{"id":6884,"date":"2015-01-29T07:01:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T12:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=6884"},"modified":"2015-12-06T23:47:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T04:47:49","slug":"wintry-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2015\/01\/wintry-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"Wintry Mix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is a wintry mix post that is pretty &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(not filled with all the snow &amp; slush of recent snow storms).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Every year China puts on an elaborate and spectacular ice-sculpture festival at the Ice and Snow World in the Harbin Hellongjiang province. Here&#8217;s a recent preview and from what I&#8217;ve <a title=\"Previous post on Ice Sculpture Festival\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2008\/12\/ice-cold-and-blue-ice\/\" target=\"_blank\">posted previously<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/China_ice-sculptures_AIE.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/China_ice-sculptures_AIE.jpeg\" alt=\"China_ice sculptures_AIE\" width=\"436\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/China_ice-sculptures_AIE.jpeg 436w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/China_ice-sculptures_AIE-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a>View <a title=\"CNN\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2015\/01\/05\/intl_travel\/harbin-snow-and-ice-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\">many more pics here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ice-Sculpture-via-CNN_AIE.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ice-Sculpture-via-CNN_AIE.jpg\" alt=\"Ice Sculpture via CNN_AIE\" width=\"475\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ice-Sculpture-via-CNN_AIE.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ice-Sculpture-via-CNN_AIE-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a>Another out of the ordinary wintry scene is <a title=\"Greg Dunn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gregadunn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Dunn&#8217;s photo<\/a> that looks like winter trees with their icy roots exposed. However, it&#8217;s his painting of &#8220;Cortical Columns&#8221; using neuroscience to create such imagery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Greg-Dunn_AIE.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Greg-Dunn_AIE.jpeg\" alt=\"Greg Dunn Cortical Columns painting on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"475\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Greg-Dunn_AIE.jpeg 475w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Greg-Dunn_AIE-300x269.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Greg-Dunn_AIE-333x300.jpeg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a>My father would be pleased to see neuroscience and art combined in such a beautiful depiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art Is Everywhere features China&#8217;s Ice &#038; 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