Étienne-Louis Boullée is the master of monumental cenotaphs.
Boullée’s most emblematic project is his cenotaph designed for Isaac Newton. It’s the first of the pictures below and you can find a short text about it here.
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Finally, the story of the greatest science fiction epic never made has finally been told. Jodorowsky’s Dune is a new documentary about that beautiful, crazy-ambitious, disaster of an adaptation.
The Lost Tribes
of Tierra del Fuego
For seven thousand years, the Selk’nam, Yamana and Kawésqar people inhabited the forbidding archipelago of Southern Patagonia.
Islamic architecture
Kaleidoscopes of adoration
Gazing up into the kaleidoscopic worlds of these Iranian mosque ceilings invokes a feeling of transcendental glory.
Sabin Bălaşa
Dreams of Eternal Blue
Bălaşa paints a unique universe, full of archetypal figures and metaphysical themes. He called it Cosmic Romanticism.
Justine Kurland
Escape into a better world
To me these pictures present a futuristic vision rather than a look back at our savage ancestors.
In a mother’s womb
Or the cycle of life
This text is immensely powerful to illuminate death or any transition into the unknown. Remember that you already went through a fantastic metamorphosis before.
MYST
Creating digital worlds
In 1993 the brothers Robyn and Rand Miller created MYST — a video game unlike any other before. It’s a…
Karl Blossfeldt
Urformen der Kunst
Karl Blossfeldt was an attentive observers of nature, a teacher of contemplation.
Der Himmel über Berlin
Wings of Desire
If the human being is the only animal that knows it lives in time, the movie is about that knowledge, a modern fairy tale about the nature of being alive.
Paul Laffoley
The visionary
Laffoley is a visionary painter, designer, futurist & hyperspace cartographer based in Boston. Diving into his world may cause a feeling of dizziness due to an overdose of novelty.
Rajni Perera
(M)otherworlds
Rajni Perera paints a vibrant sci-fi universe ruled by hybrid deities, demons, and powerful black heroines.
Keith Rankin
Half child Half ancient
Keith Rankin is responsible for the sublime artwork of Orange Milk Records.
Tristram Lansdowne
Sci-Fi Islands
Tristram Lansdowne is a Toronto based painter who mainly works in watercolor. I like his futuristic approach of combining architecture with nature.
Suren Manvelyan
Your Beautiful Eyes
Be warned, looking into somebody else’s eyes might never be the same again after seeing the following pictures.
Julia Turk
Navigators Tarot of the Mystic Sea
I have always been drawn to things I found suggestive but couldn’t understand. The tarot is such a theme that speaks to my imagination but I can’t explain what it really is.
Hans-Christian Schink
One Hour
I don’t wanna spoil it for you. First look at the pictures and wonder what you see. Then read below.
Hirō Isono
Into the Depths of the Sacred Forest
There is a small group of painters who are able to invoke nature’s serene magic. Isono is one of them and his love for the forest is very tangible.
Paul Gustave Doré
Christian Imagery
Every belief system has to offer a good story. The more poetic and sensational the more likely to find followers. Paul Gustave Doré‘s way of depicting Christian imagery is a great example.
Zone Patcher
Psychoactive fractal art
The works of Zone Patcher are the very definition of digital psychedelic art.
Adrain Chesser
The Return
There are contemporary “back to the land” communities practicing a hunter-gatherer way of life. Projects like this will serve as a touchstone to those interested in living differently.
