From the category archives:
Interesting opinion piece by David Brooks over at the New York Times, using the entrepreneurial success of Peter Thiel as a way of positioning creativity as more important than competitiveness: [Thiel's] lecture points to a provocative possibility: that the competitive spirit capitalism engenders can sometimes inhibit the creativity it requires. Think about the traits that [...]
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The lovely backstory of a recently rediscovered design icon. The next time I visit the UK, I have a new stop to hit for used books. What a beautiful store!
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I’ve been meaning to give a nod to one of my favorite new (to me, anyways) blogs, Brain Pickings, for months now. Brain Pickings is a wonderfully curated art and culture blog with consistently high quality content. They definitely deserve an add to your rss reader (alternatively, you can subscribe to a weekly email digest [...]
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Boo! Now go look at a Rothko.
“Fear was the only factor found to significantly increase sublime feelings,” the researchers report. Having just been jolted by that frightening film clip “resulted in significantly higher sublime scores than all oth…
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Gerhard Richter Painting – Movie Trailers – iTunes: I’m definitely looking forward to seeing this…
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A collection of beautifully animated “Calvin and Hobbes” snowman creations. Happy holidays everyone!
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Stunning examples of light writing photography.
(via Jan Leonardo Wöllert Photography (NOTCOT))
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“All this leads us to the unavoidable conclusion that after over 30 years and countless pages Murakami has very little left to say. If the mediocre books of the 2000s didn’t evidence it enough, this book does; in 1Q84 there is simply nothing that M…
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A well-made video street art battle to the finish.
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A collection of 17 photos of very famous artists’ sketchbooks. This Frida Kahlo one is probably my favorite but there are others that are definitely worth a look.
(via Flavorwire » Inside the Sketchbooks of Famous Artists)
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