The name of this series, The Struggle to Right Oneself, hits me deep in my chest.

“Beyond the basic laws that govern and maintain our equilibrium, we live in a world that constantly tests our stability in various other forms.”
- Kerry Skarbakka

This particular image has more of a feeling of intentionality than the others, which to me, indicates more of the choice that we have in how we respond to the tests we encounter.

via Colossal

Via Colossal

You are responsible for the things you help put in the world. If you do not think something should exist in the world, do not participate in it.

- Mike Monteiro

via SwissMiss

Ostrich – Hide and Seek by Lplusl from Belgium

Ostrich head probability map? Fun sculpture at the Jing’an Sculpture Park. Made me laugh!

“I’m absolutely obsessed with finding a way of communicating ideas through the body to audiences that might move them, touch them, help them think differently about things.”

Great TED talk by Wayne McGregor where you see him shaping a dance (inspired by the physical letters of T, E, D) in real time.

It’s especially interesting as I’ve been thinking about the nature of creation, and how “copying” relates to (or feeds?) the creative process. (Read this Brainpicking article for more.) That’s a side discussion however.

Watch the video, go dance!

“I’m hoping that today, what you’re going to do is go away and make a dance for yourself, and if not that, at least misbehave more beautifully, more often.”

Read/watch more at the TED blog >>

This book cover is actually entirely digital, which bums me out a little because I would love to track down the nonexistent original and run my fingers over it. Texture and layers, how I love thee!

The colors are fantastic, the textures of the papers are fantastic, the edges and patterns created within each layer are fantastic, and yes, the typography… mmmm! faantastic!

Created by Carlo Giovani. See more at his site.

via I love typography

This is mouthwateringly gorgeous.

I love how it melds an organic hand-drawn feel with a crisp digital finish, and how the muscles weave in multiple tones below the skin. (I could do without the 2 circles, but I didn’t even notice this quibble until I was already drawn in and drooling!)

Created by John Mark Herskind to raise awareness for TOMS’s A Day Without Shoes.

Learn more at Herskind’s Behance.

via interview on psdtuts+

Look at this gorgeousness!

Oh how that S nestles and curls within the B!

Look at the delicious negative space within! *Happy sigh*

This is thoroughly charming. My thought bubbles frequently do strange things, but never quite like this. But the next time they envelop my head, I’m making them melt into a puddle at my feet that I can jump and splash in!

[Shanghai, China, at a store outside Tian Zi Fang]

Click through and watch the site respond to where your mouse is. Parallax!! I spent far too long moving my mouse back and forth on this site just watching the little creatures shifting around… #easilyamused

Check it out: egopop Creative Studio