LIFE ESSENCE

  Imagine going to work in the morning and looking up to the sky and seeing something that looks like a UFO. This can easily happen. These peculiar-looking clouds can be quite intriguing, but they’re not extraterrestrial in origin. In fact, they’re called Lenticular clouds. Read until the end, to discover an extra bonus point. A strange cloud like this one was spotted in the sky over Turkey, surprising the residents who live there and the internet! The formation of clouds looked like a UFO and was pretty weird. At first glance, it looked like the alien spacecraft from Jordan Peele’s Nope movie. But that wasn’t the case. These odd-looking Lenticular clouds have a wave-like shape that can fool you into thinking they’re something from another planet. The cloud that caused all the commotion had a nearly-perfect round shape and showed up in the sky during sunrise, giving it a creepy reddish-orange hue. It stayed put for around an hour and had a big empty spot in the center. When air blo...

Whether it’s a piece of bark or a fallen branch, we often ignore these things and leave them lying on the ground. But artist Debra Bernier sees a whole heart beating inside these discarded pieces. She uses her magical talent and turns bark and branches into spectacular driftwood sculptures. Let’s take a look at some spirits of nature and get a sense of how human features are fused together with natural material. Debra has a particular style, and it can’t be confused with anything else. There is no magic here, just creativity. Debra comes from Victoria, British Colombia, and it’s there where she finds pieces of driftwood and then creates her delicate figures. Her hands give birth to the sleeping faces of women, and it seems like their eyes are about to open. All of the details are carved in the most surprising angles because the artist crafts her sculptures in such a way that they match the material’s natural contours. The artist has a peculiar vision...