“Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.” – Salvador Dali “In Dreams” Inspired by the dream of the unicorn in Blade Runner, the painting seeks to capture the atmosphere of nostalgia in the style of a fairy tale. The painting embodies the yearning for human connection in the age of virtualized identities. […]
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I don’t know why I inflict physical wounds upon myself I only end up ashamed and embarrassed and wishing I was somebody else I wear long t-shirts when everyone else enjoys the sun it’s safer to avoid any difficult questions and will prevent hurting anyone It has never been easy but I think I have mastered […]
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Straighten the nose and push together the soft rosebud lips. Brush, with a touch hardly there, the auburn locks. Make sure her eyes are a little limpid, will you? Not wistful enough, needs more tortured longing. Is she soft enough? Put some fat in the jawline. Is this to be accusation? She gets the sharp […]
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“Paper Towns as a Picture”: Paper Towns is a book by John Green, and this painting tried to capture my feelings about the book and how I imagined the two main characters. . “My City” is based off of the Milwaukee skyline. . “Day Dreamer” is actually a painting I made while listening to […]
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don’t tell your mother about the painting you have of a gun in the back of your room. don’t tell her about the time you put into it about how you made sure every edge was exact and every curve linear. don’t make her watch you attach shells to its edges so it looks a […]
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painting and poem by Alyssa Anne Icaro . We once dreamed of a fairy tale Once thought that love is fair At some point we proved it was Until someone finally broke us . At first it was perfect Thinking it was an answered prayer But then things went wrong . And you don’t know […]
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Clyde Robinson took this photo of Jason Luper’s mural on the side of a law office building. Justice is lovely.
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U.S. student artist Eriwyle created this oil painting to signify the connection between modern culture and cultural heritage. Lovely!
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There is such a lovely sense of expectation about John Singer Sargent’s painting. We wonder, “What will happen next?”
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