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		<title>City Hydrant, Releasing Pressure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you grew up in a city, you were well aware of a few things while trying to cool off during a sweltering summer.
1. The public pool was usually jam packed (literally) and a trip to the &#8216;rec&#8217; almost always meant you would run into some sort of trouble. More trouble than it was usually worth.
2. Pool hopping was an option but so few people had a pool on their property that the ones that did were on vigilant guard for neighborhood critters like us hopping fences and diving in.
3. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-projects/summer-hydrant-releasing-pressure/</link>
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		<title>Apple iPod Nano 6g &#8211; Lookin&#8217; fresh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Nano needed a makeover to keep up with the iPad and iPhone. With a touch screen, FM radio and sleek, slimmed-down design it looks like Apple delivers once again.
Available in two  versions: $ 149 8GB and a $ 179 16GB.
Check em out



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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-projects/apple-ipod-nano-6g-lookin-fresh/</link>
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		<title>The Motown Sound, found.</title>
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The Motown Sound organized and incorporated into the Motown Record Corporation 40 years ago exporting the work of incredible artists such as Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder (check the drum solo) and Michael Jackson. This sound shaped the audible aesthetic for an entire generation and gave the world an intimate look at life in the American City. It was also critical in the racial integration of our American musical culture. It was the first label owned by an African American (Barry Gordy, Jr.) to push African-American  ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/ramblings/the-motown-sound-found/</link>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Robert Crumb!</title>
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The master of uncomfortably comfortable, dirty, raw sexuality, tomfoolery and drudgery turns 67 today. Besides being a master of the awkward, Crumb is also a supreme admirer of blues, country, bluegrass, jazz, big band and swing music from the 1920s and 30&#8217;s. In honor of his big day I want to share some of his portrait work from our American Jazz Royalty.  Keep on truckin&#8217; my man.





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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-artists/happy-birthday-robert-crumb/</link>
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		<title>Intimately Minimal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have recently noticed a steady stream of minimalist recreations of pop culture media. Namely, minimalist design remixes of poster art for classic movies and music videos. Comfortably contemporary, no doubt.
Federico Mancosu




Hexagonall








(Tim Burton series)





Albert Exergian







MadFishes



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		<title>Pictionary to life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago I wrote about the work of Dave  DeVries who took childrens drawings and recreated them with a photo-realistic approach. The results are stunning. So stunning that I feel they have inspired a campaign created by Ogilvy for Pictionary. It isn&#8217;t quite obvious enough for a &#8220;You Thought We Wouldn&#8217;t Notice&#8221; post, but close.You be the judge.
Borrowed concepts set aside, there is something dreamlike and nightmarish about taking raw drawings and breathing life into them. The artistic Frankenstein maybe?
Dave DeVries project:


The Ogilvy Pictionary campaign



same concept with ...]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Wall of Fame &#8211; &#8220;Balls to the Wall&#8221;</title>
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There is a lot of paint being splattered on a lot of walls in a whole lot of places. We will be hooking up a weekly wrap-up of our favorite walls, trains, tunnels &#38; beer funnels, old and new. Seat belts fastened?

Nick Walker &#38; his dwarf writers strike again

My man Rate &#38; friends on fire in my old stomping ground in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
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Haze,Revok, Risky, Sace,  &#38; Rime
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Durhams Finest. Hit em&#8217; hard, Woem.
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Style Master Esq. BATES
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		<title>Jazzcats Crossing the Hudson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a find nothing short of miraculous, the classic 1851 oil painting by German-American artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze pre-emptively predicted the arrival of a collection of timeline-displaced influential Jazz musicians. It smells like the workings of  a jazz-nerd version of Bill S. Preston Esq &#38; Ted Theodore Logan.
Any way you look at this, it&#8217;s fucking awesome. I am on the hunt for a place to get a high quality print run off. Worst case scenario, buy the album (link below), scan the art and hook it up.
This is an excellent ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-projects/jazzcats-crassing-the-hudson/</link>
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		<title>Wookie Family Portrait</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wookie family photo? Wookie frat pledge class? Wookie boy band? no clue.

Check out the bad boy b-boy stance on the top row, second from left.
How can I be down?
No clue what this is from but I love it.
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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/crazy-world/wookie-family-portrait/</link>
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		<title>Framing Momentum &amp; Freeing the Moment</title>
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If you are even the slightest bit familiar with jazz music you are probably already familiar with the work of Reid Miles with Blue Note Records. His soulfully iconic imagery painted the visual for what was to debatably be Americas only original artform. It seems impossible to capture the flow, feeling and freeform of jazz music in a single image and yet, Mr. Miles hooked it up hundreds of times.
A little while back I ran across this incredibly well done video that was made for a concert promotion at the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-artists/framing-momentum-freeing-the-moment/</link>
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		<title>Journalism Warning Labels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Comedian Tom Scott has created a brilliant set of warning labels to inform publication readers of the journalistic pitfalls that we unknowingly fall deep into everyday. 
In his words:
&#8220;It seems a bit strange to me that the media carefully warn about and  label any content that involves sex, violence or strong language — but  there&#8217;s no similar labelling system for, say, sloppy journalism and  other questionable content.
I figured it was time to fix that, so I made some stickers. I&#8217;ve  been putting them on copies of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/crazy-world/journalism-warning-labels/</link>
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		<title>The Tiger Oil Memos</title>
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Edward Mike Davis, a hero to none, a legend to some. Mr. Davis ran a now defunct oil company that went belly up in the early 80&#8217;s. En route, he dictated some of the most outrageous inter-office memorandum you will ever read, ever. Like a giant tiger prowling around a oil drilling rig, Mr. Davis ruled his office in the late 70&#8217;s with the kind of voracity that would make Montecore look like a pimple-faced, knee knocking pencil pusher.









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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/crazy-world/the-tiger-oil-memos/</link>
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		<title>The iPad Desktop Arcade (The iCade)</title>
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I don&#8217;t own an iPad. I&#8217;m sure it would just inflame my addiction to Angry Birds (iPhone crack rock) so yea,  I&#8217;m better off without.
Not owning an iPad doesn&#8217;t stop me from thinking the iCade is fucking awesome.
You know you want one. Matter of fact, you can have one! &#8230;&#8230;The hell are you waiting for?

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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/crazy-world/the-ipad-desktop-arcade/</link>
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		<title>The Assassinated Public Figure Playset ®</title>
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My generation hasn&#8217;t had any significant progressive leaders that have served as role models in the public sphere. I&#8217;m pretty sure we can all point to people in our smaller circles that live their life in a manner that you try to live up to. But as far as progressive leadership with a substantial voice in mass media, nada. Michael Moore would be the closest thing to someone who consistently put himself out there to get people thinking, talking and inspiring organization. But at his core he is a movie ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/headline/the-assassinate-public-figure-playset/</link>
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		<title>Sadly, Legendary Fat Beats closes its doors.</title>
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I used to LOVE this spot. I would roll through regularly and I wasn&#8217;t even a DJ. I brought my newborn daughter in just to catch a whiff of the place. There was something so hip-hop about the place.  Navigating your way through the guys trying to hock their mixtapes outside, trekking up that rickety flight of stairs, catching a tag on the way in and then sweating your ass off in the store. And on the way out, Grey&#8217;s Papaya. It was a complete experience. For those who don&#8217;t ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/crazy-world/sadly-the-legendary-fat-beats-closes-its-doors/</link>
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		<title>Heavy Rotation &#8211; Canonball Adderly &#8220;Somethin&#8217; Else&#8221;</title>
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My favorite.
Cannonball Adderley on alto sax
Miles Davis on trumpet
Hank Jones on piano
Sam Jones on bass
Art  Blakey on drums
If you don&#8217;t know. Now you now.
One of my favorite albums of all time, hands down. The tracks where Miles Davis and Cannonball trade off, back and forth? Hell yes. It&#8217;s the kind of album made for a Monday morning.
I can&#8217;t recommend this album enough.
For a mere 5 bucks your Monday can feel as good as mine does right now.

Make sure you check it out. There aren&#8217;t many tracks on the album ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/uncategorized/heavy-rotation-canonball-adderly-somethin-else/</link>
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		<title>Wild Kingdom Hangover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know it was a rough night when you still feel Saturday night on Monday morning. In honor of getting tore-up I give you a collection of critters that had a tough weekend as well. Here&#8217;s to the hair of the dog.


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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/crazy-world/wild-kingdom-hangover/</link>
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		<title>Stoop Sitting</title>
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The incredibly talented video production group, Everynone regularly outputs quality. As we sit on the lip of the approaching weekend I thought it was fitting to share my favorite video they hooked up, &#8220;Stoop Sitting&#8221;. Watch closely and use it as a reminder when your ass is getting too busy this weekend.

Everyone Forever Now &#8211; &#8220;Stoop Sitting&#8221; from Everynone on Vimeo.
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		<title>Planet Eyeball &#8211; The Squirmy Journey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the amount of love that I have for my eyes, I have a disproportionate understanding of what they actually look like. Thanks to the macro-enhanced photographic work of Susan Manvelya, we can get a closer look, literally.
Phenomenal. Uncomfortable. Like visiting the surface if an alien planet. Really amazing work.








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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-projects/planet-eyeball-the-macro-iris/</link>
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		<title>Letters to Andy Warhol. Signed: Mick Jagger, the MOMA and the Campbell Soup Company.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Really interested window into some written correspondence with Andy Warhol. Makes me miss the art of letter writing.



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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/crazy-world/letters-to-andy-warhol-signed-mick-jagger-the-moma-and-the-campbell-soup-company/</link>
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		<title>Wookie the Chew</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Youthful pop-cultural re-interpreter,  James Hance has layered our favorite intergalactic, inter-species bromance over a few of our beloved youthful kinships. Namely, Winnie the Pooh &#38; Christopher Robin and Calvin &#38; Hobbes. A very straight forward yet loveable juxtapostion no doubt.
Check out more of his work and purchase some prints while your at it.







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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-projects/wookie-the-chew/</link>
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		<title>We Are All Workers &#8211; an intimate portrait of Braddock, PA</title>
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Nine out of ten times it seems that marketing campaigns that attempt to connect on a relevant plane fall flat on their face and roll clumsily back down the hill. Levi jeans partnered up with director John Hillcoat, the IFC and the Sundance Channel to present an incredibly intimate and authentic portrait of the town of Braddock, PA entitled &#8220;We Are All Workers&#8221;. The project is broken up into a handful of textured stories that leaves you feeling deeply for the broken town of Braddock. As many of you know, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-projects/we-are-all-workers-a-portrait-of-braddock-pa/</link>
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		<title>Barbie Car Full of Bunnies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to the disturbing nature of the last post and the backlash therein, I have decided to level the playing field a bit.
Let&#8217;s remember my fine fellow Flinchers, art isn&#8217;t supposed to be warm and fuzzy all the time&#8230;..but a Barbie car full of bunnies sure is.
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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/crazy-world/barbie-car-full-of-bunnies/</link>
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		<title>Icepop Suicide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Artists Valentin Beinroth and Florian Jenett successfully bridges the gap between the sensual aesthetic of eating an icepop and the jarring aesthetic of watching someone attempt suicide. A juxtapositional marriage at its most uncomfortably finest. 
Water, coke, black currant, licorice, cherry, food coloring,  counter top freezer






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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-projects/icepop-suicide/</link>
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		<title>Subway, lifeblood.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a kid growing up in the eightees&#8217; who naturally gravitated towards GrandMaster Flash, The RockSteady Crew and writing graffiti, I always had an affinity for the New York City subway during the late 70&#8242; and early 80&#8217;s. It represented the blood-filled arteries of a city pumping with organic, authentic, city-brewed culture. It was covered with tags and pieces while filled with people of every size, shape, age and color. It was reckless and untamed and most importantly, it was New York City.
I collected some photographs from Bruce Davidson, John ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/featured/subway-lifeblood/</link>
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		<title>Jensen Kimmitt (the 2010 World YoYo Champ) will blow your mind!</title>
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No words really. How is this dude not an internet phenom? Wow!









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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-artists/jensen-kimmitt-the-2010-world-yoyo-champ-will-blow-your-mind/</link>
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		<title>Flip the (animated) Gif &#8211; graf in motion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[European graf writers, Insa and Inkie connects an old school paint to wall technique and the old school internet animated gif technique to drop something truly unique.  Pretty damn fresh.





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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-artists/flip-the-animated-gif-graf-in-motion/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Shark Bite&#8221; for the &#8216;Save Our Shore&#8217; fundraiser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In  response to the BP oil spill that may effect the Carolina Coastline  Solas Culinary and My Restuarant Guru are hosting a fundraiser for The  NC Surfrider Foundation. It is our goal to help fund this non-profit so  that it is prepared to deal with the effects of the BP oil spill on the  NC coastline.
Check  out the event page for more details and photos.
Here is my little, big guy.






Thirty local artists, will donate custom painted  ceramic pieces to be sold during the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/headline/shark-bite-for-the-save-our-shore-fundraiser/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;MY UZI WEIGHS A TON&#8221; &#8211; gun art show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will be showcasing in this rough and rugged art show in Orlando. I will be blessed to be showing with some powerful company. If you&#8217;re in the area, you need to check it out.

Very  few objects can inspire feelings of excitement, adoration,fear, fantasy  and conflict like a gun. “MY UZI WEIGHS A TON” is a traveling multimedia  art exhibition that takes an artistic twist on guns in pop culture. The  exhibition will feature the works of some of the hottest artists form  the new ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/headline/my-uzi-weighs-a-ton-gun-art-show/</link>
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		<title>Sailor Jerry Collins meets Scott Derby meets Ghostbusters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Illustrator Scott Derby&#8217;s work always kicks ass always. These Sailor Jerry inspired tattoo illustrations depicting our favorite 80&#8217;s pop culture elements particular kicks ass. I think I need a Ghostbuster back piece now.





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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-artists/sailor-jerry-collins-meets-scott-derby-meets-ghostbusters/</link>
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		<title>Ghosts of Nazi Leningrad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I believe that places hold the energy of the past and if you are sensitive to it, you can feel it a bit. You know what I&#8217;m talking about. I am sure you have walked into a room and felt that shiver and you knew something bad had happened there. 
Photographer Sergey Larenkov has done an amazing job of overlapping photographs from the The Siege of Leningrad with the modern day locations illustrating how vividly places hold the actions of the past. The Siege of Leningrad, also know as The ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-projects/ghosts-of-nazi-leningrad/</link>
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		<title>The gluttony of division.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We as a people are defined by our differences. The more detached and disassociated, the more defined. It seems to be part of our chemical makeup as a species. I often wonder if it a leftover defensive mechanism from our early days. Maybe it helped keep us alive when the shit got hot. Maybe it helped us identify potential threats. Who the fuck knows. Unfortunately, when we lay our vision of the world based on separations we are desperately neglecting our greatest source of progressive strength, our connections. 
I am ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/ramblings/the-gluttony-of-division/</link>
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		<title>Inflatable Meatloaf</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I always thought Aunt Gertrude was such a bitch and yet her inflatable meatloaf was irresistibly the shit.

You know you want one.
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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/crazy-world/inflatable-meatloaf/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Fundraiser is quite a draw&#8221; &#8211; N&amp;O write up!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fundraiser is quite a draw


 
COURTESY OF SEAN KERNICK
Sean Kernick depicted himself as a worker bee.

BY ADRIENNE JOHNSON MARTIN &#8211; Staff Writer

If given the choice between Muhammad Ali&#8217;s poetic descriptives to  &#8220;float like a butterfly&#8221; or &#8220;sting like a bee,&#8221; it seems artist Sean  Kernick would go bee.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve always been enamored by the social  function of bees,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Their work ethic; the way they work for the  common good. We should be glad that ants and bees are small. If they  were even three ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/headline/fundraiser-is-quite-a-draw-no-write-up/</link>
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		<title>The process and insight of translating emotions into art &#8211; Pascal Campion</title>
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Absolutely amazing video directed by Anthony Vu detailing the process or telling stories, sharing stories and sharing emotion by artist Pascal Campion. Brilliant.






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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-artists/the-process-and-insight-of-translating-emotions-into-art-pascal-campion/</link>
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		<title>Dads Pack Lunch! (thats an order)</title>
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I know the Dad hustle very intimately. At present I have a day gig, freelance at night, hustle an art career ripe with shows and events but I always block off time that is untouchable to anyone but my little critters. It is critical to secure this into your daily routine. 
In a best case scenario, a working parent will be sewn up in a nine-to-five job from 8:30am to 5:30pm. By the time you get home and get settled in were looking at 6:00 (best case scenario). Once dinner ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/ramblings/dads-pack-lunch-thats-an-order/</link>
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		<title>Graphite to the Finish!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Artist Dalton Ghetti flips the technique and uses the pencil lead as the foundation for art in itself turning the mark-maker into the mark.
Said simply, Dalton painstakingly whittles and carves the thin graphite to create wonderfully quaint and dynamic sculptures. This guy! Gyad damnit man.







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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/inspiring-artists/graphite-to-the-finish/</link>
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		<title>Hate 2.0 &#8211; GOD HATES SIGNS</title>
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Our favorite hate-mongering, god fearing and searing Westboro   Baptist Church has a rich and colorful tradition of picketing funerals, befouling the American flag and typesetting the laundry list of things that GOD HATES. It&#8217;s a tough job but, well, somebody has to do it.
Lucky for the rest of us, for every hate filled religeous zealot there are two or three witty hipsters ready to throw their weight around and ironically protest alongside and pose for awesome photos.
Check out the Westboro Baptist Church protest schedule here, get some neon ...]]></description>
		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/crazy-world/hate-2-0-god-hates-signs/</link>
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		<title>Dads catching foul balls while holding their babies!</title>
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Could there possibly be anything more American?







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		<link>http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/crazy-world/dads-catching-foul-balls-while-holding-their-babies/</link>
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		<title>God Damnimals! &#8211; Amazing Hand Animals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our hands are highly underrated. Check out the stunning work by artist Guido Daniele that illustrates the agility, strength and elegant form of the human hand by the human hand.

















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