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ECLECTIC SUNS SERIES
Our artwork allows connections to ideas we love.
This series involves the sun and its intriguing qualities. From parts of the sun rotating at different speeds, to its gravitational pull on the solar system, to its energy sources, what we know about, and how we live with the sun dramatically affects our days.
The following are a few resources for you to join us in investigating creative ideas.
1. www.trvst.world/renewable-energy/how-is-solar-energy-produced/ for information regarding solar energy.
2. See the benefits of sun flowers and why they follow the sun: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/05/488891151/the-mystery-of-why-sunflowers-turn-to-follow-the-sun-solved
3. We gained much insight from Bob Berman's "The Sun's Heartbeat: And Other Stories From The Life Of The Star That Powers Our Planet".
4. Interactive information on the sun; brief and concise facts about the sun you may not know: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/
5. More intriguing info about the sun: https://thefactfile.org/sun-facts/
6. Companies using solar and the benefits of that use: https://earth911.com/business-policy/top-10-companies-using-solar-power/
8. The relationship of the earth and sun: http://www.heliophysics.com/index.shtml
9. Information on solar wind: https://en.m.wikipedia.orgwiki/Solar_wind
10. https://www.healthline.com/health/depression/benefits-sunlight :The sun and health
11. https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wheat-field-with-reaper-and-sun-vincent-van-gogh.html : Artwork featuring a beautiful sun
12. https://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-with-sun-and-cloud-1889 : Georgeous sun drawing
13. https://www.poetry.com/psearch/the%20sun/2 : Poems mentioning the sun
14. https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/art-installation-sun : Sun installation art that allows people to participate
15. https://publicdelivery.org/olafur-eliasson-the-weather-project :You've got to see Olafur Elisson's installation art involving the sun and weather. Read the article for the entire compelling artistic concept.
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LEPIDS SERIES
Our artwork allows connections to ideas we love.
Butterflies are the focus for this series. Their importance, beauty, and intricate but brief life are connected to us in wonderful ways that need to be discovered.
The following are a few resources for you to join us in investigating creative ideas.
1. We thoroughly enjoyed being informed about butterflies through this read; "an obsession with butterflies" by Sharman Apt Russell.
2. Launch into the deep; learn how to start a butterfly garden and get it certified: NABA Butterfly Garden and Habitat Program
3. Read about Tim Wong and his work with butterflies: Tim Wong Singlehandedly Repopulated a Rare Butterfly Species (unbelievable-facts.com)
4. Discover what we can learn from compound vision, the vision of butterflies: The eyes and vision of butterflies - Arikawa - 2017 - The Journal of Physiology - Wiley Online Library
5. Visit The Smithsonian Institution for more discovery regarding butterflies: Butterflies and Beyond | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (si.edu)
6. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly : General butterfly information
7. https://obsessionwithbutterflies.com/all-about-butterflies/ : Information about butterflies; order a live butterfly kit; learn how to raise butterflies; coloring pages and more
8. https://www.thoughtco.com/fascinating-facts-about-butterflies-1968171 :Easy to learn facts about butterflies
9. https://lohman.ccny.cuny.edu/butterflynet/www.butterflynet.org/meet-the-scientists/index.html :Scholars who have done extensive field work on every habitable continent
10. https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/diesel-fumes-impairing-pollination/ar-AASWjt0 :Diesel fumes confusing butterflies & bees; check the products you use
11. Over 125 pages of butterfly information: https://www.thebutterflysite.com/
12. Songs, from Celtic to Blues, about butterflies and more info.: https://www.butterflyinsight.com/butterfly-songs.html