Bits and Clips for April 2015
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You can see it has been a full month! Here are the articles, blogs, podcasts and videos from this month that I felt were worth sharing. I hope you find something enjoyable, inspiring, intriguing, helpful or enlightening:
Art:
- Global Art Project Brings Paintings Out of Museums onto the Streets
- State of the Art Market
- An Artist’s Argument for STEAM Education
- 25 of the Most Imaginative Statues and Sculptures from Around the World
- Art Based Education Will Power the Creative Economy
- Artist Burns Holes in Paper with Incense to Create Amazing Art
- A Visual Remix
- How We’re Teaching the Arts is as Important as the Fact We’re Doing It
- Anamorphic Portraits by Bernard Pras Made from a Whole Room of Object
- Importance of Art in Child Development
Photography:
- Video: 9 Photo Composition Tips
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Vincenzo De Guiseppe: That 125th of a Second
- Funniest Faces in Everyday Objects
- Mom Photos Messy Fearless Daughters to show that Strong is the New Pretty
- Photos of a Family with a Magpie Names Penguin
- Overpopulation and Overconsumption in Pictures
- NASA Picks 25 Photos to Celebrate Hubble’s 25th Year
Spirituality:
- Video: The Powerful Scene on the Streets of Baltimore on Monday Night that No one is Talking About
- Short Podcast: Namaste: Praying for Nepal
- Short Podcast: Prayers for Baltimore
- What if Nothing About You Needed Fixing?
- Audio: A Spiritual Way to End Pain
- Spiritual Good Survives
- Why So Many Empty Church Pews?
- Being Better
- Short Podcast: Wrestling that Heals
- Short Podcast: Praying About California’s Drought
- What to Do When You Want Light to Overcome Dark
- Science Agrees–Prayer Heals
- Conquer Compulsive Drinking
- What It Really Means to Be Debt Free
- Video: Kelley Mooney’s Adaption of “Hallelujah”
Ideas:
- Moral Bucket List
- What You Need to Know Before Donating to Earthquake Relief for Nepal
- TED Talk Video: Mindset: The Power of Belief
- 15 Reasons Why Emotionally Healthy Men Love Assertive Women
- This Might Be the Best Dove Campaign You’ve Seen Yet
- Homeschool Philosophies Resource List
- The Real Reason for the 40 hour Work Week
- Free Range Parenting: How Safe are Kids in Today’s World?
- You Want to Vaccinate My Child? No Problem, Just Sign This Form
- This Map of America Shows our Equal Pay Failures
- 50 Smartest High Schools in the US
- 10 Beautiful Spring Hikes in Oregon
- Good Mental Health Away From Home Starts Before College
- Raising Kids What are More Than Hoop Jumpers
- Drying Up: The Race to Save California from Drought
- Are You Leaving Enough White Space?
- 5 Reasons You Are Not Broken
- Accepted Into All Eight Ivy League Schools: How Did this Teenager Reach His Goal?
- 10 Habits of Genuinely Charming People
- 5 Things Every Kid Should Master
- Everything I Thought I Knew About Water in California Was Wrong
- Why American Obsession With STEM Education is Dangerous
- Want Proof that College is Worth it? Look at this List of Highest Paying Majors
- Video: Transformation That Turned This Truck into an Amazing Home
- Take it from David Brooks: Career Success Doesn’t Make You Happy
- The Busy Trap
- US Map Shows Climate Opinion in Unprecedented Detail
- The Lesson You Never Got Taught in School: How to Learn
- Free Online Language Learning
- Video: Bach’s Prelude #1 Done with Boomwhackers
Books:
- 100 Books to Read with Your Child
- Read Your Way to a Love of Math: 50 Math titles for Ages 4 – 12
- Dani Shapiro: On What it Takes
- Karen Cushman: Research and Writing
- Best 100 Books of the Decade So Far
- Spring Cleaning: Can You Narrow Your Book Collection Down to 30 Books?
Movies:
- Why We Loved Gilbert Blythe
- Seven Movies that Teach us Key Philosophy Lessons
- “Call the Midwife” is the Most Feminist & Socially Conscious Show You are Not Watching
- Chef’s Table: Netflix Series
Food:
- The Surprising Truth About Who is Really Buying Organic
- Recipe: No-Knead Bread
- Federal Report Finds Plant Based Diets are Best: Meat Industry is Unhappy
Poetry
Hope:
- Perseverance and Grace as Nepal is Turned Upside Down
- Germany Says No More Chick Shredding
- Organic Farming Can Reverse the Agricultural Ecosystem from a Carbon Source to a Carbon Sink
- Hero Teacher Tackles Shooter in Washington High School
- Video: Spray Your Bike with Special Paint and After it Gets Dark it Looks Like This
- This Guy Invented Shoes That Grow Five Sizes in Five Years for Kids in Developing Countries
- After 39 Years in Prison an Epic Tale of Innocence Found and Bitterness Lost
- Barista to College Grad? Starbucks Now Covers 4 Years of College Tuition
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