I was looking through William Klein‘s photographs today, Paris streets, New York, too –– blurry, raw, rough and real –– and I thought to myself, what else is a photograph for if not to record the precise mood and energy of that second in time? That is exactly what Klein does. Pulls you into the very heartbeat of any given moment. His heartbeat. Here’s what I read the other day: “Be yourself. I much prefer seeing something, even it’s clumsy, that doesn’t look like somebody else’s work.”

Snakes, skulls, rabbits and peacocks; Bela Silva’s world is as beautiful as it bizarre. In one of her drawings, a two-footed fish, or is it an alligator, eats a bird whole. The sea underneath is mad scribbles of black and blue. And then comes her sculpture; huge, heavy, (it takes seven men to lift one) weird and wild. Nature is a central theme, and her vases look like they burst out of the earth, or from the depths of the ocean. Or from another planet, even. Tendrils, leaves, pods and petals are all glazed in glossy, garish hues. “In this digital world increasingly ruled by computers, where we are getting more and more disconnected from our emotions, there is a surge for reconnecting with nature, going back to the basics. People need that; it makes them feel good.”

Paul Jenkins poured garbage cans of paint on to a canvas to create his colour rich works. Colours merged; so much of his process was left up to chance. “It is a big gamble, and that is why I love it,” said Jenkins. He didn’t use paintbrushes, but rather guided the paint on its journey across the canvas. Indigo, cerulean, and ultramarine. The colours are Bird of Paradise bold. Have a look.

Clotilde Olyff is a Belgian graphic artists who designs fonts. This cool font is indicative of her geometric style. Olyff also combs beaches for stones that looks like letters. These collected stone alphabets are so beautiful. It’s amazing to see, how in the right hands, little blobs of granite, slate, pumice and marble can come together as 26 letters of the alphabet.