Three Awesome Disc Golf Courses in America

One of the hottest sporting crazes in America is disc golf. Disc golf is a combination of golf and frisbee blending together into a fun sport that is played while enjoying the beauty of the great outdoors. Most disc golf courses are located within forest preserves and chances are, there is a disc golf course close to where you live. All disc golf courses are unique and have their own special quirks but if you want to know where some of the best disc golf courses are located, here are some of the best disc golf courses in America.

Inspired by the Sea

Summer is the right time for creating art.  The air is warm (or depending on your location, downright hot!) and the skies are mostly sunny. Nature is alive with the arrival of many new green leaves, and the bustle of baby creatures of all kinds.  This is also the time of year when many vacationers enjoy a trip to the coastal regions to dip their toes in the ocean’s cool blue tides. People since the dawn of time have been drawn to the sea.  It’s life forms are numberless and magnificent, and are found in so many lovely colors and shades.  Contrasted with the brilliant sky above, the sea becomes a sort of mirror for…

What to Give an Artist

Choosing the best gift to give to an artistic friend or family member can be a truly uninspiring challenge.  One of the things most often purchased for an artist on a gifting occasion is a complete paint set, with brushes and tubes or bottles of paint, some paint thinner, and other supplies for mixing colors and creating works of art.  The problem with many of these sets you find in stores is, the paint in them is not good quality stuff.   What you may think is an outstanding painting set may be far from it.  You might assume that the handsome wooden case with brass hinges and a velvet lined interior look even prettier with all…

Remembering Dash Snow

Dashiell Snow died young, five years ago this July.  At 15, his artistic career began following the theft of a camera, which he used to take photos of people and places he was certain he would not remember the next morning.  This was because he had already begun to drink heavily, and after nights of drinking to the point of amnesia, Snow relied on the pictures he had taken to put back together the pieces of his wild and unsteady life.  One could say his existence and artistic expression were a never ending series of clipping for “next mornings.”