Lego my LEGOs

The Art Science Museum had an exhibit on recently called The Art of the Brick.
The architechture of this museum I adore. It's shaped to resemble Buddha's hand.

Artist Nathan Sawaya uses LEGOs exclusively to create masterpieces, mainly I think that exude some sort of internal struggle, personal metamorphosis, or just to challenge what these little bricks have been used for before.
The exhibit seems to be popular worldwide, but it wasn't as personal for me to see these pieces. Some were thought provoking, some interesting, and a few that I just wasn't sure what were doing there.
I definitely think these are sculptures you should see with someone, sit down next to one with a cup of tea and ask the other person what each means to them.
I believe you can learn a lot about a person based on how they react to art.

 This was the most fun sculpture in my opinion. A life-size replica of a T-Rex made of LEGOs!

There were a lot more pieces there, but these were some of my favorite ones. What's your favorite piece?

Giant Tree Forest

This post relates back to the video I posted a short while ago.

You can see these "trees" from around the Marina Bay area. They're definitely something that makes me  appreciate the advancement of architecture mixing with art these days to create something completely unnecessary, yet aesthetic. Something unimaginable just a short time ago.

 

What do you think about this structure/piece of art/trees?

Monkeys, Everywhere

I'm not sure how much you know about Singapore but it used to be jungle island. The whole thing was massive trees, monkeys, and green everywhere you went.
Today there is one single small patch of forest left. The rest is massive buildings, people and man-made objects everywhere you go.
On a day off we decided to go explore this small piece of jungle called Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
Honestly, I wasn't that impressed. I believe the statistic is that this nature reserve has 80% of the biodiversity of Southeast Asia, but I didn't notice.
There is a much bigger part of the reserve that we didn't see, so maybe most of it is there.
It is a great day trip though to get away from the city for a little while, but disappointingly even being where we were you can still hear the noise of the cars, buses and helicopters.
The one cool thing was the monkeys.
Singapore is getting so congested that builders have pushed the boundaries of where they build pretty much into the actual jungle.
Not ideal for the animals, but the monkeys seem to be adjusting well to city life.