Ad libitum

Ad libitum | Artwork © johnnyluckyrabbit

La partie aux pièces déplacées

Lee Zimmerman (@zim2918)

Not Just Another Cowboy

Lee Zimmerman (@zim2918)

Salads

Lobster cocktail dresses, banana trousers and peach trench coats: stylish looks made out of everyday foods, by San Francisco-based artist Gretchen Röehrs. All images © Gretchen Röehrs.

• Kathryn Bromwich, Fashion fit to eat – in pictures, The Guardian, January 20, 2018

Getting Rid of Superman

Untitled 2014 by David Shrigley. Photo: David Shrigley/Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.

愛因斯坦環 (Einstein ring)

Artwork © Cymae

Arcovazzi’s Secret Muse (A Hypocaloric Romance)

Artwork © SpratFA

King Kong Gun

• Tom Phillips and Ed Pilkington, No country for academics: Chinese crackdown forces intellectuals abroad, The Guardian, May 24, 2016

Activists, journalists, bloggers, feminists, labour campaigners, religious leaders and rights lawyers have been interrogated, harassed or even disappeared and jailed. Liberal academics have also come under increasing pressure. [Read more].

Artwork © berkozturk

When it’s easy and when it’s not

事情在不得不做时很难，在想做时很容易。
Shìqíng zài bùdé bù zuò shí hěn nán, zài xiǎng zuò shí hěn róngyì.
It’s so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to.

Artwork © Cryo-Ridley

汽车摆渡列车 (Mokaccino Espressino)

Artwork: W-T-W (Women and Finance)

Back to School

Artwork © Ixilder

学识的妙处在于，谁也无法将它从你那里夺走。
Xuéshì de miào chù zàiyú, shuí yě wúfǎ jiāng tā cóng nǐ nàlǐ duó zǒu.
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

Dressed for Success

Artwork © Raneyen

自信是成功的第一秘诀。
Zìxìn shì chénggōng de dì yī mìjué.
Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Flying Flowers

Artwork © Dusteramaranth

福
Fú
Good fortune

Year of the Monkey

Artwork © ArtofTu

春节快乐!
Chūnjié kuàilè!
Happy Spring Festival!

Lose to Win

Artwork © carvingbackbone

人生最好的礼物是免费的。
Rénshēng zuì hǎo de lǐwù shì miǎnfèi de.
The best gifts in life are free.

Celestial equator

Artwork © rockgem

将心比心。
Jiāngxīnbǐxīn.
Put yourself in someone else’s shoes.

Ομωνυμία （同形异义）

Artwork © scarycherie

Yes or No

Artwork © vladstudio

人要改变，不外乎两个原因：不是开窍了，就是心碎了。 Rén yào gǎibiàn, bù wài hū liǎng gè yuányīn: bùshì kāiqiàole, jiùshì xīn suìle. People change for two main reasons: either their minds have been opened or their minds have been broken.

Checkpoint C

Artwork © billelis

如果你不去问，那么答案永远是“不”。
Rúguǒ nǐ bù qù wèn, nàme dá’àn yǒngyuǎn shì “bù”.
If you don’t ask, the answer is always “no”.

Salle d’attente

A French illustrator for children’s books by day, Solylaisse uses street art as an opportunity to express her soft, vibrant inner world. The artist’s whimsical, detail-filled work can be found on Quai 36 in Paris’s Gare du Nord, France. Photo: Roswitha Guillemin | Artist: Solylaisse.