Artist Disappears in the Background of Her Works
Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes uses a mix of make-up, paint and costumes to make herself disappear in her own paintings. Like the real-life invisible man, Liu Bolin, she is a master of blending-in the background. Paredes explains her technique as a way of making herself part of the landscape ïn a quest of belonging”. “The theme behind all is […]
Man Wants to Live Like Bear Grylls for a Year, Dies in Less than a Month
Nature has always been about the ‘survival of the fittest’, but sometimes even the fittest cannot survive its harsh conditions. What happened with David Austin is a classic example of how merciless the outdoors can truly be. He had embarked upon a year-long survival challenge in the Scottish wilderness, but was found dead within a […]
Chara Sands – The Miniature Desert of Siberia
If I showed you an image of desert sands set up against a background of snow-capped mountain peaks, your first word would probably be ‘Photoshoped’. That’s what I thought too, but such a place really does exist and it’s called Chara Sands. There is really no end to nature’s mysteries and Chara Sands, in Siberia, […]
Gardener Claims Viagra Makes Plants Perkier
Celebrity TV Gardner David Domoney has made a startling revelation. The drug that has helped so many men spruce up their love-life apparently works wonders for flowers as well. And only 1/50th of a regular sized pill of Viagra is all that’s required. Cut flowers that are placed in a vase end up wilting in […]