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culturedwind: “As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world” —Buddha 

culturedwind:

“As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world” —Buddha 


likeafieldmouse:

Amy Stein - Domesticated (2008)

Artist’s statement:

“Within these scenes I explore our paradoxical relationship with the wild and how our conflicting impulses continue to evolve and alter the behavior of both humans and animals. We at once seek connection with the mystery and freedom of the natural world, yet we continually strive to tame the wild around us and compulsively control the wild within our own nature. Within my work I examine the primal issues of comfort and fear, dependence and determination, submission and dominance that play out in the physical and psychological encounters between man and the natural world. Increasingly, these encounters take place within the artificial ecotones we have constructed that act as both passage and barrier between domestic space and the wild.”





bubblejam:

The incredibly intricate and captivating custom animal sculptures by Creatures From El, Ellen June.


“Flora & Fauna” by Guy Merrill


a—n—f: Andreas Nicolas Fischer; Schwarm VII; [generative Software]; 2013; Dimensions variable;

a—n—f:

Andreas Nicolas Fischer; Schwarm VII; [generative Software]; 2013; Dimensions variable;