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AntHill Art
I have no words for how cool I think Anthill Art is. And animal lover I may be, these are nonetheless some creatures that are a creepy-crawly bane of my existence. So if a few colonies are wiped out in … Continue reading
Art under fire – ANOTHER Heidelberg House burns
It’s painfully clear now that Detroit’s iconic Heidelberg Project is under attack. The storied grass-roots art park suffered it’s eighth arson attack in seven months on Sunday, December 7th, resulting in the destruction of the Elba Street Clock House. Three … Continue reading
Arts and culture as economic profit centers
Some might have doubted whether the economic value of the creative arts could ever be quantified. Many others probably preferred that they wouldn’t be. Arts and culture are ethereal; economics are the opposite of that. There was never supposed to … Continue reading
Happy birthday Marina Abramović (you scare the hell out of me)
My take on performance art is…complicated. My better self has the same respect, the same esteem, for this art and these artists as I do for any art, any artist. My kneejerk self, though, tends to look at performance artists … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, culture, Marina Abramović, performance art, what is culture?
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Who is burning the Heidelberg Houses?
Art has to transform something, beyond its own medium and materials. It has to transform a space, even a landscape. Often in doing so, it transforms some minds. Which is intended, or at least hoped for. But then there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, deconstruction, destruction, Detroit, Heidelberg Project, what is culture?
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I culture you: Hop aboard
Humulus lupulus: the hop flower. Fruit of a herbaceous perennial vine, cultivated mainly in northern temperate regions, used extensively as an antibacterial herbal additive. Which is nice. But for my money, hops have one beautiful, noble purpose: they’re what turns … Continue reading
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Tagged ale, beer, bitter beer face, hops, I culture you, India Pale Ale, IPA, Jim Kock, lager, PSA, Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, what is culture?
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No honor in piling-on (it’s just fun, is all)
@SenRandPaul Please don’t plagiarize these words! (aw hell, he probably will) — Pat Worden (@WordsmithWorden) November 5, 2013 (for context, see here, here, and here.)
One Blog, One Tree
It’s a dilemma, isn’t it? You recognize a problem, you want to help…but the enormity of the thing stops you in your tracks. There are problems confronting us that require massive shifts and unprecedented collective action to solve. When there … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelia Shroyer, carbon footprint, climate change, Green Gestures, plant a tree, Retale.com
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Bygone Halloweens: The Spook Show
Traditions come and go. Sometimes they even come back. When I was very young, the Halloween tradition of trick-or-treating was abandoned, owing to possibly spurious rumors of poisoned candy or razor blades in apples. Then as I got older, the … Continue reading
RIP Lou Reed (March 2, 1942 – Oct 27 2013)
The man who put pop art into pop rock is no more. Lou Reed founded the Velvet Underground in 1964—probably just a bit too early for his revolutionary glam-style of songwriting and performing. He persevered, and by the seventies the … Continue reading
Plugging The Plug and Play Life
Better late than never, eh? My latest novella, a strange little thing called The Plug and Play Life was published back in April. For no good reason I didn’t seem to be in a hurry to give it a lil’ … Continue reading
Saving art by shutting it away
At some point, if we’re smart enough and responsible enough to make the sacrifice, we have to stop being consumers of art and start being conservators. And it is indeed a sacrifice. The art that demands our protection is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, art preservation, culture, ecology, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sistine Chapel, what is culture?
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Now it can be told
Now it can be told: Ted Cruz is actually a deep-cover Dem-Bot programmed to destroy the GOP from within. Well done, little guy, well done! — Pat Worden (@WordsmithWorden) October 16, 2013
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Banksy in Manhattan
Sometimes the artist becomes a brand, a profit center. Usually when that happens the results are regrettable. But sometimes the artist hangs on to his or her integrity. Sometimes the lure of fame and success aren’t enough to dilute the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Banksy, culture, graffitti, New York City, street art, what is culture?
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