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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
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Baby won’t you light my fire
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Nothin' but the nasty
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Magritte doesn't get mad, he gets stabby
Cubist dream
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Ring around the rosie
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So about that American Dream…
Where did the time go?
“Everything means nothing if I can’t have you…”
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Literal love child
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Don’t make me summon the ancestors
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Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Too truisms
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If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
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Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
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There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
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Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
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Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
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