Livestream of the Big Bear bald eagle nest (perched 145...
Livestream of the Big Bear bald eagle nest (perched 145 feet up in a pine tree) with two fuzzy bald eagle chicks that hatched 3 weeks ago .
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Kim Gordon Was Never Just the “Girl in the Band”
Best known as co-founder of Sonic Youth, her visual art incorporates humor, intelligence, vulnerability — and, of course, music.
Lee ShinJa's Handwoven Portals
The nonagenarian South Korean artist helped catapult fiber art from the realm of domestic craft and tradition into the experimental field of contemporary art.
Presidents Can Be Impeached Because Benjamin Franklin...
Presidents Can Be Impeached Because Benjamin Franklin Thought It Was Better Than Assassination . “The Constitution’s impeachment procedures make the removal of the chief magistrate less violent, less disruptive, and less error-prone than assassination.”
Cassandra Dias Takes an Impressionistic Approach to Painting with Thread
What better way to meditate on nature's most majestic features than to recreate its details one stitch at a time? Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article
Thoughtful thread on the armed man who rushed the WHCA...
Thoughtful thread on the armed man who rushed the WHCA dinner . “This guy is indicative of people who are anti Trump not having a voice because Congress and SCOTUS have enabled Trump to obliterate any recourse they have when he does horrible things.”
The Black Robin and the Power of Tenacious Tenderness: How a Single Mother Brought an Entire Species Back from the Brink of Extinction
This essay is adapted from Traversal. “In the great chain of cause and effect,” Alexander von Humboldt wrote as he was teaching science to read the poetry of nature, “no single fact can be considered in isolation.” When the first European colonists made landfall on New
“Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, often found in...
“Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, often found in plastic, coupled with climate change’s effects… are each linked to reductions in fertility and fecundity across global species – including in humans.” Argh, no one wants a Children of Men prequel…
Joe Macken Spent 21 Years Hand-Assembling a Vast Model of New York City
The expansive model consists of 340 individual sections, each constructed with materials like balsa wood, cardboard, and glue. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month.
Teaser trailer for season four of Star Trek: Strange New...
Teaser trailer for season four of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . “Space is limitless in its beauty. And in its terror.” (Reminder: they are doing an episode with puppets this season.)
Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair Returns May 7–10
Connect with 250 international artists, publishers, and booksellers and celebrate the art publishing community at ArtCenter South Campus in Pasadena, California.
Sombrero Galaxy: The Universe’s Dusty Brimmed Hat
An amazing capture of galaxy Messier 104 , aka the Sombrero Galaxy, by the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera mounted on a Chilean observatory. The Sombrero galaxy (Messier 104) is a galactic masterpiece that captivates scientists and astronomy enthusiasts alike. Its intricate
The Difficult Balance of Intimacy and Independence: Beloved Philosopher and Poet Kahlil Gibran on the Secret to a Loving and Lasting Relationship
"Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."
Gunfire of the Vanities: Trump Dinner Shooting Defines a...
Gunfire of the Vanities: Trump Dinner Shooting Defines a Violent, Unserious America , “a land where guns are everywhere and a callous elite media dons formalwear to toast its own humiliation by our narcissist king”.
Rachel Mentzer Transforms Discarded Cartons into Dusky Collagraphs
Nature's resilience is at the center of a practice also focused on sustainability and environmental renewal. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Rachel
Daredevil Michelle Khare ran 7 marathons on 7 different...
Daredevil Michelle Khare ran 7 marathons on 7 different continents in 7 days. The first one was on Antarctica .
Moderna developed an mRNA Covid-flu combo vaccine and...
Moderna developed an mRNA Covid-flu combo vaccine and it’s been approved for use in the EU , “but it continues to be shelved in the US, where it was developed”.
Africa’s cultural landmarks: Ọṣun-Òṣogbo Sacred Grove, Nigeria
Deep inside a luscious grove in Nigeria, a community of artists preserves otherworldly monuments to Yorùbá spirituality - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Giant Buddha Lands in New York
A nude performance, a photography fair turns to craft, and a review of Alice Tippit's erotics
The Black executioner
Medieval artists depicted bodies as vehicles for politics and hierarchy. Repeated enough, these roles began to appear natural - by Denva Gallant Read on Aeon
Warm pistachios
In terms of cost, serving a small ramekin of toasted pistachio nuts is a tiny portion of what an airline spends in transporting someone first class. In fact, it’s such a relatively small expense that it’s easy to simply avoid it. Send the money to the bottom line and focus on
Discover the Copiale Cipher: The Mysterious 18th-Century Book That Took 260 Years to Decode
In the world of cryptography, substitution ciphers are child’s play. Indeed, we may remember literally playing with them as children, writing secret messages to our friends by replacing all the letters with numbers, say, or shifting them one or two places over in alphabetical
When Brazil Built Its Capital on Modernist Principles: The Controversial Design of Brasília
When we think of modern architecture, we often think first of what’s called the International Style, whose minimalist, rectilinear, decoration-free forms were championed by the likes of Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier. Though they did build projects