An Innovative Art by Marko Stout

Back here to you again to introduce Marko Stout New York City Expressionist Artist.

As you all know that many people consider art as an abstract world, a little far from what it is called logic, it is just about a creation where the creator express his heart, feeling, and what is he want. It is not completely wrong, but Marko Stout is a little different kind of artist even you can named him as the unique expression artist one.

Holds degrees in medicine and biology, Marko Stout also add the doctorate in metaphysics to make it complete. Dr. Marko Stout retired from medical practice in 2006 to to peruse a life of physiological and metaphysical study though nontraditional art work and recently lives in Manhattan.

Knowing his degrees and what he is before, of course we know that his world is fulfilled with logical things, and that what does he do with his arts all this time, provides the viewer with a spiritual experience through the brilliant twisting of human anatomy with psychological and mythical archetypes. Both his creations above are a little prove of his art vision and style, just visit his web if you want to look more of his paintings.

Cat Walks 2,000 Miles in 2 Years to Find His Master

Animals might be having bigger love and compassion than most of human does. Few months ago I posted article about Hachiko, a faithful dog that waiting for his beloved master for nine years. Now, it seems dog's archenemy, cat, wouldn't want to left behind in the matter of loyalty.

Ravila Hairova, 52, thought her grey cat, Karim, would find the change too upsetting when she decided to moved from Uzbekistan to Russia, so she arranged to let her neighbors take him in.

But incredibly two years later she found her bedraggled, starving pet waiting on her doorstep when she returned to her home in Liska, Russia.

She said: "I knew he had disappeared from my neighbors' home a few days after we left which was very sad but we never heard another word about him."

"Then I was walking along the road and I saw this cat which seemed to be waiting for me. When I go closer I saw it was Karim - thin, and in very poor condition but it was him."

Now nine-year-old Karim — who crossed three state borders and 3,218 Km to reach his owners — is like the cat who got the cream as he settles into his new home.

Ravila said: "He is very happy now and so are we. I've no idea how he found us but I'm very glad he did."

Ravila's husband Lev Kondratyev, 46, said: "We called to see how Karim was the day after we arrived and our neighbors told us that he had run off - we then called every day for weeks hoping for news and gradually we gave up hope.

"There are certain marks on his body including a scar on his tail when it was caught in the door that show us he is 100 per cent our Karim - and he obviously recognized us as well."

"He looks like he used up all of his nine lives to get to us"

There is no logical explanation by animal experts about Karim behavior. How he can sense the whereabouts of his master will remain a great mystery.

Year of Giving

When I made this blog, the concept wasn't just about fun and humor, but also about enjoy your life and sharing happiness to other people. Recently, I found the blog of Reed Sandridge, which called Year of Giving. Now, this guy is an example of someone who doing a real action to share happiness to the people around him.

What Action?

Since December 15, 2009, Reed Sandridge proclaimed a year of giving. Every single day since that date, he giving $10 to any person with variety backgrounds: a small museum curator, street musician, restaurant general manager, a shop owner, and dozens of homeless.

Every day he's taking a detail note about who he's giving the money to and for what the money will be spend. He then write all of this in his personal blog, not for showoff, but to inspiring other people to do some good deeds.

What So Special?

His kindness seems like a small act, but don't look at the sum of money he spent. He's no rich person at all. In matter of fact, he start doing this right after he got fired from a non-profit health organization!

Not long after he was laid off unemployed, on the third anniversary of his mom's death, he started his "year of giving". Her mother was the one who inspired him, "I'm doing this because inspired by my mom, she always reminds me of doing a good deeds even more when I'm in a difficult time".

The People

The first three times he tried, people refused, suspicious, and walked away. But every time, he's getting better at it. Sandridge tells people that he doesn't care what they do with his money. But that's not exactly true. When someone who is jobless and has alcohol on his breath says he'll buy a drink, Sandridge doesn't regret the gift but hopes the next $10 has a better impact than just another buzz.

Day 81 - James H, “I am definitely going to give it to someone else…someone who needs it more than I do. When you help others you help yourself.”

His favorites are those (more than 30) who say they'll use the money to help someone else: He likes to see the $10 snowball. A woman went to a homeless shelter the night after she met Sandridge and found someone who could use the gift. A Haitian man who had just learned that his mother had died in the earthquake told Sandridge that he was going to the island to look for other relatives and would put the money toward bringing satellite phones there.

Source: Reed Sandridge's "Year of Giving" Blog and The Washington Post.