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The Beauty of Tibetan Sand Paintings and The Philosophy Behind Them

The Beauty of Tibetan Sand Paintings and The Philosophy Behind Them

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 […]

Student Designs Special Faucet To Save Water, Elegance Included

Student Designs Special Faucet To Save Water, Elegance Included

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 […]

Swedish Photoshop Master Creates Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions

Swedish Photoshop Master Creates Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions

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 […]

43 Fantastic Interior Designs

43 Fantastic Interior Designs

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 […]

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

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 […]

The art of War

The art of War

… “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 […]