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AMKK presents Botanical animation "Story of Flowers" full ver.

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Dancing under flaming skies from David Parkinson on Vimeo.

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Rondane by info373

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Let us a little permit Nature to take her own way; she better understands her own Affairs than we.

Michel de Montaigne, Of Experience (via landscape-photo-graphy)

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Filippo Minelli - Bold statements

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4000 Years Old, the Bristlecone Pine Tree of Hope by inchrist

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PUT A BIRD ON IT: ART THAT ADDRESSES CLIMATE CHANGE

See on Scoop.it - The Arts and Sustainability

In December 2015, a rainbow-colored Painted Bunting arrived in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, diverted from its typical migration to Florida, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Strange juxtapositions like this are becoming commonplace in the wake of rising temperatures across the globe.  This rare sight inspired WNW Member #5758 Tatiana Arocha to create “Tropical Birds,” a public art project launching a migration of birds into the trees of New York City neighborhoods to initiate a conversation around climate change. The first migration is based on five different species of tropical birds from Colombia. Each is constructed from laser cut MDF and wheat pasted original illustrations with gold paint details. The handmade silhouettes include toucans, parrots, and hummingbirds with intricately-layered textures. The birds have been installed at specific sites and arranged in proportion to the size and scale of the trees they inhabit. So far, Tatiana has created over a hundred Colombian birds (300 more in the making). She'll be installing birds in public spaces in The Navy Yard, Fort Greene and the Queens Botanical Garden; the installation at BLDG 92 will also be incorporated into the SONYA Art Walk this weekend (May 21-22). The National Audubon Society will be supporting the project through social media and a project feature. When you discover a bird, tag it on Instagram with #tropicalbirdsnewyork.

Susan Davis Cushing's insight:

Bird Watching in a Changing Climate. Beauty and Irony.  Check out an artist who is drawing significant awareness to bird migration.

See on freerange.workingnotworking.com

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Andy Goldsworthy: Natural Man | Architectural Digest

With the painstaking attention of a fine jeweler, Andy Goldsworthy crafts artworks out of natural materials, including his own body. All of his pieces are designed to disappear as nature takes its course: Ice melts, wind blows, and rain falls, factors that shape how viewers experience Goldsworthy’s constructions over the course of their temporary life spans. The British artist is constantly working, an obsession depicted in his photographs of close to 200 works created over a ten-year period and assembled in the voluminous new book Andy Goldsworthy: Ephemeral Works, 2004–2014 (Abrams, $85).

Susan Davis Cushing's insight:

Few artists match Andy Goldsworthy's ability to communicate the ephemerality of the beautiful environment in  which we live.

See on architecturaldigest.com

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Landscape

© Todd Hido

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Desperate measures by andreireinol

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