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When it comes to innovation in the beauty industry, makeup seems to be the area most people think has the least room to grow. People have been using it since Ancient Egypt, and plenty of the beauty brands we use today have been around since the early 20th century. Innovation?

This is a great article about art apps. The one that interests me the most is ArtRage. It is amazing that a computer app can mimic the look of a real watercolor. One color actually bleeds into the next.

Visual News is a wonderful website collecting unique and interesting collections of art. This particular piece features photographs of abandoned NASA stations and offices, offering a unique glimpse into America's space age.

"So you can thank photographer Roland Miller, who, for 25 years, has traveled to more than 15 NASA launch and research sites across the country to document their current state." Wow, so beautiful and sad... and i think we will only see more of this. Thanks for posting.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins conducted a study on the neuroscience of creativity and our response to art. They have established a new field called "neuroaesthetics." The BSI website is really a thing of beauty: http://www.brainscienceinstitute.org/

Very interesting, it seems to me that these scientists are looking beyond the aesthetics of art towards it use as language or even medicinal. Look at an Escher and a Klimt and call me in the morning :)

The ability to create art and to think creatively is something that truly sets us apart yet they still know so very little about how it occurs in the brain. What exciting and important research!

An artist takes posts from the "missed connections" link on Craigslist, and turns them into beautiful works of art. Added to the list because I've never seen anything quite like it. I wish I would have thought to do this!

Frank is a performance artist, composer, humorist, musician who has compiled a website that is filled with an amazing assortment of how tos such as some tongue in cheek (or not) emotions for actors or how to dance properly, to poems where people can collaboratively contribute illustrations or prose, or "angrigami" where one can create beautiful origami out of a sheet of hateful and angry words and so much more. Inspiring, creative, funny. For an introduction to Ze Frank, here is a TED talk with him:http://www.zefrank.com/ted/2010.html

Do you know how to do something? Do you want to share it step by step with other people? This app and website allows you to do just that. You can add pictures and text to explain each step! You can also check out all the other awesome how to guides while you are there!

The world's best-selling music notation software. Sibelius is the easy way to write, refine, hear, scan and print beautiful scores. This is incredibly helpful in the classroom for anything that relates to sheet music.