This bits and clips post is a monthly feature on this blog of the best that I read, saw, or heard on the internet in the past month. I hope you are inspired, motivated, intrigued, or educated by the many paintings, photographs, poems, podcasts, videos, memes, and articles in this post.

(For some reason this month’s collection is especially long! Maybe I spent too much time on the internet? Or maybe the quality of content is going up? I hope this all downloads for you and that you can get to it all. I don’t mean to overwhelm, so I’ll try not to have it this long next month.)

Art:

I Set My Painting on Fire | Art is a Journey

Gel Press Printing with Metallic Pan Pastels & Acrylics

Survey Answers: What would be your advice to yourself as a beginner on your art journey?

Mozart’s Turkish March in Bamboo

Keeping The Spark in Their Art

The Genius of Turner: Painting The Industrial Revolution

Creative Types quiz

Painting with Purpose

How do I “seal” it?

Tara Will – Painting The Energy Of The Landscape

Photography:

Japanese Artist Has Been Creating Miniature Dioramas Every Day For Seven Years (45 New Pics)

Spirituality:

Who Are You?

If You Love the Bible, Look Closer at the Noncanonical Texts

Can Your Prayers to End War Make a Difference?

Ideas:

How to Explain War in Ukraine to a Child, with Help from the Letter of Peter to Philip

Dissension vs Love

This Year, Try Spring Cleaning Your Brain

The 7 types of rest that every person needs

Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, lost since 1915, is found off Antarctica

Letting Go of Myths, Embracing Truths

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Message for Russian People

Poetry:

Yellowbird – Andrea Gibson

or Hope:

Thirty-three Wolves Howling

“Peace Train” featuring Yusuf / Cat Stevens | Playing For Change | Song Around The World