A place to collect inspirations and ideas.Tumblr (3.0; @nicolemnelson)http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/<a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Meet-the-Artist-Who-Blows-Things-Up-for-a-Living-199046161.html#.UXCDsvOTKA0.tumblr">Meet the Artist Who Blows Things Up for a Living | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine</a>: <p><img alt="image" height="150" src="http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Burning-Man-Cai-Guo-Qiang-631.jpg" width="316"/></p>http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/48313650946http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/48313650946Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:39:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7a2da0f0ca3275f8106528132711fa66/tumblr_mg462pK5hh1rbv65vo1_100.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/best-pod-december-2012/">Photo of the Day: Best Pictures of December 2012, Gallery - National Geographic</a>)</p>http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/39669916758http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/39669916758Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:30:25 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8x14nbfBA1qfijmro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://zouchmedia.tumblr.com/post/31056361771">zouchmedia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Alois Heinrich Priechenfried (1867 - 1953) - A profile of a woman looking at the stars</p> </blockquote>http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/31059919662http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/31059919662Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:41:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YLO7tCdBVrA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Bob Ross: one of my art heroes.</p>http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/28272166948http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/28272166948Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:18:57 -0500bob rossarthappy cloudjoy of painting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7f4nfOZg71roedt4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://colourthysoul.tumblr.com/post/27563610051/berthe-morisot-jupiter-and-callisto">colourthysoul</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Berthe Morisot - Jupiter and Callisto</p> </blockquote>http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/27998699599http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/27998699599Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:46:41 -0500artpaintingberthe morisot<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-chicago-cultural-plan-20120715,0,3586209.column">Chicago Tribune: "Draft of Cultural Plan lays out ambitious campaign"</a>: <p>Two points from the plan stand out for me here: 1. “Attract and retain artists and creative professionals.” 2. “Assemble a culture job corps focusing the skills of cultural sector providers toward citywide issues.” Chicago has one of the nation’s top art schools, creating plenty of artists and creative professionals - and a large portion of those graduates can’t find jobs. We need to create opportunities for art careers (not just unpaid internships) and work to apply art degrees beyond the cultural sector. Fingers crossed that the cultural plan will be the necessary push to expand this area of the job market.</p>http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/27367273286http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/27367273286Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:58:59 -0500chicago artscultural plan““I often wondered if writing for him was a way of knowing his soul was there after all, back in its place. Of saying to himself, if not to anyone else, that he had seen what he’d seen and felt those terrible things and lived anyway. That he had died but wasn’t dead anymore.””<br/><br/> - <em><em>The Paris Wife</em>, by Paula McLain</em>http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/27355025432http://nicolemnelson.tumblr.com/post/27355025432Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:02:17 -0500bookswritingquotes