Category: Art
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Ephemeral art... Eternal existence...
Banksy’s iconic Girl With Balloon (2006) attracted feverish bidding in the room and on the phones, racing past its high estimate of £300,000 to hammer at £860,000, or just over £1 million ($1.3 million with fees). As the gavel slammed, a siren rang out through the salesroom and everyone stood stunned as the Banksy canvas…
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Calligraphy. Cancer. Life. Death.
For hundreds of years, Chinese calligraphers have used a plant-based ink to create beautiful messages and art. Now, one group reports in ACS Omega that this ink could noninvasively and effectively treat cancer cells that spread, or metastasize, to lymph nodes. (1) Life is Silence. Death is Writing. The death of the body can be…
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Death and life in books…
Ngrams analysis of words used in books throughout the ages provide interesting insights of the way people think in various ages. In the past the use rates of the words ‘life’ and ‘death’ were similar and their patterns followed each other in fluctuations over the year. However lately and especially after the French Revolution and…
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Star Wars VIII - The last Jedi explained. Allegories. Weird references. Balance.
~ Warning: Potential SPOILERS may be contained! The new Star Wars Episode VIII (8) is finally released. All the fans are out there looking for a room to watch the new part of the saga and they will not be disappointed. The new movie is a quality addition to the Star Wars (SW) universe and…
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