say this Blue Egyptian Plant is 4 times better than Botox. Have you ever fel...

Art history. Art Brut. French Painter. For the Art Lovers. Art is the most frenzied orgy man is capable of. ~Jean Dubuffet Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (31 July 1901–12 May 1985) was a French painter and sculptor. His aesthetics avoided traditional standards o...