<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/repose-painting-maggie-chiang/"></div>Maggie Chiang is a Taiwanese American full time artist and part time dreamer. Inspired by both places real and fictitious Maggie’s illustrations evoke a longing for adventure and the pursuit of the unknown, exploring impossible landscapes and places unseen. A central theme of her art is the relationship between humanity and nature, oftentimes the underlying […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/repose-painting-maggie-chiang/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
The black and white art of Jeff Klena
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/black-white-art-jeff-klena/"></div>“I briefly attended the Cleveland Institute of Art (1992-1993) but found hanging out at the Euclid Tavern and the Cleveland Museum of Art much more educational. Music And Art have been a constant force in moving my life forward. Although the past is a constant reminder of promises forgotten. I now make good on the […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/black-white-art-jeff-klena/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Heidi Williams has found serenity through her yoga practice
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/heidi-williams-found-serenity-yoga-practice/"></div>Heidi Williams has found serenity through her yoga practice. As a survivor of PTSD, anxiety, depression, and rape, she began the activity to rejuvenate her mind, body, and spirit. “Yoga brought me to a safe place again,” she told Mantra Yoga + Health. “A place of peace and self-acceptance.” William’s recovery was the start of […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/heidi-williams-found-serenity-yoga-practice/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Colorful expressions, digital art by Enrico Camerra
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/colorful-expressions-digital-art-enrico-camerra/"></div>“I’m always experimenting with new styles, and also trying to avoid perfectionism which, for me, it’s like a cage that limits my expression.” Enrico Camerra: website / instagram<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/colorful-expressions-digital-art-enrico-camerra/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
MEY London’s collection, “Game of Thrones” inspired jewelry
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/mey-londons-collection-game-thrones-inspired-jewelry/"></div>If HBO’s Game of Thrones makes you wish you were the Mother of Dragons, you can now be a step closer to your dream. Michele Clapton, costume designer for the show, along with jewelry designers Yunus Ascott and Eliza Higginbottom, recently launched MEY London, an endeavor that produces pieces seen on and inspired by the […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/mey-londons-collection-game-thrones-inspired-jewelry/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Endless summer, project by Charis Tsevis
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/endless-summer-project-charis-tsevis/"></div>Could we still dreaming of a problem-less summer in times like these? Do we have the right to forget the issues and still want to lay down at a pool? Can we still flirt, play with a ball or spoil ourselves with drinks and leisure? Can we feel the nostalgia of these far away summers […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/endless-summer-project-charis-tsevis/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Giles Clement uses 160-year-old camera equipment to create beautifully haunting portraits
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/giles-clement-uses-160-year-old-camera-equipment-create-beautifully-haunting-portraits/"></div>Giles Clement is a contemporary photographer who likes to do things the old-fashioned way, because the Nashville-based creative makes eerily beautiful portraits uses camera equipment made in the 1800s. “My tintype images are created using equipment made more than 160 years ago,” writes the photographer on his website. “from an era when cameras were made […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/giles-clement-uses-160-year-old-camera-equipment-create-beautifully-haunting-portraits/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Adam Saaks transforms ordinary clothing into high fashion using only a pair of scissors
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/adam-saaks-transforms-ordinary-clothing-high-fashion-using-pair-scissors/"></div>Fashion designer Adam Saaks demonstrates the incredible power that a pair of scissors can wield. For over 14 years, he has refined a design technique that involves nothing more than shiny, razor-sharp blades and strategically-placed snips. With his tool and an eye for style, he cuts intricate motifs into ordinary bodysuits, dresses, and jumpsuits, transforming […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/adam-saaks-transforms-ordinary-clothing-high-fashion-using-pair-scissors/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Nicobar pigeon, the closest living relative of the Dodo bird
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/nicobar-pigeon-closest-living-relative-dodo-bird/"></div>Ever heard of the Nicobar pigeon? It’s the closest living relative to the extinct flightless Dodo bird, and it’s absolutely stunning. Even though they’re relatives, The Nicobar pigeon looks nothing like the Dodo. One of their differences is the Nicobar’s luminous colors. It has reddish legs, a white tail, and is covered in blue, copper, […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/nicobar-pigeon-closest-living-relative-dodo-bird/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Jardine and Gospel, quilled paper artworks by Lisa Nilsson
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/jardine-gospel-quilled-paper-artworks-lisa-nilsson/"></div>Working with compact rolls of Japanese mulberry paper in a myriad of colors, artist Lisa Nilsson painstakingly creates anatomical figures and textile patterns using a centuries-old technique called quilling. In her latest artworks Jardine and Gospel, Nilsson was inspired by the patterns of an Islamic carpet and an 8th century gospel cover. The carpet piece […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/jardine-gospel-quilled-paper-artworks-lisa-nilsson/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Rain, sculpture by Nazar Bilyk
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/rain-sculpture-nazar-bilyk/"></div>Ukrainian artist Nazar Bilyk created this stunning 6-foot tall sculpture called “Rain” using bronze and glass. A huge raindrop stands suspended on the figure’s face as he looks up toward the sky. The work has several meanings including representing man’s delicate relationship with nature. The raindrop is a symbol of the dialogue which connects a […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/rain-sculpture-nazar-bilyk/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Dark Velvet, fashion photography by Alice Berg
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/dark-velvet-fashion-photography-alice-berg/"></div>DARK VELVET for The Forest Magazine Team: Model: Anetta@ WM, Paris Photography: Alice Berg Post-production: Sofia Zasheva Style: Sophie Ostrowska Makeup: Camille Lutz Hair: Yumiko Hikage Photography assistant: Clem Zucchetti It’s a story about little girl in a world of Tim Burton. At least, that’s how I see his “Alice in Wonderland”. Black color here […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/dark-velvet-fashion-photography-alice-berg/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->