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Etsy Favorites
It’s been far too long since we have celebrated our favorite pieces and artists on Etsy. With my 24th birthday coming up shortly I’ve been perusing the site rather often in search of gifts for myself. If you’re in the mood to partake in some retail therapy, have been meaning to fill that empty space on your bedroom wall or just feel like swooning over some artwork I highly recommend checking out our Etsy favorites. (Those of you reading this on Livejournal or through some other RSS feed will need to come to the site in order for this javascript widget to show up for you.)

Where is my mind?
Any artist on the face of the this planet will tell you that at one point or another, the brilliant mojo that is responsible for the care and feeding of their creative ego will suddenly, inexplicably, dry up. It might be temporary or it might be a month but whatever the case  may be you are left uninspired, unfeeling and would rather drown your unimaginative sorrows away with a good (aged) whiskey. As a writer the temptation to slit your wrists over writers block teeters closer then I am comfortable with at times, and I was recently forced to take a long hard look at conventional creative kick starts. I put my own spin on a few and found these newer acquisitions to be quite inspirationa

Amazing Flash Art
Very rarely do you stumble upon a website that seems to be purely made to indulge the senses and relax the spirit. A simple picture will not suffice so trust me, turn up your music and click! Labuat The integration of interactive graphic art and music with this flash piece is nearly flawless. The beauty of the song, flowing black cursor, and intermittent graphics reflecting the seemingly poignant lyrics is nothing short of breathtaking. The art evokes the emotion of the song, and you help tell the story as you sweep the cursor across the page using a mouse or touch pad. I found myself sighing happily, dreamily moving the