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  Archive    Puzzles for the Truly Committed *RWSlavin (https://www.deviantart.com/rwslavin) RWSlavin (https://www.deviantart.com/rwslavin)      :iconundead-academy: Undead-Academy (https://www.deviantart.com/undead-academy)      In A Maze Twitter Facebook Google+ Most of the mazes in our gallery are of the outdoor garden variety. At least the “contestant” seeking escape from these mazes has the sun’s position to anchor their own movements. Indoor mazes are more difficult, with the addition of overlapping hallways, mirrored walls and ceilings and total darkness being possible components. Whose idea of “fun” was this, anyway? The first mazes were thought to have been designed and built by ancient Egyptian rulers a

  Archive    The Artist’s Toolkit `spotted (https://www.deviantart.com/spotted) spotted (https://www.deviantart.com/spotted)      :iconchristopherpollari: ChristopherPollari (https://www.deviantart.com/christopherpollari)      Just happy to be at my easel painting Twitter Facebook Google+ Whether they be a baker, painter, or candlestick maker, every artisan has their own set of tools. The strategic slice of a chef’s knife, the perfectly placed stroke of a painter’s brush, the forensic eye of a camera lens, each bends to the will of their master. But the artist must first learn to tame each of their tools before they will do their bidding. Hundreds of hours spent between artist and instrument builds the foundation needed for th

   Share  |  Archive A Collaboration between MARX77 (https://www.deviantart.com/marx77) & DeevElliott (https://www.deviantart.com/deevelliott) What must any of us do before we can understand what we read in the Book of Life? When is one ready to write upon its pages his or her own contributions? Life is no passive gathering of information. It is not a spectator sport. Only in participation is one truly alive. In order to express feelings or opinions about anything in life, one must have a personal experience of it. Only personal experience conveys the qualification and the right to speak, to write or to create art as explanation and explication of any topic of discussion and debate.  Masai Mara Cheetahs

  Archive    “The” Is A Universal Story      `eawood (https://www.deviantart.com/eawood) eawood (https://www.deviantart.com/eawood)      :iconkilkennycat: kilkennycat (https://www.deviantart.com/kilkennycat)      Writing the Story About Flying Twitter Facebook Google+     In fiction writing, clarity is king It is, among other things, why almost everyone knows of Ernest Hemingway. It’s also why we love this one-word short story from inknalcohol (https://www.deviantart.com/inknalcohol). It’s so straightforward and unambiguous, but at the same time it manages to say so much.      One Word Story by inknalcohol (https://www.deviantart.com/inknalcohol) The. “The” is a universal story. We can all relate to the protagonist because each of us is the protagonist. We fill the gaps

  Archive    EXPENSIVE TASTE When Money Is The Medium      `eawood (https://www.deviantart.com/eawood) eawood (https://www.deviantart.com/eawood)      :icontylerdobbs: TylerDobbs (https://www.deviantart.com/tylerdobbs)      Five Dollar Batman Twitter Facebook Google+     Our currency is covered in artwork. Engravings on a coin or the images on the back of a dollar help us differentiate between denominations, but they serve other purposes as well. They are used to prevent anyone outside of the government that issues the currency from creating duplicates, and the images are supposed to provide cultural touchstones that bond together its users. Any American can recognize a portrait of Abraham Lincoln or George Washington because of th

  Archive    SECRETS ARE FOR KEEPING What Happens When Art is Encrypted?      `eawood (https://www.deviantart.com/eawood) eawood (https://www.deviantart.com/eawood)      :iconrinall-j: Rinall-J (https://www.deviantart.com/rinall-j)      The Imitation Game Twitter Facebook Google+ What is it about human nature that draws us to puzzles? Our minds are trained by aeons of evolution to look for patterns. Puzzles are merely patterns that have been rearranged, scrambled. The moment that we realize this, we immediately want to restore order, to put the pattern back together properly with everything in its right place. Our brains are sometimes logical to a fault, and when things don’t fit together it can cause extreme anxiety.