Bits and Clips for April 2015

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

• 8 Poetry Resources for Homeschoolers
  

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