From Clowning To Painting, Stunning Trans Portraits And More!

July 31, 2013 Subscribe · Forward 'Clowning Was My Disguise, My Liberation' "Clowning was my disguise, my liberation," painter Beverly McIver once said of her unlikely childhood passion. Within a pastime often seen as a mode of escape, McIver found a route to her truest self. Similarly in her artwork, the North Carolina-based painter depicts the overlap of disguise and authenticity through her autobiographical depictions.  Continue reading... Is This The Next Rain Room? Striking Transgender Portraits Will Change How You See Masculinity Somewhere In That Lucid Dream Between The Mushroom Kingdom And Subcon... This Is NOT A Photograph Massive Burning Man Project Involves Human Genes And Lasers Stolen $1.8 Million Violin Finally Recovered This Children's Choir Just Put All Other Choirs To Shame Massive Burning Man Project Involves Human Genes And Lasers This Is NOT A Photograph This Children's Choir Just Put All Other Choirs To Shame Meet The 3-Year-Old Photographer Who Will Steal Your Heart PAUL OAKENFOLD You Can Do What You Can Do It's tough there. I just don't know if things will ever change. Their choice is all too often drugs, prostitution or some shape or form of sport. There is no other way out if you're born in the slums or a poor neighborhood. Continue reading... BRIAN D. COHEN Starting Out Bad at Art I have always been impressed with how awful a painter Paul Cézanne was when he was young. The fact that he started out so dreadful allowed him to be who he became. Continue reading... CAROLYN O'DONNELL Ubud's Mastery in Art of Tourism You can't visit Bali's cultural center of Ubud and not see any art. Creativity is everywhere here, from pura (temples) to palaces, galleries to gardens, with shops and handicrafts and lovingly decorated shrines. Continue reading... DOUG WRIGHT Theater Magic at Sundance I've been coming to the Sundance Institute Theater Lab for ten years or more, originally as a starry-eyed young playwright. More recently, I've been returning as an advisor, lending whatever craft and acumen I can to the plays in process. Continue reading... SARAH FLANAGAN Bob Dylan's Not Dead Yet (But He's Gettin' There) On September 11, 2012, Dylan released his 35th studio album, "Tempest." Unlike his work from the '60s and '70s, Dylan does not unleash his scathing wit on rivals, old lovers or enemies here. "Tempest" is a conversation with death. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003