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Hyper-Realistic Stone Fields Made With A 3D Printer
Why waste time gathering stones when you can just 3D print them?
Zen and the Art of Bicycle Maintenance
On December 13, 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army stormed Nanking, the former capital of the Republic of China. In the six week period that followed, they killed an estimated 300,000 soldiers and civilians, including women and children, the latter in...
Li Hui: What Lasers And Zen Buddhism Have In Common
The Chinese artist mixes modern tech and old materials to create stunning works.
Peace Is Every Dubstep: Meet the Deprivation Chamber Instrument That Will Chill TED Out
Music has been central to meditation for thousands of years, in part because it helps "chill people out":http://news.health.com/2010/03/19/music-soothes-anxiety-as-well-as-massage-does/. But the artist and technologist Jay Vidyarthi is trying to flip...
The Discipline of Do Easy, by William S. Burroughs and Gus van Sant
Sometimes, the easiest and calmest way is the best. Directed by Gus van Sant and written by William S. Burroughs, this short 16mm film has sat for years in the corner of mind like a bonzai garden in the middle of Times Square, occasionally drifting...