All sorts of info to inspire your artistic brain.

• I know the common green mantises; I didn’t know they have diverse cousins.
• Flip through Nathalie’s art journal.
• How things get done in Mozambique.
• Lovely photographs of ordinary objects.
• Funny and amazing animal videos.
• Natural poses to suggest when you’re taking photographs of groups of people.
• Teeny tiny paintings.
• This artist’s quilted portraits celebrate Black life. Be sure to click on the link at the end of the article to see more. (Actually, you have to click on the little box that appears when you click the link.)
• For the writers: mining memories for your memoir.
• Incredible photographs of endangered species.
• For the artists: open calls, grants, residencies, and fellowships.
• The Presto from the Summer concerto from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons played on a big honkin’ organ.