Flaviu Costin on Unsplash Singing has been linked to numerous benefits for health, wellbeing, disease resistance, and recovery from injury, but when singing in a group, these benefits are seen to be superior to those seen in solo singers. The research, though not new, still makes for a pretty darn good reason to join a … Read more
Bob Ross painting Cabin at Sunset – credit, screenshot via John Oliver’s Junk GNN reported recently that a Los Angeles auction house recently handled the sale of three paintings by the famous TV artist Bob Ross, with the proceeds of over $600,000 going to fund public television and radio. Inspired by the effort, HBO’s comedy … Read more
Sydney Jones in front of her Odd Commodity stall – credit, oddcommodityshop.com Car break-ins in the Bay Area are down, but not out. From each one of these ugly surprises, local artisan Sydney Jones creates a surprising amount of beauty. Using a kitchen-top kiln, she takes advantage of safety glass’ crystalline structure to quickly turn … Read more
Winter’s Peace by Bob Ross – credit Bonham’s Auctioneers, released Three works from Bob Ross’ classic public television show The Joy of Painting raised over half a million dollars for public television. Having relied for decades on endowment contributions and pledge drives of every tact and description, it was brilliant idea that puts a brilliant man … Read more