Beauty in Art from a Village View in Republic, MO

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Cottages

cottage homes rounded thatched roof

cottage in forrest house hansel and gretel

cottagechouse on the river

gingerbread cottage house beautiful landscape

small cottage house in grassy fields

Cool Planters

contemporary planters

cool planters

garden furniture

mobile gardens

modern planters

planters

small garden

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

9-eyes.com Features Google Street View's Most Beautiful And Disturbing Images

Just one of the many strange images found on Google Street View (9-eyes).

Google Maps with Street View says on its website that it "lets you explore places around the world through 360-degree street-level imagery. You can check out restaurants, visit neighborhoods, or plan your next trip."

Or, if you are Jon Rafman, you can use the service to capture unique, unexpected, artistic and sometimes disturbing pictures of people in unusual settings.

Rathman's website, 9-eyes.com, gathers the pictures, and is forming a cult following.

Check out the pictures and tell us what you think. We have no idea how the suited man (or is it a mannequin?) ended up on a lonely, rural lane. Why is the boy hiding behind the garbage can? We have no idea about that, nor why the reindeer is running down the road, or why Rafman - who blurs every person's face - decided to blur the face of an elephant. But you'll find that and much more in the collection.

Be warned: 9-eyes contains many flipped birds and shiny moons of a decidedly non-lunar variety. If you're all right with that and you have time to kill, you know where to head.

Click here to check out 9-eyes.com.