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Heart to Mouth, Bart Hess.
“Bart Hess has dreamed up a marvelously weird and rubbery take on love.”
“The Babemba tribe of Africa believes that each human being comes into the world as good. Each one of us only desiring safety, love, peace and happiness.
But sometimes, in the pursuit of these things, people make mistakes.
When a person acts irresponsibly or unjustly, he/she is placed in the center of the village, alone, unfettered. All work ceases. All gather around the accused individual. Then each person of every age, begins to talk out loud to the accused. One at a time, each person tells all the good things the one in the center ever did in his/her lifetime.
Every incident, every experience that can be recalled with any detail and accuracy, is recounted. All positive attributes, good deeds, strengths, and kindnesses are recited carefully and at length.
The tribal ceremony often lasts several days, not ceasing until everyone is drained of every positive comment that can be mustered. At the end, the tribal circle is broken, a joyous celebration takes place, and the person is symbolically and literally welcomed back into the tribe.”
Read more at Spiritual Ecology.
Illustrations by Sam Brown, seen at Exploding Dog.
Typography by Karl Kwasny.
“I felt my soul enkindled within me by the Wild Fervor.”
A piece on modern times by Banksy, located in Bristol, UK.
Grow Love With Me, bean can by Yoko Ono.
The seed sprouts into leaf bearing the word ‘Love’.
Buy it here.
500 Days of Summer
Hooray!
Bristol street artist Jody Thomas is set to have an exhibit in New York City. You can check him out at the Affordable Art Fair on April 2th - April 6th.
As seen on Design Milk.
Beautiful series, All Love Is Equal, by Braden Summers.
Hand painted sign by San Fran designer David Smith. This is part of his Love-Kill project, which includes more signs with quotes from Charles Bukowski. Check it out!
Jimi Hendrix, Woodstock, 1969
I Remember When All This Was Trees, Detroit, Banksy.
Brooklyn-based arist Hiromi Niizeki travels throughout the five boroughs, photographing heart shaped gum remnants.
Check out the HiromiGumHearts Project here.
Awesome packaging by Zing!, a branch of products from Premier Housewares.
Just a handful of the most beautiful libraries from across the globe.
(Thanks Darragh for the inspiration post!)
1. Trinity College Library, Ireland
2. Raza Library, India
3. Handelingenkamer, Netherlands
4. Library of Parliament, Canada
5. Jay Walker’s Private Library, USA
6. The Tianyi Pavilion Library, China
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