On Unlocking Creativity, Ideas as Viruses: Robin Young Interviews Elizabeth Gilbert
The way that I’ve always thought about creativity is that ideas are these disembodied life forms, they don’t have a form but they have a will, and all they want …
Dream of Water: Tears Become… Streams Become… at the Park Avenue Armory
Darkness falls as an acclaimed pianist begins a recital devoted to music about water. Slowly the hall becomes a lake. It might sound like a dream, or maybe just the …
Civilization: Beyond Earth and the ultra cool technologies of tomorrow from Polygon
Technology has often been spawned from ideas created by science fiction. Will strategy games play their part in the future? I grew up playing Risk, that wonderful board game where you became a colonial …
Village of Life-Sized Dolls in Nagoro, Japan, via The Herald Sun
When a village or a city dies, nature takes over. One woman in Japan is attempting to memorialize her village and slow that process. The remote town of Nagoro only …
Prussian Blue and Early Photography: Following Synchronicity From Diesbach to Anna Atkins
Scientific discovery and artistic innovation often occur together in unpredictable ways. How is this relationship shaped by accident and synchronicity? During the early 1700s, the color maker Diesbach was attempting …
there are mermaids
This is a beautiful, poetic reblog from my friend Tony at t h i n g s + f l e s h. It really captures for me the essence …
Saying Goodbye to a Legend: Richard Matheson’s Obituary in the Guardian
American author Richard Matheson passed away on June 23rd at the age of 87. He was famous for many novels, including I am Legend, The Shrinking Man, Hell House, What Dreams May …
Thoughts on A Foggy Day in Jersey City
This article from nj.com stirs up an interesting issue. A work of art called Release is causing some alarm in Jersey City. Created by Roger Sayre and Charlotte Becket, professors at Pace University, this …
Outsider Art Challenges Convention: BBC Culture
Outsider Art Challenges Convention: BBC Culture This is an interesting piece by Alistair Sooke about the Venice Biennale which has chosen outsider art for a theme this year. The exhibition, …
Remembering Jean Stapleton: Rebel in a Housedress from Emancipation Conversation
Jean Stapleton may be remembered as the dingy but long-suffering Edith Bunker, possessing a voice that could scratch glass in the rendition of Those Were the Days that opened the Archie Bunker …