Category: Society & Culture

Sen. Ted Cruz: Today Republicans preserved their right to surrender

http://twitter.com/#!/SenTedCruz/status/357267442495524864

Senate leadership today might have reached a compromise that will avert Majority Leader Harry Reid’s threat to use the “nuclear option,” but it was Texas Sen. Ted Cruz who dropped a bomb this evening. The Senate was saved, and Reid expressed his hope that Democrats and Republicans will once again work together to further the Democrats’ agenda.

http://twitter.com/#!/SenatorReid/status/357212330855108609

Back to business as usual, then?

http://twitter.com/#!/BarryAllbright/status/357272188853821442 http://twitter.com/#!/boffin8135/status/357268153870454784 http://twitter.com/#!/TomTaber/status/357269761027080192 http://twitter.com/#!/Cheri_Kentucky/status/357278589009399810 http://twitter.com/#!/aconnorbury/status/357300552616521728

Remember this guy?

http://twitter.com/#!/marcorubio/status/357257333551800320

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/07/16/sen-ted-cruz-today-republicans-preserved-their-right-to-surrender-in-the-future/

What This Man Can Do Will Give You A Whole New Perspective On Finger Painting

Finger painting is something that most of us leave behind as soon as we fine-tune our motor skills. After all, painting ponies and rainbows is way easier with brushes, and as we get older, making messes becomes less and less entertaining by the day.

But for one digital artist, finger painting is the name of the game. Using nothing but an iPad and his own two hands, he creates hyperrealistic paintings that rival anything created with a brush.

The level of detail that Spanish artist Jaime Sanjuan achieves is incredible by anyone’s standards, but hearing about his technique makes his work even more impressive.

Jaime Sanjuan

Jaime Sanjuan

After earning a degree in fine arts, Sanjuan became deeply interested in the role of new technology in the creative process. The only problem was that most of his training was fairly traditional.

Jaime Sanjuan

Jaime Sanjuan

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The sad reality was that his schooling ultimately drained his bank account and robbed him of his ability to create. “When I finished my studies,” he writes, “the crisis began.”

Jaime Sanjuan

Jaime Sanjuan

In a cruel twist of fate, dedicating his life to an arts education forced him to leave his creativity behind for years. “I had no job, and I didn’t have enough money to rent a studio or buy painting materials. Because of that, I stopped painting for 4 years.”

Jaime Sanjuan

Jaime Sanjuan

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And the more you look at his work, the more tragic that seems. After he was given an iPad, however, his entire perspective on art changed.

Jaime Sanjuan

Jaime Sanjuan

“With the help of this tool, I don’t need a studio,” he writes, “and I don’t need to buy materials to create my paintings.” One seemingly small gift gave Sanjuan his creative life back.

Jaime Sanjuan

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While one could easily argue that technology sits at the helm of many social and cultural shortcomings, there’s something to be said for what one device did for an artist who was down on his luck. As such, Jaime Sanjuan wants to impart a bit of wisdom unto fellow artists who are stuck in a rut: “If you have a tablet or a smartphone, you have an entire studio in your pocket.”

To see more of Sanjuan’s work, be sure to visit his website. For regular updates, check him out on Facebook.

Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/digital-finger-painting/