Living Open Source

Just happened to be passing through Trafalgar Square yesterday, and came across a crowd witnessing the unveiling of the Nelson’s Big Ship in a Bottle.

Channel 4 are currently following the progress of some big art projects around the UK. The Dream in St Helens is a stunning addition to our landscape, even if not everybody sees it that way! The sculpture by artist Jaume Plensa, is situated on the site of the former Sutton Manor Colliery in St Helens.

A group of students raise $1000 between them and then give it away in the park in the form of instant grants to re-inspire creativity in people they meet.

One of the projects that is part of the St Helens Channel 4 Big Art project, probably says more about what the kingdom of God is than any sermon I’ve heard, book I’ve read or church I’ve observed. I’ve been working through Tom Wright’s Surprised by Hope; and this is the best illustration by a [...]

Thanks to Haltadefinizione you can now view Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper better than you could if you went to see it yourself at Milan’s Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Scanned at 16 million pixels and using 1277 shots, it is really quite impressive.