the little lies we tell ourselves

to make it through the day.

a personal collection of small things
which inspire me to remain alive in a cruel world.
works of art and artifice; little lies.

Sunday 22 January 2012
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Carefully selected, cleaned, and cut leaves by Spanish artist Lorenzo Duran.

Carefully selected, cleaned, and cut leaves by Spanish artist Lorenzo Duran.

Saturday 21 January 2012
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“Hunting Space Invaders” (2011), photoshopped by Ryan Snieder.

(via new-aesthetic)

(Source: behance.net)

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(via new-aesthetic) A foggy night in Odessa, Ukraine, when a digital billboard crashed and displayed a floating error warning in the night sky. : pics, via Tom A.

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A foggy night in Odessa, Ukraine, when a digital billboard crashed and displayed a floating error warning in the night sky. : pics, via Tom A.

Monday 16 January 2012
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From The Off Season (2011) by Atlanta, Georgia-based photographer Troy Stains. (via elizblake)

From The Off Season (2011) by Atlanta, Georgia-based photographer Troy Stains.

(via elizblake)

Sunday 8 January 2012
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“A Road Divided,” by American photographer Todd Hido.

“A Road Divided,” by American photographer Todd Hido.

Saturday 24 December 2011
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“Table Rétroversée” (2011) - and, yes, it’s a real object - from French designer Suzy Lelièvry’s ongoing Contorsions series. (via todayandtomorrow)

“Table Rétroversée” (2011) - and, yes, it’s a real object - from French designer Suzy Lelièvry’s ongoing Contorsions series.

(via todayandtomorrow)

Tuesday 22 November 2011
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“Windy” (2009), photograph by Russia-based photographer and dreamer Lёsha Onatsko. (via loveyourchaos)

“Windy” (2009), photograph by Russia-based photographer and dreamer Lёsha Onatsko.

(via loveyourchaos)

(via loveyourchaos)

Monday 21 November 2011
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From “Miles to go” (2011), a series of digital photocollages by Brooklyn-based web developer Matt Wisniewski. (h/t colorcubic)

From “Miles to go” (2011), a series of digital photocollages by Brooklyn-based web developer Matt Wisniewski.

(h/t colorcubic)

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Terrapene clausa from Bell’s A monograph of the Testudinata by University of Glasgow Library on Flickr. “Thomas Bell: A Monograph of the TestudinataLondon: 1832-1836Sp Coll f276 A pioneering dental surgeon by profession, Thomas Bell was also an eminent zoologist who was an expert on crustaceans. His Monograph of the Testudinata is said to the first comprehensive account of tortoises. Bell aimed to describe all known species for the first time, including newly discovered varieties.” (via scientificillustration)

Terrapene clausa from Bell’s A monograph of the Testudinata by University of Glasgow Library on Flickr.

“Thomas Bell: A Monograph of the Testudinata
London: 1832-1836
Sp Coll f276

A pioneering dental surgeon by profession, Thomas Bell was also an eminent zoologist who was an expert on crustaceans. His Monograph of the Testudinata is said to the first comprehensive account of tortoises. Bell aimed to describe all known species for the first time, including newly discovered varieties.”

(via scientificillustration)

Saturday 19 November 2011
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Liberated billboard by Shoreditch Department of Advertising Correction, UK.

Liberated billboard by Shoreditch Department of Advertising Correction, UK.

(Source: notbuyinganything.blogspot.com)

Monday 14 November 2011
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(via nevver)

Thursday 20 October 2011
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Part of Norm Magnusson’s ongoing “I-75 Project,” a series of signs designed to imitate historical markers but containing social or political content rather than strictly historical. Click through to see others.

Part of Norm Magnusson’s ongoing “I-75 Project,” a series of signs designed to imitate historical markers but containing social or political content rather than strictly historical. Click through to see others.