Art
March 20, 2013

Gorgeous Paintings of Tree Roots Filled with Colorful Detail

Painter Erika Pochybova-Johnson is an untrained artist that relies on her intuition when painting her incredibly colorful figurative and abstract works. The artist's festive color palette allows each image to explode with energy. Her series of tree paintings are especially intriguing due to her artistic choice to save that burst of multihued liveliness for the roots of her subjects. Hidden beneath the soil, Pochybova-Johnson depicts an effervescent root party.

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Photography
March 19, 2013

Action Heroes Hilariously Replace Guns With a Thumbs Up

What if all the gun-toting action heroes in films replaced their artillery with an enthusiastic thumbs up? The single topic blog Thumbs & Ammo shows us all exactly what that would look like by substituting threatening firearms with a gesture of approval. The blog's driving force is that “Real tough guys don't need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude.

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Nature
March 17, 2013

Shards of Turquoise Ice Jut Out of the World’s Largest Lake

Lake Baikal, located in the southern part of eastern Siberia in Russia, is an incredible natural wonder of the world that one can only hope to visit at least once in their lifetime. It's not just the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, at 20 to 25 million years old, it's also one of the largest and deepest, holding an astounding one-fifth of the world's freshwater.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.