Bonsai Tree

The spiritual and cultural significance of growing miniature bonsai trees derives from a thousand-year-old horticultural tradition in Japan, representing a careful, contemplative and Zen-influenced relationship between humans and nature. Taking up this time-honoured practice of cultivating trees, Japanese artist-architect Takanori Aiba gives his bonsai an unusual twist by adding on miniature, realistic structures like bridges, stairs and intricately detailed buildings.

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12/5 Art: Artist cultivates magical worlds with miniature bonsai trees

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24 Nov
2013

Someone Recorded Crickets then Slowed Down the Track, And It Sounds Like Humans Singing

(TruthSeekerDaily) Composer Jim Wils16on has recorded the sound of crickets and then slowed down the recording, revealing something so amazing. The crickets sound like they are singing the most angelic chorus in perfect harmony. Though it sounds like human voices, everything you hear in the recording is the crickets themselves.

The recording contains two tracks played at the same time: The first is the natural sound of crickets played at regular speed, and the second is the slowed down version of crickets’ voices.

“I discovered that when I slowed down this recording to various levels, this simple familiar sound began to morph into something very mystic and complex……..almost human.”

You can purchase a copy of the recording, called God’s Chorus of Crickets, here.

And who would have thought…

Via Truth Seeker Daily

 

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23 Nov
2013

Hiking the Great Wall of China

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Zion Canyon, Utah

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11/13 Destination: Zion Canyon, Utah

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