By Sam bot on January 18, 2016
art, beauty, blessings, intricacy, sand, sand paintings, spirituality, tibet, tibetan monks
Art + Design, Culture
![The Beauty of Tibetan Sand Paintings and The Philosophy Behind Them The Beauty of Tibetan Sand Paintings and The Philosophy Behind Them](https://unitedstill.com/wp-content/themes/_stylebook/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Funitedstill.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F01%2Ftibetan-sand-paintings.jpg&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1)
VIA The Spirit Science by Kasim Khan Tibetan Buddhist monks have created sand mandalas for over 2,500 years, as it remains one of the religion’s most beautiful and symbolic traditions. Each mandala has a center point that is surrounded by a circle, a perfectly symmetrical design of specific meaning, and an accompaniment of various religious deities […]
By Sam bot on May 4, 2015
art, clay, improvisation, pottery wheel
Art + Design, Videos
![Mikhail Sadovnikov’s Mesmerizing Dance On The Circle Mikhail Sadovnikov’s Mesmerizing Dance On The Circle](https://unitedstill.com/wp-content/themes/_stylebook/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Funitedstill.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F05%2Fmikhail.jpg&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1)
VIA KRUGOVOROT youtube.com channel
By Sam bot on March 10, 2015
art, creation, creativity, design, eco-friendly, ingenuity, swirl
Art + Design, Culture
![Student Designs Special Faucet To Save Water, Elegance Included Student Designs Special Faucet To Save Water, Elegance Included](https://unitedstill.com/wp-content/themes/_stylebook/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Funitedstill.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F03%2Fswirl.jpg&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1)
VIA “pulptastic.com” This is the “Swirl Faucet”, created by Simin Qiu, a student at London’s Royal College of Art. The faucet can be turned on or off at the touch of a button. The water moves through a mechanism which makes it come out of the faucet in a beautiful pattern. While aesthetically pleasing, the […]
By Sam bot on February 27, 2015
art, creation, creative minds, erik johansson, optical illusion
Art + Design, Culture
![Swedish Photoshop Master Creates Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions Swedish Photoshop Master Creates Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions](https://unitedstill.com/wp-content/themes/_stylebook/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Funitedstill.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F02%2Ferik.png&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1)
VIA “learning-mind.com” by Anna LeMind We all are familiar with optical illusions – visual images that trick our eyes into seeing things differently than they are in reality. Everyone remembers the spinning girl illusion or different ornaments that seem to be moving, while the image is actually static. But what happens when optical illusions are […]
By Sam bot on February 26, 2015
art, contemporary, creativity, interior design, modern, new age
Art + Design, Culture
![43 Fantastic Interior Designs 43 Fantastic Interior Designs](https://unitedstill.com/wp-content/themes/_stylebook/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Funitedstill.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F02%2Finterior.jpg&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1)
VIA “pulptastic.com” #1. Floating house, meet glass floor. source #2. Perfect reading cave. source #3. These blinds let you see a better view when closed. source #4. “Tree house” attic, probably an overprotective parent’s idea. source #5. Stairs that transform into an Autobot dresser. source #6. If your spouse always forgets to look at the time, build a giant […]
By Sam bot on February 21, 2015
art, bartholomaus traubeck, creativity, record player, sound of nature, tree rings
Art + Design, Culture
![What A Tree Sounds Like When It’s Played on a Record Player What A Tree Sounds Like When It’s Played on a Record Player](https://unitedstill.com/wp-content/themes/_stylebook/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Funitedstill.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F02%2Ftreering.jpg&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1)
VIA “educateinspirechange.org” Artist Bartholomaus Traubeck has created musical masterpieces, by playing trees. He created a record player that translates the different colors and textures of tree rings into music. Rather than use a needle like a record, sensors gather information about the wood and turn them into piano notes. Every tree sounds vastly unique due to […]
By JSO II on March 9, 2014
art, inspirational, inspire, motivate, poetry
Art + Design, Inspiration, Stories
![Desiderata – “Desire of happiness” By Max Ehrmann Desiderata – “Desire of happiness” By Max Ehrmann](https://unitedstill.com/wp-content/themes/_stylebook/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Funitedstill.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F03%2Fdesiderata.gif&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1)
A reminder to always strive to bring Order from the ever present chaos. To stay balanced, modern, and self aware. An absolute classic piece for genuine reflection. ‘Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on […]
By JSO II on February 11, 2014
art, inspiration, quote, quotes, sun tzu, war
Art + Design, Inspiration
![The art of War The art of War](https://unitedstill.com/wp-content/themes/_stylebook/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Funitedstill.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F02%2Fsun-tzu.jpg&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1)
… “Thus it is said that one who knows his enemy and knows himself will not be endangered in a hundred engagements. One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes be victorious, sometimes meet with defeat. One who knows neither the enemy nor himself will invariably be defeated in every engagement” sun The Art […]
By JSO II on February 2, 2014
america, art, culture, hard work, inspiration, motivate, motivation, motivational, poetry, style, think
Art + Design
![The Heights of Great Men The Heights of Great Men](https://unitedstill.com/wp-content/themes/_stylebook/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Funitedstill.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F02%2Fheights.jpg&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1)
“The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight, but by they who while their companions slept, were toiling upward through the night!” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
By Fabrizzio Silveira on January 6, 2014
art, banksy, inspirational, inspire, motivation
Art + Design, Culture
![Who is Banksy? Art in its purest. Who is Banksy? Art in its purest.](https://unitedstill.com/wp-content/themes/_stylebook/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Funitedstill.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F01%2Fb5.jpg&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1)
The man, the myth, the legend. One of the most influential street artists of the 21st century. And what is it to be street? To portray the Power of the people in splashed paint. A man from hungry beginnings as a freehand graffiti artist in 1990 with the Bristol DryBreadz. Later, five passionate years moving as an […]