Tag: Subtle

Have you ever looked up at the night sky to behold the beauty of a crescent Moon and observed the faintly lit part of the rest of the surface of the Moon? Well, that is due to the effect of Earthshine. It happens when light from the Sun is reflected off to the surface of the Moon from E...

Some may look back on their early years with fond memories of family and friends, neighborhood block parties, and feeling safe and secure in your own bed at night. For others, we grew up living in survival mode where flight or fight became the norm. We may have learned to sleep with one eye open and...

Have you ever looked up at the night sky to behold the beauty of a crescent Moon and observed the faintly lit part of the rest of the surface of the Moon? Well, that is due to the effect of Earthshine. It happens when light from the Sun is reflected off to the surface of the Moon from E...

When my little sister was in high school, she started dating a classmate who was black. Over dinner, our Korean mother voiced her concerns over his race. “How do we know he’s not a criminal?” Horrified, my sister and I looked at each other with dropped jaws. Was our mother makin...

The idea of subtle energy challenges the conventional understanding of energy and raises new problems. It is a non-physical source of energy that is often characterized as being less obvious and more ephemeral than conventional forms of energy. It is believed that this energy exists on a level th...

Soft blurs and color gradients are perfect digital design elements. Add them to a static elements, and they will render the elements appearing to be floating or moving instantaneously. A soft blur and a color gradient can be used within the same element, or on multiple different elements forming ...