The art of tattooing is a unique form of art that can be linked back to about 12,000 years ago, but in some cultures today can be seen as an unfavorable thing to have. Tattooing can be seen as a global art form that has been used in many ancient
Year: 2020
For the longest time, art was thought of as something an artist made, displayed and then left to the audience to figure out. The process of making art was seen as very cathartic and meant to be done alone. This translated to the audience as well, as art was meant
Birth and postpartum photography is NOT beautiful. It’s graphic, messy, terrifying, even nauseating. But it is so profoundly necessary. Photography projects and exhibitions such as the Empowered Birth Project and the Life After Birth Project are compiled by mothers and display childbirth in a realistic and vulnerable form. Their goal
In the year 2014, aerospace engineers working for Surrey Nanosystems created a brand new material called Vantablack. The name itself refers to the fact that it is created from vertically aligned nanotubes and is an extremely dark black color. It is so dark that it absorbs almost 99.97% of all
After dominating the charts in the early 2010s, the members of One Direction, all have their own established solo careers now. While the members are using this new freedom as a time to find their own styles and step away from the artistic confinement of a boyband, one member has
Everyone wants to find someone who is “unique” or “different,” right? Well, the upward rise of awareness of the “pick me, choose me” person takes this concept to another level. While the idea of wanting to be viewed as different in comparison to “competition”, the concept of a Pick Me
When we buy art, or consume something, we hardly think about where it came from, the process it took to land into our hands, or who made it and the conditions they made it in. Of course, there has been a rise in consumers becoming more aware of where they
Ted Bundy and Jeffery Dahmer are two of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history. Combined, the two men are responsible for at least 21 and potentially up to 53 murders- Bundy has been charged with 14 murders but may be linked up to 36, and Dahmer was charged
While many people go to graveyards to pay respect to their ancestors, a myriad of indigenous people have to pay respect to their ancestors in the cold alcove of a museum. Many minority groups that have been colonized lost their significant cultural artifacts to museums, and in some cases, they
Imagine dedicating your entire young life to being the best baseball player that you can be, just to end up getting banned from baseball for life. Imagine throwing away a world series title just to make some extra spending money. Can you imagine that? As hard as I find it