This guy really is good at what he does. Kid's draw pictures of their 'monsters' and super-heros, and he takes those pictures, and paints them realistically, all the while leaving the basic lines and scope of the drawings.

My son really enjoyed this site, as did I. It is very interesting!

THE MONSTER ENGINE - What if a kid's imagination....was better represented?

"Louisville artist Matt Gatton started thinking of primitive people hunkering inside caves and arrived at a radical, quite possibly revolutionary and insistently plausible theory of the origin of representational art.

It struck Gatton, a St. Francis High School art teacher, that the question of how Paleolithic people got the notion to create representational art could be answered by their living conditions. Holes in the animal hides that covered their dwellings could have projected images from outside -- a phenomenon of physics we now call camera obscura. The people could then have traced the images onto their cave walls."

Camera Obscura and Paleolithic Drawings

Now THESE are some WOW pumpkins. Incredible art.

Art in Pumpkins

Don't fall in!

Great linear perspective.

Sidewalk Chalk Guy

For once, a book which really lives up to its title.
Hall self-published this massive tome in 1928,
consisting of about 200 legal-sized pages in 8 point type;
it is literally his magnum opus.
Each of the nearly 50 chapters is so dense
with information that it is the equivalent of an entire short book.
If you read this book in its entirety you will be in a good position
to dive into subjects such as the Qabbala, Alchemy, Tarot, Ceremonial Magic,
Neo-Platonic Philosophy, Mystery Religions, and
the theory of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry.
Although there are some questionable and controversial parts of the book,
such as the outdated material on Islam,
the portion on the Bacon-Shakespeare hypothesis,
and Hall's conspiracy theory of history
as driven by an elite cabal of roving immortals,
they are far out-weighed by the comprehensive
information here on other subjects.

An excellent book, regarded as one of the most comprehensive occult books ever. Now in the public domain, so enjoy!
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I'll link to anything that openly and honestly discusses Mithracism.

Secret Teachings of All Ages Index

"These elephants are pretty smart. They've already been painting. Its not suprising that the ones that are the best at playing, tend to be the ones that enjoy playing the most."

Elephant Music (Free MP3s and video clips)

] that this smut is not prohibited in the community in
] which you live and that you will not show any of this
] smut to minors.

REALHAMSTER

How good are your ears at discerning music?

This site is supposed to help you get better at playing by ear.

I do fine with this site/test until I get to the scales. I need to look those terms up. I've played music for 25 years and haven't heard of those terms.

At the bottom, the 'perfect pitch' is a very good one to try.

Train your ears

I tend to really like eminem. This is good. I think he would have had another secret service visit though if he'd not put the little twist at the end.

Yeah... this rocks. I've never been moved by eminem before... it's infact really really good.

If you can't get it at guerrilla news try this one: http://www.ifilm.com/viralvideo?ifilmid=2654122

Eminem's Mosh

OMG I love it! Great site!

The Bible in Legos substrate