Art

Exploding Dog - The best tablet drawn art you have never seen.

Mark Ryden - "I still remember the joy I got out of drawing, painting and building a world of my own when I was a child. I was free. I try to recapture that feeling I had making art as a child and to believe in magic, to play, to dream. Children see things and feel things that adults don’t."

Raven Feather Designs - Art of a guy I know. Superheroes rock.

Shadowness - Design, photo art, skin ink, and more, in community/display form.

Shag Art - Disco meets Austin Powers meets deco style. meets, uh, Greek myth. Seriously.

Theaters of the Thirteenth Dimension - Sculptural/found object art, in miniature.

Wooster Collective - Remember that time you were waiting for the train and bored and zoning and trying to ignore the homeless guy down the far end of the platform and just as the train was shoving the air in front of it and whooshing in, you happened to notice something amazing on the wall that you couldn't look at because you had to get on the train and go? Street art. Find it here.


Communities

 

Disinfo - Alternative source of new on many subjects, as well as email, personals, and more.

Livejournal - LiveJournal is a simple-to-use personal publishing tool, built on open source software. You can see an example of livejournal's use and customizable nature here.

Memepool - Meme: A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.


Games

Legend of the Green Leupak - a web-based update of Legend of the Red Dragon.

Neopets - Pokemon can rot and die. All hail the glory that is Neopets!


Music
Da Vinci's Notebook - A mostly a capella humor group out of Washington, DC.

Read

Alternet - Alternative news source

Common Dreams - News for the progressive community.

Cupid's Arrow Project - For when you need to mend your broken heart.

Dangermedia - Fiction, non-fiction, and visuals.

Jack Ketchum - I've not had the pleasure of this man's work, yet, but he comes highly recommended by a friend whose literary opinion I trust, and also by Stephen King.

My Cat Hates You - Yes, she does.

The Nation - Unconventional wisdom since 1865

NotProud - Confess your sins. Read confessions.

The Onion - Mock News. Go ahead. Get mad. It's funnier that way.

 


Resources


Encyclopedia Mythica - An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend.

Gnod - a way to find out, according to what you currently listen to/read/click to, what books, music, and websites you may like.

New York Public Library - the NYPL online. It has a fantastic archive of historical pictures, too.

Symbols.net - Symbols. Heh.

War Blogging - War-relevant political blog, War Stories linking, articles.

 


Spirit

Free Will Astrology - Horoscopes with heart and humor, by Rob Brezsny.

The Dream Tree - This site could well also be placed under resources; it has an amazing layout, and is useful to gain insight into the dreams of oneself and others. I personally have a passion for their navigation buttons along the bottom.


Write
Postcardx - Connect. Send and receive postcards with strangers, and be a little less alone in the world.

Thanks
Some links provided by: Blade, Kristian, Amezri, Orobouros, Scix, Tygher, Lusiphur, Gurdonark

 

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