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All Blog Posts Tagged 'play' (8)

New Hospital Playroom Shows Healing Power of Art and Play



One of the most inspiring art projects we've come across lately is this new playroom at the Royal London Hospital. To show the healing power of art and play, Cottrell and Vermeulen architects and designer Morag Myerscough all worked together to create this bright and fun space for the children's ward of the new hospital complex. "We wanted it to be a complete escape for the…

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Added by alice on February 27, 2013 at 10:00am — No Comments

Couples That Play Together, Stay Together (12 photos)

Credit: Mattson Pictures



I've always felt that, through life's ups and downs, the couples that play together will always stay together. I've collected some of my favorite engagement and wedding shots to show you what I mean. Sure, I can't tell the future, but if I were a betting woman, (and I am - God, I love Vegas), I'd bet…

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Added by alice on July 3, 2009 at 11:30am — 5 Comments

The Notebook That Wants You To Play (4 pics)





Where can I get my hands on this notebook? Actually, it's best that I don't find it. Designed by Trapped in Suburbia, The Play More notebook would compel me to relentlessly throw crumpled paper balls at my dog.

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Added by alice on July 1, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Is it work or is it play?

I've always been fascinated with athletes. Take the best - the strongest, the fastest, the most agile - put them together and then stand back in awe and admire their unbelievable, almost super natural abilities. Are they having fun? Do they see their work as play?



I like this quote I came across today because it's a philosophy on how to live.



“The master of the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play,… Continue

Added by alice on May 16, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Mysterious Little People Hard at Work and at Play, Part II (20 Total)

These are some sweet slopes!

Before you bite into that apple or take a sip of that wine, may I suggest you say a little prayer of thanks for the little people? Their daily toil goes often unnoticed, how they labor in the fields day in and day out, only striving to please their masters. Of course, they do take advantage of their time off, you'll see them… Continue

Added by alice on February 16, 2009 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

The Ultimate Parody: Bush Played by Will Farrell On Broadway

Not ready to see Bush go? Then check out You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush, Will Farrell's one-man comedy show coming to New York's Broadway's Cort Theatre on January 20th.



If that date seems familiar it's because… Continue

Added by alice on January 12, 2009 at 10:30pm — 3 Comments

Don't let the sun go down on me



Indoor plants never get enough sunlight no matter where you place them and it's annoying to keep shuffling them around all the time to get maximum sun exposure. Didn't you ever wish that they could just sprout legs and find their own damn sunlight? The Play Coalition designed this four-legged contraption so you can spend more time playing Madden 09 and less time… Continue

Added by Duc on October 21, 2008 at 5:24pm — 3 Comments

Truly Amazing! - Yoo Ye-eun - A blind five-year-old pianist who can play any song after just one listen: South Korea



A blind five-year-old pianist from South Korea has stunned the music world after a video of her performance received more than 27million hits. Yoo Ye-eun, who was born blind and adopted in 2002, has never had a formal piano lesson but can play any song after just one… Continue

Added by Eugene on July 19, 2008 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

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