You can’t always trust the internet to be accurate, but at least you can count on it to never run out of nonsense.
And no page embraces that better than Welcome JPEG on Instagram. With no rhyme, no reason, and barely any context, it delivers a steady stream of unhinged, absurd images. If that’s exactly what you need today, stick around—we’ve rounded up some of their best. Scroll down and enjoy.
#1 Paintings Made On Ms Paint By Christian Young
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#2 Orthodox Monks Playing In The Snow On Mount Athos, Greece (2015)
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Everyone has a different threshold for what they consider weird or unhinged. Some might look at this collection of images and think they’re completely bizarre, while others might just shrug and say, eh, that’s just the internet doing its thing. But if you fall into the latter category—where strange images don’t really faze you—you might actually be more creative than you think.
#3 The Accidentally Discovered Giant Crystal Cave Located In Chihuahua, Mexico Was First Discovered By Two Brothers In April 2000
Unbeknownst to them, the Naica mine in which they were drilling, is connected to the cave. The cave has since been visited by a variety of geologists who have made the pilgrimage there to study its unique giant selenite crystal formations.
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#4 In 1986, A French Woman Named Nadine Invested Several Months To Gain The Necessary Qualifications To Operate A Helicopter
She then proceeded to rent one, fly it over a prison, and successfully extract her husband Michel, a convicted bank robber, from the prison’s roof
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A study published in Brain and Cognition, by researchers Madeleine Gross, James Elliott, and Jonathan Schooler, suggests that creativity is linked to how the brain responds (or doesn’t respond) to unusual, or “oddball,” stimuli. This means creative people interpret surprising information differently, which may be part of what fuels their unique way of thinking.
#5 Several Graffiti Artists Got Together To Tag This Soon-To-Be-Demolished Building In Miami During Art Basel Last Week
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#6 The Bond Between A Yak And His Herder Is Sacred
The herders follow them in a transhumance pattern between spring, summer autumn and winter pasture. Yaks contribute to maintain the delicate ecosystem; they graze on a high variety of flora, fertilizing the land which their manure, spreading the seeds with their hooves
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#7 The Evolution Of The “Great Wave” Artwork. Woodblock Print By Hokusai
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Traditionally, creativity has been associated with broad or unfocused attention. This helps explain why creative people often find inspiration in the most unexpected places—they’re naturally drawn to connections others might overlook. Some researchers believe this happens due to a lack of cognitive control, but Gross and her team had another theory: what if creative people process salience differently?
#8 Pets Wearing Medieval Armor
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#9 80s Style Pet Portraits By Olan Meows
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#10 Trail Cam Photos
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Salience processing is your brain’s way of deciding what’s worth paying attention to. Imagine you’re in a crowded café. There’s background noise, people talking, and music playing. But if someone says your name across the room, your brain immediately picks it up. That’s salience processing in action.
It helps us zero in on what matters, whether it’s something unexpected, emotionally important, or useful for survival. This process takes place automatically, making sure we don’t get overwhelmed by everything around us and instead focus on the most relevant information.
#11 The Solar Eclipse
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#12 ‘Swim Call’ Is A Naval Tradition Where Sailors Are Allowed To Swim In The Open Ocean During A Ship’s Deployment
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#13 Tripod Fish (Bathypterois Grallator)
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To test their theory, the researchers ran two studies. In the first, 51 participants from the University of California, Santa Barbara, completed a creativity test called the Incomplete Figures Task. They were given a few random lines and had to turn them into drawings within 10 minutes.
#14 Works By Anton Alekseev
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#15 Hideo Kojima Voiced By Hideo Kojima
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#16 Life Finds A Way
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Next, they moved on to an oddball task while wearing EEG caps (which measure brain activity). They were shown a sequence of images, mostly of rocks, but every now and then, a picture of an apple would appear, paired with a sound. The researchers focused on how the participants’ brains reacted to these unexpected apple images, specifically looking at a brainwave called P300, which spikes when something surprising or noteworthy happens.
The result? Creative individuals had a weaker P300 response. In plain English, their brains didn’t find the “odd” images as surprising as those who were less creative.
#17 “Cat Scans” - A Series Of Cats Placed On Flatbed Scanners
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#18 Walter Wick Is An American Photographer Best Known For Creating The Images In The “I Spy” Series Of Children’s Books
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#19 Dan Hays Paints Low Resolution Landscapes Pixel By Pixel. Swipe Through To Zoom Into The Detail. This Painting Is Called “Colorado Snow Effect 4” (2007)
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“When tackling a creative problem, we often get stuck on the ‘obvious’ aspects, making it challenging to think outside the box and notice unusual elements within the problem space,” Gross told PsyPost. “Our study found that creative individuals do not perceive unusual information as odd; they process it similarly to typical information.
“This may enhance creative thinking by making it more likely that unconventional details are noticed and considered, providing a fresh perspective during the creative process,” she added. “In other words, creative individuals may not be confined by conventional boundaries because they don’t distinguish between odd and typical in the same way.”
#20 “Too Much Love”, A Photo Series By Katja Kemnitz That Shows How Kids Overuse Toys
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#21 A Man Poses For A Photo On A Camel In Front Of A Soyuz Rocket At Baikonur, Kazakh Ssr, In The 1980s
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#22 Priests And Monks Blessing Server Rooms And Sprinkling Holy Water On Computer Systems As A Way To Prevent Them From Ever Shutting Down
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For the second study, 200 participants took a different creativity test called the Alternate Uses Task, where they had to think of unconventional uses for a common object (like a cardboard box). Then, they answered questions about everyday activities—how much they enjoyed them, how often they thought about them, and how motivated they were to do them again.
The findings showed that creative individuals were more motivated in general, even for things they didn’t necessarily enjoy. Unlike less creative people, their drive to engage in activities wasn’t purely for enjoyment but was also fueled by curiosity and a desire to explore.
#23 Soccer Matches Are Played In Front Of A Wwii Bunker In St. Pauli, Hamburg
The Feldstraße Bunker, also known as the Media Bunker, has been restored and now houses a luxury hotel, nightclubs, and concert venues.
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#24 “Tree, Line” Photo Series By Zander Olsen (2004-Ongoing)
Inspired by the intersection of nature and human intervention in the landscape, Olsen’s photographs capture trees wrapped in white/colorful material, aligning them with the horizon line. The series prompts viewers to contemplate the relationship between nature and human structures, questioning the boundaries and interactions between the two.
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#25 Artist Sven Sachsalber Has Actually Looked For And Found A Single Needle Hidden In A Haystack As Part Of A Performance Art Piece
Done by hand, it took 18 hours to complete this task at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. (2014) Sachsalber gave himself 24 hours to find the needle by hand. His method was pretty simple: take a handful of hay, not too large, fold it a couple times and bend it, and, theoretically, if the needle was in that handful, he’d feel it. After about 18 hours, he emerged from his position next to the haystack, whooping, as he brandished the needle.
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So, what does this mean for you?
If you want to gauge your own creativity, start noticing how you react to the world around you. How strange does something need to be before it grabs your attention? What sparks your curiosity? What drives you to explore something new?
The way you answer these questions might just show that you’re more creative than you ever realized.
#26 Goodnight
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#27 Wooden Car And Headlight Sculptures By Kiko Miyares
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#28 Works By Female Pentimento (2023-2024)
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#29 A Monk In The Himalayas Meditating In Frozen Temperatures
This type of Meditation is called Tapasya and is said to raise the temperature of the bodies core so you are unaffected by external forces of nature
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#30 In 1992, Artist Paul Sermon Created A Digital Portal Between Two Separate Beds In Different Locations Using 2 Way Projections For His Artwork “Telematic Dreaming”
Viewers would lay on these beds and a livestream of them was projected onto the opposing bed in the other location. They could interact with each other across this live-streamed portal as newly disembodied, projected forms; hence the title “telematic dreaming”. This process was meant to call into question the nature of digital relationships by blurring the line between presence and absence.
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#31 Ceramics By Robert Dawson
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#32 Low Poly Animals
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#33 Pro Wrestler Mizuki From Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Performing Her Signature Moves
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#34 Freak Island Located Near Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada
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#35 Droodles By Roger Price (1953) , They Are Visual Riddles That He Released As A Book In The 50s
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#36 Storm Chaser Tim Samaras
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#37 X-Rays Taken By Us-Mexico Border Patrol
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#38 Yohji Yamamoto “Many Buttons” Shirt (2010)
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#39 Scans From Burst Magazines Documenting The Japanese Underground Punk Movement In The Late 90s
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#40 Paintings By Ollie Jones
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#41 A Japanese Manga Artist's House In Tokyo, Japan Designed By Tan Yamanouchi & Awgl (2022)
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#42 How Hollywood Uses Filters And Color To Portray Countries In Movies
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#43 The Cast Of Severance Was Seen ‘Working’ Today In Their Cubicle At Grand Central Terminal Inside Of A Glass Cube
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#44 Muhammad Ali Once Paid A Surprise Visit To The ‘Sopranos’ Set
James Gandolfini, who played Tony Soprano, upon seeing the legendary boxer: “Holy sh*t.”
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#45 Footwear By Stanis Slav (2023)
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#46 Nintendo Ds “Touch Me” Ads (2000s)
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#47 Italian Artist, Graziano Cecchini, Pouring Red Dye Into The Trevi Fountain Turning It Blood Red (2017)
He performed the act as a protest against the Italian government’s lack of attention to security, tourism, cleanliness, and transparency.
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#48 Flyers Designed By Alan Wagner
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#49 The Aquamen Are Part Of The French Theater Group “Machtiern”
They are known for wandering around with fish bowls on their heads containing live fish. The work was meant as a commentary on our ability to communicate with those around us when faced with rapidly growing social and political barriers. Members from the theater group have stated that the performance is “not for the faint of heart” adding that it took years to perfect the craft and hone in on the design for the helmets, each of which are custom designed to fit the wearer to ensure leaks do not occur.
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#50 Toshihiko Takamizawa’s Custom Esp Angel Guitars
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#51 What Women Keep In Their Bags
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#52 Graffiti Works By Klub2020 (2023-2024)
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#53 How Dieter Rams Influenced Apple Products Forever
Dieter Rams, a visionary German industrial designer who made several iconic products for Braun, left an indelible mark on Apple’s design ethos, a legacy that is both profound and subtle. Known for his “less, but better” philosophy, Rams championed the idea that good design is as little design as possible, focusing on the essentials to create products that are straightforward and pure. With Jony Ive leading Apple’s design department, he made sure to borrow design elements from Dieter Rams’ Braun designs, one of his biggest design inspirations. You can clearly see how Apple ingrained Rams’ Ten Principles for Good Design into its own ethos: 1. Good design is innovative 2. Good design makes a product useful 3. Good design is aesthetic 4. Good design makes a product understandable 5. Good design is unobtrusive 6. Good design is honest 7. Good design is long-lasting 8. Good design is thorough down to the last detail 9. Good design is environmentally-friendly 10. Good design is as little design as possible
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#54 Researchers Asked 100 People To Draw Different Famous Logos From Memory, Here Are The Results
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#55 Ghost Horse Studio Designed By Asher Moss Located In Yucca Mesa, California
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#56 “The Disciples” Is A Photography Series By James Mollison That Captures The Distinct Styles Of Music Fans Outside Concerts From 2004 To 2011
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#57 Og Tumblr Girl Allison Harvard Also Known As Creepy Chan
She became famous in the 2000s after users on 4chan’s paranormal boards discovered her MySpace photos and began posting them calling her “Creepy Chan”. The “Creepy Chan” name stuck and soon enough she had a huge cult like following as the meme spread through the internet
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#58 Mitsuoka Orochi (2001)
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#59 The Streets Of Los Angeles Photographed By Still Brazy
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#60 Behind The Scenes Of Deftones “My Own Summer (Shove It)” Music Video (1997) Directed By Dean Karr
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#61 Stanley Kubrick’s Influence On “The Substance” (2024)
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#62 Nathan Fielder Sitting/Standing Alone While Others Around Him Are Having A Really Good Time. Taken During His College Days (2000s)
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#63 Apple Vision Pro Is Being Worn Proudly In The Public By Many
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#64 I Feel Like Ben 10
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#65 Taylor Hill Photographed By Yorgos Lanthimos For V Magazine (2016)
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#66 Mike Tyson Getting His Face Tattoo In 2003
Originally, he had a different idea of what he wanted to get tatted. In an interview, Tyson revealed that he wanted his face to be covered in heart tattoos because he thought it was cool and that he’d then be recognised as ‘The Man of Hearts’. The tattoo artist, Victor Whitmill, advised Tyson against this, and instead created him the now iconic tribal design.
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#67 Sonder
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#68 Iconic Movie Scenes Recreated In The Style Of Playstation 1 Games By 3D
1. American Psycho 2. Taxi Driver 3. The Shining 4. Donnie Darko
#69 “Icebreaker” Two Hour Performance, Using Ice And Natural Heat By Anabelle Lee Dehm And Wally Waliszewski
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#70 Grocery Store Displays On Easter In America
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