Ana Luiza

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The Scarlet Umbrella photography by Sami Soutar

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Feb 10, 2012, 8:00 am
I found this photography at Sami's album at Facebook. I love looking up under trees as I wrote at this post and I never was under a scarlet tree. How many faces to you see at the trunk? This is a bonus of this beautiful picture.
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Prices of Elizabeth Taylor's art collection auctioned creates confusion

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Feb 9, 2012, 2:43 pm
Her father was a successful art dealer from whom  she inherit her taste for art. Chirstie's is auctioning some of her belongings and it has reached the amount of $ 183 million dollars. One of the items was the Van Gogh painting "Vue de l'asile et de la Chapelle de Remy" that reached $16 mil...
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"Freedom" by Zenos Frudakis: A sculpture commissioned by the slave creator lab GlaxoSmithKline

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Feb 7, 2012, 8:19 am
The sculpture "Freedom" by Zenos Frudakis, done in 2001 for the laboratory GlaxoSmithKline, is exhibited at the Philadelphia headquarter of the laboratory. He also did two works with GlaxoSmithKline former CEOs Joseph J. Ruvane and Sanford Altwood and painted Sir Paul Girolami, former CEO, Glaxo PL...
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The Umbrellas by Renoir

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Feb 6, 2012, 1:23 pm
A moment in a day captured by Auguste Renoir. It is interesting that the title of the painting is "The Umbrellas" and they are the elements that holds the structure of the composition. The rain is absent wither in the "environment" or in the attitudes of the crowd. The children and the lady at ...
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Finally, Kama Sutra competitor

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Feb 5, 2012, 6:24 am

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Solution to all math problems

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Feb 4, 2012, 4:13 am

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"Everybody cheats" Caravaggio

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Feb 3, 2012, 12:03 pm
Top-right: The Cardsharps, 1597, Top-left:  The Fortune Teller, 1594 Bottom-right: The Cardsharps, detail. Bottom-left: The Fortune Teller, detail Caravaggio portrayed men of the streets and their activities and this is one of At The Cardsharps the young men is being cheated by the other pla...
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Virginia Woolf's suicide note

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Feb 2, 2012, 10:43 am
Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have ...
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Ari Folman's Sabra and Shatila movie: Poor Israelis suffered so much!

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Feb 1, 2012, 3:35 pm
... the jury at Sarajevo in 2011, filmed "Waltz with Bashir" that "follows the filmmaker's emotional attempt to decipher the horrors that ... of Folman’s quest for responsibility in Waltz with Bashir hones in on lighting the flares ... — all of this is absent in Waltz with Bashir." There is...
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Native American proverb on who the earth belongs

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Feb 1, 2012, 3:39 am
I did some posts claiming that the children are the owners of the world and this native american proverb is exactly what I meant. Maybe if rulers have that in mind when making laws or disrespecting them we would have a different society. Have a great February!
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David Oliveira's wire sculptures and drawings

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 31, 2012, 2:06 pm
I just came across with David Oliveira work and I'm enchanted by his sculptures made of wire. David's art makes me think that all of his drawings escaped from his sketchbook and run away to live their lives. They are deep and some of them reminds me of expressionists creatures. I wish I could...
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Malaysian blues

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 31, 2012, 6:53 am
This was shot at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia but the author is unknown. I did a post with two photos of Malaysian  sky here and felt like sharing this one too.
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Orgasmatron the instant female orgasm device waiting FDA approvall

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 30, 2012, 11:37 am
It is no longer science-fiction and the device was discovered in 1998 by accident by Dr. Stuart Meloy, anesthesiologist, when he was implanting electrodes in the spine of a patient who suffered from chronic leg pain. He was surprised when after turning on the power "the patient suddenly let out som...
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Wordless Monday on rain

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 30, 2012, 3:01 am

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The latest gadget

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 29, 2012, 3:05 am
Have a great Sunday!
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The Book of Thel by William Blake

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 28, 2012, 11:06 am
At the Harvard University Library there is an online copy of The Book of Thel by William Blake. Everything was done by Blake who was a poet, an illustrator and was responsible for the publication. Richard Dover explains The Book of Thel: "Dated 1789, but probably engraved between 1788 and 1791, T...
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UN peacekeepers atrocities unpunished

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 27, 2012, 12:05 pm
I'm sorry to bring a subject that is not happy and may shock some people. But you can do as many: close the page and search for a game or even look at the beautiful pictures at this blog. In 1997 William Norman Grigg rite the article Beasts in Blue Berets about the atrocities committed by UN peace...
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Angry heart

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 27, 2012, 6:32 am
...yes angry... As a bug destroyed the posts I'll have to reformat an average of 800 posts that lost their paragraphs, the worse since it became very hard to read them, and all the formatting that took me time and patience to do will have to be redone. Google Plus? Why on earth another social netw...
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Urgent: Avoid loosing all blogspot's pictures by not deleting Google plus albums

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 26, 2012, 7:53 am
The left image is the replacement you'll have if you delete your Google+ album. I have already seen two blogs that had all their pictures removed so I decided to search the reason to protect myself. When I visited my profile at Google+ I had the surprise of finding all my blog's pictures, includin...
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Coloring through optical illusion

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 25, 2012, 10:54 am
1  stare at the red star on the girl’s nose for 30 seconds; 2  look at the white rectangle;    3  tell me what you see. Source: Moiillusions 
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Neuroscientist: the only profession in a near future

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 25, 2012, 7:51 am
"We are our brains and our souls and minds are what our brain is" is already considered as true. It leads to no other conclusion: Neuroscience has reached the uppermost of the human knowledge and is studying humanities and sciences with excellence and accuracy. In a near future there will be onl...
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Akirakirai's emotions and universe

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 24, 2012, 6:28 am
I have published some works "exposed" at DeviantArt and this time I was browsing and found Akirakirai's profile.  Having others sources to find those who are creative but are not on the market is one of the benefits of internet that also grant us with the possibility of finding a piece of a mas...
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Chromatic Typewriter: Paint instead of letters by Terry Callahan

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 23, 2012, 9:30 am
The painter and poet artist Terry Callahan changed the letters and other keys of a typewriter with colors. According to Terry: "The little Chromatic Typewriter, a conceptual art piece, is out in the world and the feedback has been great.  Although it does not paint, I've decided I can at least re...
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Anastassia Elias's invitations to dream

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 22, 2012, 10:54 am
The first post I did about Anastassia Elias's work was about her collages at toilet paper rolls. I thought about publishing more of these collages but I came across with this photo-montage she did in 2005. "Sous le pavés, la plage." / "Under the paving, the beach." is the caption Anastassia wrote...
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Eugène Grasset: the master of the posters

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 21, 2012, 9:12 am
Eugène Grasset is most known because of his posters in his name is part of the Maîtres de L'Affiche (Masters of the Posters) 256 color lithographic plates used to create a very significant art publication during the Belle Époque in Paris, France. The collection, reproduced from the original work...
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Is the glass half empty of half full?

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 20, 2012, 3:42 am
It seems some people don't think of it as the real issue.
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Saint Augustine by Caravaggio discovered in a private collection

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 19, 2012, 7:34 am
Hidden on a private collection where it was considered as an anonymous this Saint Augustine painted by Caravaggio was discovered on April, 2011: "A leading scholar, Sebastian Schütze, professor of art history at the University of Vienna and one of the book's co-authors, called the work a signif...
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Wordless Wednesday: Wolves

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 18, 2012, 4:35 am
Photography by Jeff Vanuga
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Violence against woman by husbands: the grass is always greener at the other side

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 17, 2012, 1:25 pm
The right woman is Connie Culp who had her face destroyed in 2004 when her former husband shot her. She did a transplant in 2008. Details can be found at this article by Amy Oliver. The transplant is the reason her story is still being reported. "'It's the way I keep going,' she said. 'I don't wan...
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Who is who- strategy to memorize names

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 17, 2012, 4:43 am
by Ana Adapted from the Brazilian writer Luis Fernando Verissimo. The idea is using two people whose names are similar of have anything in common: Manet is that one of “Luncheon on the grass” and “Olympia”, Monet the one of "nympheas" and that painting that was used to name the group impre...
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Advice: Some posts of the blog lost format

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 16, 2012, 8:08 am
I just discovered that numerous posts of the blog changed the format it took me some time and work to do. The paragraphs are missing and it became a little strange. I'll try to correct it. I do not understand since I write the posts on the Blogger editor to avoid that the HTML of another editor do...
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How to get rid of the fleas and why sometimes they never leave

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 16, 2012, 4:15 am
For the first time I had an infestation of fleas in my apartment that cost me two months of research and experiences. The others, including two ticks infestation, were very easy to handle and I only did the procedures that all of those who have dogs know or should know. What was different this tim...
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Some Americans are "All Gone to look for America"

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 15, 2012, 2:06 pm
America (click one second) by Paul Simon "Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together I've got some real estate here in my bag" So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies And we walked off to look for America "Kathy," I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh "Michigan s...
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Wordless Saturday: Deer's dance

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 14, 2012, 9:31 am
Image: Brian Bauer
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Kitty in panic

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Jan 13, 2012, 3:14 am
Extreme reaction caused by stress, a dysfunctional family, bad mood,...? (Funny but this is how I behave sometimes.)
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Oscar Wilde quotations

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Nov 3, 2011, 5:59 am
"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.""Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.""One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.""Only the shallow know themselves.""I was working...
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San Gregory Beach CA by Jon Rendell

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Nov 2, 2011, 8:12 am
"What concerns me is not the subject matter but the light", Jon RendellI started the tag "BlueObession because the number of images that has shades of blue has already exceeded sanity.I want to go to San Gregory Beach...
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Kookoo's enchanted dolls

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Nov 2, 2011, 1:35 am
"The first one is Flora: "Meet Flora. In Roman mythology Flora (from latin floris = flower) is a goddess of flowers, flowering plants, especially those that bear fruit and the season of spring. Her function is to make the grain, vegetables and trees bloom. That is why I dressed her in crocheted dres...
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Poetry of Light by Marcos Ramos

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Nov 1, 2011, 2:28 am
The picture by Marcos Ramos won the Brazilian prize "Consigo a melhor foto/ I can take the best shot" in 2009. This is the way I found to wish us all a great November.
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An American in Paris by Ken Foster

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Oct 31, 2011, 5:00 am
Another of Ken Foster's great watercolors. This time... in Paris where he spent his honeymoon. When I was in Paris I lived close to Notre Dame and from my window I could see part of Ile de Saint Louis where the cathedral is. I could also go walking to the Beaubourg.Ok, the post is about an American ...
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Unavoidable notes to Math and FedEx

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Oct 31, 2011, 4:07 am
I'm sure you will need them one of these days.
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Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll and Page waiting to attend my classes

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Oct 30, 2011, 4:45 am
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Sign of the times

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Oct 29, 2011, 6:35 pm
Hat tip to Enrique at Philosophisches & Literatisches Sehloft.
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Tamara de Lepincka's women

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Oct 29, 2011, 3:49 am
Two paintings by Tamara de Lepincka to inspire your weekend. "The two friends",  right picture, I dedicate to my virtual friends. The left is Kizette on the balcon, 1927.Have a great weekend.
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Libya's conscience, Mahdi Nazemroaya, on Qaddafi and Libya's wealth

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Oct 28, 2011, 8:41 am
I have seen all the videos Mahdi did and read all the articles he wrote. I think of him when I'm very sad and angry about what US and it's allies did and are doing in Libya. I thought I had seen enough about human's cruelty but the tortures, the killings, the fiction that was done by the corporate m...
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Wordless Friday

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Oct 28, 2011, 4:12 am
Oops, THERE ARE WORDS IN WORDLESS FRIDAY. Shame.
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US crackdown Americans in Occupy Wall Street pacific demonstrations

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Oct 27, 2011, 6:25 pm
These pictures were taken from this video at YouTube. There are lots of video showing the police cracking down American pacific protesters. "You are causing the violence" one of the protesters shouted to the policemen that were armed. Tear gas was used. Blood has already been shed and severe injuri...
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Moebius strip cartoon by Jim Woodring

Ana Luiza posted an article on - Oct 27, 2011, 8:17 am
It is so good when we find something amazing even when we feel a fool because the work of the person is famous. I just came across with Jim Woodring work and I'm so happy to discover someone who speaks to children and adult's imagination and enchantment. Jim is the creator of the famous Frank comic...
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About Me

I've started this blog to share the good things people create in arts, science, leisure, ideas, no matter where or when. A dash of humor, a drop of beauty and lots of creativity. Update: I do this blog as a way to make people see that thou there are many problems in the world some people are doing a lot of effort to make a change. Just by keep writing books, creating art and keep the humanities alive is a way to resist and to empower us seeing how human beings are great and the vast majority amazing people. Lately I changed a little and I am also publishing posts that have political content. I rather use the word culture because politics became synonymous of an elite that is far from their citizens. It's about time to stop fearing and speak up. Today I started to remember those who are suffering or who has suffered but did a difference. I guess that "difference" is the word to describe my mood when doing my posts. Dignity is a word that follows me not only at the blog but my life.

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