Lego Presevation

In 2009, 26-year-old Berliner Jan Vormann used legos to reconstruct buildings damaged during WWII. The result was colorful and organic artwork which he named "Dispatchwork".

The juxtaposition of brick and plastic is fascinating. More images can be found here.

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

SS Edmund Fitzgerald underway via

On November 10th, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 men shipwrecked in a early winter storm with hurricane-force winds on Lake Superior. 
Growing up in Michigan, I remember hearing about the shipwreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald when I was in elementary school. After my teacher explained to the class what happened to the ship and crew, she played a scratchy record with the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Canadian songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. 
When I was in 7th grade my dad and stepmom took me and my siblings on a tour of the Upper Peninsula, and we stopped at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Bay near Paradise, MI. Even now I remember how sacred the remains of the ship seemed to me.
This video is a tribute to the tragedy.

Even though it happened before I was born, I still get teary-eyed when I hear the song.