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Kill your Buddha
I try not to too often use this soapbox as a dispensary for artistic advice (my good friend Robin K. has that all sewn up for writers over at More Ink and for visual artists at Ink and Alchemy). But … Continue reading
Good grief, here we go
Proud #Independent here w/no great luv for the Dems. But the GOP sure as hell doesn't win me over with their nihilistic tantrums. #WhatAMess — Pat Worden (@WordsmithWorden) October 1, 2013
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One Term Ted
I think even the Great Republic of Texas only has so much tolerance for barn-burnin' crazy #OneTermTed — Pat Worden (@WordsmithWorden) September 25, 2013
Inside the Whitney’s I-You-We exhibition
It’s not often that a storied art collection like that of New York’s Whitney Museum gets up and changes address. But that’s exactly what’s going to happen in 2015, when the museum’s new downtown building is complete, and the Whitney … Continue reading
Gun Culture
There was a mass shooting the other day. You’ve probably heard about it. But then again, we might be thinking of different events. One of us might be thinking of the Navy Yard, where thirteen people died. The other might … Continue reading
Voyager 1: Earning its name
Voyager 1 is the ultimate Gen-X spacecraft. It grew up with us—launched in 1977, coming into its adolescence in the Eighties with storied fly-bys of the outer planets, then moving out, as it were, in the years and decades that … Continue reading
To glimpse a Van Gogh
Funny thing about Vincent Van Gogh‘s series of sunflower paintings. As a subject, they’re as synonymous with the artist as any could be. His self-portraits and his visions of starry nights are iconic, of course; when it comes to still-life, … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, culture, Lost Sunflowers, Martin Bailey, Vincent Van Gogh, what is culture?
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Happy Labor Day 2013
Happy Labor Day. If you labor, thank you. Thank you especially if you labor anything like my dad did, or his dad, or any of the thousands of rubber workers, steel workers, machinists, ditch-diggers and floor washers I’ve been honored … Continue reading
RIP Sir David Frost (April 17, 1939 – August 31, 2013)
A fond farewell, with thanks, to standout broadcast journalist David Frost, who died yesterday at the age of 74. His resume was long and distinguished, and included stints as a comedian and game-show host. He’s most remembered, though, as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Cunard Line, David Frost, MV Queen Elizabeth, Richard Nixon, RIP
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Much doubt, even more to lose, in Syria
Let me start by saying I’m in agreement with Secretary of State John Kerry: What happened on August 21 in Ghouta, Syria was a war crime, a crime against humanity, a moral obscenity. Those responsible should absolutely be brought to … Continue reading
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Shocking, maybe sad, definitely irrelevent
So I had it in mind to discuss the pop-culture event that sparked coast-to-coast tizzies this week. Miley Cyrus put a stake in Hannah Montana’s heart at the MTV Video Music Awards, with a performance that was, depending on your perspective, … Continue reading
Look inside your brain
Here’s some neuroscience you can play with at home. According to just-published research a simple optical illusion can give you a real-time insight into your brain activity. Specifically, the strobing illusion will be in rhythm with, and according to the … Continue reading
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Tagged brain waves, Journal of Neuroscience, meditation, Sokoliuk, VanRullen
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Art is set to conquer its final frontier
Artist expression seems to be our oldest form of expression, or at least our oldest enduring one. As such, our artists (which includes all of us, when you think about it; all of us who have ever been…) have by … Continue reading
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An enduring urban mystery, up close and personal
Some true-life mysteries strain credulity and compel you to accept, should you engage with them, that forces or conspiracies or unknown faculties are a-swirl, busily creating a clandestine world totally divorced from the one you perceive with your apparently unreliable … Continue reading
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Tagged 2001 A Space Odyssey, Arnold Toynbee, Cleveland, Resurrect Dead, Stanley Kubrick, Toynbee Tiles
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