Quote for Today: Robin Wall Kimmerer
In a garden, food arises from partnership. If I don’t pick rocks and pull weeds, I’m not fulfilling my end of the bargain. I can do these things with …
Quote for Today: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Never have I thought so much, never have I realized my own existence so much, been so much alive, been so much myself … as in those journeys which …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #36: Animated Street Art from Lodz, Poland
Globe-trotting Travel Series #36 features street art murals in Lodz, Poland with some advice on the pandemic. Quarantines are lifting in many places, but we still need to be safe …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #35: Plante by Réka Bucsi, Budapest, Hungary via Vimeo’s Stories in Place
Day 35 of the Globe-trotting Travel Series takes us to Budapest, Hungary, to a small nursery called Plante. The movie is by Réka Bucsi, an animation film-maker, and is a …
Psychedelic Ecosystem: The Elephant’s Garden
Come take an artistic walk on the wild side where the sublime meets the brutal. Refreshingly honest, beautiful and whimsical! The life of any ecosystem depends on the death and sacrifice …
Modern Creation Myth: Thoughts on Abiogenesis by Richard Mans
In our time, the tantalizing mystery of Creation is usually explored through science or religion. Can art provide vision also? This short film, Abiogenesis, by Richard Mans, produced by Fuzzy Realms, …
There Ain’t No Place That Far: Disney’s Song of the South, 1946
History is not dead, but is constantly reinterpreted through the arts. Can we relate to earlier interpretations despite their controversy? Song of the South, produced by Walt Disney for RKO Pictures …
Autumn Patterns: The Mesmerizing Stop Motion of Ouroboros by sam3
Sam3 is an artist living in Murcia, Spain, whose work includes mural and street art as well as film. Today we feature the stop motion video entitled Ouroboros, which cuts …
Re-imagining Movement and Growth in the Sea: Hinode by Tetsuka Niiyama
The sea is full of movement, from the motion of small rocks, seeds and other particles carried by the water to the growth of plants and animals. The impressionistic film …
Wonder and Awe: Look Up! The Billion Bug Highway You Can’t See
Ever wonder what is going on above your head? Take a look up in the sky with NPR correspondent Robert Krulwich, known for demystifying complex subjects, and animator Benjamin Arthur. …