“Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.” – Willem de Kooning

Wikipedia article of the day is Tricholoma pardinum. Check it out: https://ift.tt/328QP8j Summary: Tricholoma pardinum is a gilled mushroom widely distributed across North America and Europe, as well as parts of Asia. It was first officially described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1801. The imposing fruit bodies (mushrooms) of T. pardinum appear in beech woodland in […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on July 10, 2020: Sun getting through fog in the New Zealand bush, Bryant Range. The picture was taken on the trail between Rocks Hut and Middle Creek Hut. This section is part of Te Araroa Trail https://ift.tt/2BULyGz

What is that fuzzy streak extending from Mercury? Long exposures of our Solar System’s innermost planet may reveal something unexpected: a tail. Mercury’s thin atmosphere contains small amounts of sodium that glow when excited by light from the Sun. Sunlight also liberates these molecules from Mercury’s surface and pushes them away. The yellow glow from […]

“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.” – Stephen Sondheim

Wikipedia article of the day is Payún Matrú. Check it out: https://ift.tt/329Gc4X Summary: Payún Matrú is a shield volcano in the Malargüe Department of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Activity in its volcanic field commenced at least 2.5 million years ago and continued until about 515 years ago. Payún Matrú lies in the Payenia volcanic province in the back-arc […]

“What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have.” – Lionel Trilling

Wikipedia article of the day is History of the British farthing. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2Zu8rak Summary: Historically, the British farthing was a continuation of the English farthing, a coin struck by English monarchs prior to the Act of Union 1707 that was worth a quarter of an old penny (​1⁄960 of a pound sterling). Only […]

“Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature.” – Steven Pinker

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