Edge of Town
1918
Egon Schiele
HOEFNAGEL, Joris
(b. 1542, Anwerpen, d. 1601, Wien)
View of Candia and Corfu
c. 1572
Engraving
Private collection
Cuttlefish can create perfect camouflage with limited visual information
The squidlike animal likely shares humans’ ‘rich perceptual experience’, which explains its ability to blend in so well.
Who has never killed an hour? Not casually or without thought, but carefully: a premeditated murder of minutes. The violence comes from a combination of giving up, not caring, and a resignation that getting past it is all you can hope to accomplish. So you kill the hour. You do not work, you do not read, you do not daydream. If you sleep it is not because you need to sleep. And when at last it is over, there is no evidence: no weapon, no blood, and no body. The only clue might be the shadows beneath your eyes or a terribly thin line near the corner of your mouth indicating something has been suffered, that in the privacy of your life you have lost something and the loss is too empty to share.
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Christmas Morning, 1866
by John Brett
- Date painted: 1868
- Oil on canvas, 151 x 241.5 cm
- Collection: Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
Can bird songs boost your brain?
In an ambitious new study, scientists will investigate whether natural bird calls can improve a person’s mood, attention and even creativity.
