Quote for Today: James Fenton
The term ‘epitaph’ itself means ‘something to be spoken at a burial or engraved upon a tomb.’ When an epitaph is a poem written for a tomb, and appears in …
Underwater Visions: Water and the Human Form
Underwater landscapes provide interesting places to explore dreamlike images and archetypes. What range of imagery and emotion are artists creating? I would like to introduce you to three stunning artists making …
Beneath the Surface: An Introduction to Underwater Photography and the Human Form
Well-crafted portraits capture not only physical attributes, but hint at hidden truths. Underwater photography can provide unique and challenging perspectives. There is something about being submerged in water that …
Quote for Today: David Byrne
I wouldn’t be surprised if poetry – poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes, and designs – is …
Quote for Today: Oscar Wilde
Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world …
A Twist on Paper: Sculptures of Peter Gentenaar
When creative pathways become blocked most of us give up or force ourselves forward. What if we changed direction instead? Peter Gentenaar was originally a printmaker who became dissatisfied with the effects he could …
Quote for Today: Philip Johnson
Concrete you can mold, you can press it into – after all, you haven’t any straight lines in your body. Why should we have straight lines in our architecture? You’d …
Capturing Nature’s Handiwork: Snowflakes by Alexey Kljatov
Snowflakes reveal an astonishing level of detail and beauty. Macrophotography lets us get even closer to these miniature masterpieces. Looking at Alexey Kljatov’s stunning macrophotography, you might imagine that he …
Re-imagining Movement and Growth in the Sea: Hinode by Tetsuka Niiyama
The sea is full of movement, from the motion of small rocks, seeds and other particles carried by the water to the growth of plants and animals. The impressionistic film …
Quote for Today: Italo Calvino
The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the …