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I found this cross literally in the middle of nowhere, it says: “Icide’s cross - pray as if you’ll die tomorrow and work as if you’ll live forever”. Dumbravita, Romania, 2015. Alex Muntean

Erykah Badu’s Expanding Musical Universe

The veteran musician is ubiquitous again—with a surprising group of new collaborators. Kelefa Sanneh profiles her in this week’s issue. 

Photograph by Amanda Demme

“Whatever happened to ragamuffins?" 

How Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan defined one of film’s most enduring tropes.

Welcome to Walachia (aka Romania), 1835, where life is nasty, brutish and … brutish. Welcome to the land of “Aferim!” — a place where the social practices are as harsh as the dusty, desolate landscape in which this Romanian-language picture is set.

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Pre-Talkie Spectacles: The 10 Most Striking Silent Films 

Photography Through Empathy: An Interview with Brittani Sensabaugh

Most artists are known to be empathetic, capable of feeling everything, both good and bad, in their surroundings. Some see it as a curse driving them to madness. Brittani Sensabaugh chooses to see it as a gift.

At first, Colorado based artist Courtney Mattison, who describes herself as a visual learner, began sculpting her elaborate works inspired by sea creatures as a better way of understanding them. But over time, her love and admiration for these organisms evolved into a message about their well being and preservation. Previously featured here on our blog, Mattison hopes that her ceramic sculptures and installations, based on her own photographs of different organisms living in coral reefs, will inspire others to appreciate the beauty of the ocean as she does. 

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