There is truth to the saying: "you are what you eat." If one is vegan, living a sustainable and moral-aware life is paramount. If one is malnourished, growth is stunted and pangs of hunger dominate. At last year's Arts and Activism Sustainable Foods lecture, Peter Sellers of the World Arts and Culture major at UCLA spoke of food as "the daily essential nourishment that sustains the body through the next 24 hours"
Giuseppe Arcimboldo 1 of 3 (1527-1593, Milan) abstract portrait of a man made from fruits and flowers takes a surrealist view of a larger picture of what one's diet sustains one's nutritional outlook. With bright fruit, vegetables, and life, the subject is buoyant and happy about the space that is the sum of his parts. If made of meat and other junk foods, his complexion would not be the same. One's diet is the emerging and live process that fills the most important space - the body.

Recently, documenting one's intake of food has been on the rise in seeing trends and activities. Artist Chris Gillet of Britian recently exhibited photos of all the meals he ate in one year - 2500 of them at the Bradford-on-Avon gallery in England. Camile O. is currently documenting her intake of food in fulfilling her diet. Seeking and analyzing data of diets from those with differing health will enable better nutritional advice.

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Earth Night from National Geographic reveals the light illuminating from our earth. Light density symbolizes development versus darkness where there is third world conditions. The emergence of light fills only 20 percent of earth's surface mainly on the North American, European, and Asian countries. Specifically, one can see the stark differences between North Korea and South Korea where only one major city - Ponyang is highlighted versus many for South Korea. Earth night also shows natural gas deposits are, night fishing areas, and recent fire activity.