Dance: LAND OF ALL - contemporary dance

Choreography: Concept and Dance: MN Dance Company / Michal Rynia and Nastja Bremec
Music: Woodkid - Land of All

via MN Dance Company

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Art Appreciation

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was a French painter known for his landscapes.

Born on July 16, 1796 in Paris, the artist began oil painting around 1821 and soon after devoted himself to landscapes. He studied with Achille Etna Michallon, who had an influence on Corot's career.

Later in life, Claude Monet referred Corot as the the master, "We are nothing compared to him, nothing." Corot died February 22, 1875.

You can see more of his work HERE.

Environs of Paris (c. 1860) via spenceralley 

First Leaves, Near Mantes (1855) via mydailyartpage 

Diana Surprised at her Bath via artesehumordemulher 

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste-Camille_Corot
http://www.jean-baptiste-camille-corot.org/
http://pototschnik.blogspot.com/2013/04/corot-spoken-of-in-art-journal.html
https://illustrationfacebook.blogspot.com/2010/04/point-of-connection_29.html?m=1
https://artesehumordemulher.wordpress.com/pinturas-de-jean-baptiste-camille-corot/
http://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2016/09/late-landscapes-of-corot-1860s.html
http://mydailyartpage.blogspot.com/2014/11/first-leaves-near-mantes-painting-by.html

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Howie Day - Collide

Music Appreciation

American singer-songwriter Howie Day's "Collide" was released on July 13, 2004. Written in collaboration with Kevin Griffin of Better than Ezra, the song gained success on the Billboard's Adult Top 40, then reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

via HowieDayVEVO

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collide_(Howie_Day_song)

Cosplay... Is An Art: Anime Expo 2017

via Nerd Reactor

Album Cover: Everclear - Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile

Album Cover

Album: Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile
Released: July 11, 2000
Cover Concept: A.P. Alexakis
Photographer: Frank W. Ockenfels III
Models: Art Alexakis (guitar, vocals), Craig Montoya (bass), Greg Eklund (drums)

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_from_an_American_Movie_Vol._One:_Learning_How_to_Smile
https://www.discogs.com/Everclear-Songs-From-An-American-Movie-Vol-One-Learning-How-To-Smile/release/655209

Amazon Prime Day

Today is Amazon Prime Day, and I managed to wait over a month to finally submit an order in attempt to take advantage of the discounts.

The problem is, the list I had originally, which included over 50 items, weren't part of the Prime Day discount, except for one item. So, I had to scrap the list and look for similar items that had the Prime Day discount.

This presented another problem, my cart had more "want" items than "need" items that were originally included in my wish list. So, again, I had to go back through my list and only select the items I really needed.

Of course, now I'm contemplating shopping later tonight after I overheard a coworker indicate that she was using Prime Day for Christmas shopping, which is less than six months away.