Posted on July 28th, 2008 in Music
with, like, actual music, and everything. (see here) [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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Posted on July 25th, 2008 in Art
That’s the name of a Marc Chagall painting from 1913, which I got a print of today, by happy happenstance–they were throwing it away at my wife’s work. It’s done in primary colors, and browns, and white, and is typical of this period of Chagall’s. The view through the window, and the Eiffel tower in [...]
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Posted on July 22nd, 2008 in Art
ArtyFactory has a page on the evolution of a lithograph of a bull done by Picasso in1945.From a full fledged “realistic” drawing to the twelve line essence of the animal in the final print. There’s more interesting stuff on the site also, if you can get past the wretched design.
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Posted on July 22nd, 2008 in General
I like this from Robert Genn: The way I look at it, the idea of renaissance has eight great principles that just might be worth thinking about: Curiosity as a way of thinking Suspicion of authority and conventional wisdom Respect for intelligently filtered history Aspiration to higher levels of achievement Vision for renewed potential in [...]
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Posted on July 12th, 2008 in Politics
On the occasion of Obama asking all of us to help out poor Hillary Clinton pay off her campaign debts. The more I hear from Obama, the more I think “politics as usual”.
