“We may hope, of course, as I do, for smaller flames, a moment of respite, a pause that will allow us to dream again. But perhaps there is no peace for an artist other than the peace found in the heat of combat. “Every wall is a door,” Emerson rightly said. Do not seek theContinue reading “Comforting Thought: Seek Respite Wherever it Exists, Even the Heart of the Battle”
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10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #170
Irish rappers Kneecap and their ten rules to live by If you are interested in music, it’s likely that you will have read something, or heard someone banging on about how amazing Kneecap are. They are Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí: a dynamic, charismatic group of rappers from Belfast, whose punchy, sometimes satirical, output movesContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #170”
Comforting Thought: Artists Pay Homage to the Finest Examples of Humankind
“Artists are the perpetual defenders of living creatures, precisely because those creatures are alive. They truly advocate to love whoever is close by right now, and not those far in the future, which is what debases contemporary humanism, turning it into a catechism of the courthouse. Quite the reverse: a great work of art endsContinue reading “Comforting Thought: Artists Pay Homage to the Finest Examples of Humankind”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #169
Slow living in the countryside Is New Zealand about to collapse? It’s no secret that the Polish Bear and I and many, many 100,000’s of others living in Aotearoa migrated and left. Why you ask? It’s for a lot of reasons, the high crime and lack of police, the low salaries and lack of employmentContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #169”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #168
Two hours of cute nudibranches and chill out tunes Giant cuttlefish! They are in danger and scientists are going to save them with … bubbles! Via First Dog on the Moon Tobacco Club by Abraham Teniers (mid-17th century) Singerie — from the French for “Monkey Trick” — is a genre of art in which monkeysContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #168”
Comforting Thought: Art Makes Humanity Richer and More Admirable
“Every great work of art makes humanity richer and more admirable, and that is its only secret. And even thousands of concentration camps and prison cells cannot obliterate this deeply moving testimony to dignity. That is why it is not true that we could, even temporarily, set culture aside in order to prepare a newContinue reading “Comforting Thought: Art Makes Humanity Richer and More Admirable”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #167
An inward-facing, biophilic and enchanting home in Singapore Travelling in the wake of the Vikings Greer Jarrett, a doctoral student at Lund University spent the past three years sailing a replica Viking faering boat over 5,000 kilometers along ancient Norse maritime routes. His research involved constructing a traditional Viking-era sailing vessel and navigating it throughContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #167”
Comforting Thought: Art Unites Wherever Tyranny Divides
“Art, because of the inherent freedom that is its very essence, as I have tried to explain, unites, wherever tyranny divides. So how could it be surprising that art is the chosen enemy of every kind of oppression? How could it be surprising that artists and intellectuals are the primary victims of modern tyrannies, whetherContinue reading “Comforting Thought: Art Unites Wherever Tyranny Divides”
Comforting Thought: Take Up Your Oars
“We are adrift on the open seas. Artists, like everyone else, must take up their oars, without dying, if possible—that is to say, by continuing to live and create.” Create Dangerously: The Power and Responsibility of the Artist, Albert Camus
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 166
Rare Historical Photo: Young People with their Volvo in the old town of Stockholm, 1960’s I just love this moment of pure optimism, youthful joy and romance, the mid-century clothes and the hair and the general vibe of golden nostalgia. If nostalgia had a quintessential photo…this would be it! That red beret is to-die-for. WholesomeContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 166”
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