From the category archives:
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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The New York Times has posted its list of of “100 Notable Books of 2011.” As seems to be the case every year, I have read zero of them; I am, however, in the middle of 1Q84, hoping to finish over the long holiday weekend ahead, and enjoying every minute of it. More likely, I’ll [...]
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Opens in movie theaters, November 18th. Another story of dropouts changing the world. A recurring plot with the right kind of dangerous consequences?
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I love seeing architecture that challenges. This proposed design for Wadi resort is breathtaking, incorporating the local geography but creating something spectacularly human-made. Click through the link below to see all of the images.
(via Dezeen ?…
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When little Aiden toddled up our daughter Johanna and asked to play with her Elmo ball, he was, admittedly, very sweet and polite. I think his exact words were, “Have a ball, peas [sic]?” And I’m sure you were very proud of him for using his manners. To be sure, I was equally proud when [...]
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“Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” is the name of a retail store/gallery/brand in Philadelphia that sells micro-produced goods in a manner inspired by the great Walter Benjamin essay, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. There’s a decent interview with the owner of the shop over on printeresting, wherein he [...]
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Hi everyone! I’m back from holiday and looking forward to another great year with The Puget News. For now, a quick video with some compelling storytelling. It’s one Vimeo’s top videos of 2009. Enjoy. [Hat tip to the ever excellent kottke.org]
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I had no idea that the process for Michelin Guide inclusion was so stealthy that the inspectors are urged not let their own families know what they do. John Colapinto of the New Yorker went undercover for a lunch with a Michelin inspector and brought back a fascinating report that’s well worth reading. As a [...]
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The Times Online has a great piece from Salman Rushdie gushing, in a very eloquent manner of course, about his love for “The Paris Review Interviews.” Great writers, it turns out, are actually quite inquisitive about the habits of other great writers. They need to know whether their colleagues are as crazy as they are… [...]
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