When the sun changes positions as winter approaches, the horizontal rays create long shadows where suspicions may lurk. Was that a rustle of the corn, or the swoosh of a passing spirit? Scorpio, mystery and suspicion are all part of the autumn package.
September will be an interesting month with Mercury in the spotlight for more than one reason. As both Mercury and the Sun are in Virgo, there is an extra dose of objectivity about the everyday environment.
Pictures of other planets and celestial objects are always wonderful to ponder at. Space probes approaching the giants’ planets of Jupiter and Saturn have taken sharp and clear pictures for us on Earth to see. How beautiful and majestic they look! All these were made possible by the wonders of photography.
Most of the 2010 features are listed here.
Upcycling is the concept of taking something of little value (such as an empty pill bottle) and increasing its value exponentially through artistic expression (see the pill bottle sculpture below). Jean Shin is one of the extraordinarily talented artists who’s view of what is trash and what is treasure takes her on an artistic journey that is beautiful to follow.
How does society view the object that it throws away in comparison to the object it treasures? Upcycling is changing people’s minds and hearts when they stop to reconsider what is “garbage”.
This is my fifth article on artistic recycling. These articles all involve making something worthless into something priceless. It takes a lot of skill to take our cast-offs and see them from a different angle — on of an artistic medium. Thinking what can be made of this instead of how can I get rid of this. In this article, I highlight an artist named John T. Unger and his incredible uses of scrap metal.
About 23% of plastic water bottles are recycled. This leaves an astounding 38 billion water bottles in landfills. It takes over 1.5 million barrels of oil to manufacture a year’s supply of bottled water. That’s enough to fuel 100,00 cars for a year. The popularity of recycling, reducing, and reusing has increased in recent years. These methods can help to reduce the amount of wasted oil and landfill space.
Three wonderful eco-friendly, low impact homes that people built themselves for a very low cost. No bills to pay, and no damage to the environment, but amazing houses.
