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If You Love Jazz Music...
...You are not alone! Cows love jazz music too! Check out these French Cows enjoying some Jazz music on a beautiful, sunny day. (Via swissmiss, via The Kid Should See This)...
The Art of Gifting
While flying home for the holidays, after an amazing 2 months in New York City, I was greeted by the front cover of Airtrans Go Magazine: The Artistic Process By Allison Weiss Entrekin with assistance from Rachelle Hicks. Allison writes, I’m what you might call an art idiot. I’ve never purchased an original piece; I don’t know how to pronounce curator (“CURE-a-tor?” “Cur-A-tor?”). But on this trip t...
My Kind of Roller Coaster
I'm not a huge fan of roller coasters, but this one would be my cup of tea. A roller coaster staircase under construction in Duisburg, Germany by Heike Mutter + Ulrich Genth. From the article: The walkable, large outdoor sculpture Tiger & Turtle – Magic Mountain is currently in construction on the Heinrich Hildebrand Höhe in Duisburg Wanheim (D). It overtops the plateau with the artificially heaped-up mounta...
You Shouldn't Have...Really
I found this quite humorous. Anastasia Tsioulcas from NPR Music shows us some Christmas gifts you should NOT buy for your musical friends this Christmas season. From the violin lavatory seat to the 'Tosca' charm bracelet, see them here. ...
Owls
I love owls. Especially the little ones. If you are having a rough Monday, maybe some poetry and a video of cute owls will brighten your day. Somewhere in the universe, in the gallery of important things, the babyish owl, ruffled and rakish, sits on its pedestal. You can read all of Poet Mary Oliver's, Little Owl Who Lives in the Orchard over at poetryconnection.net and Check out the heart melting video L...
Breathtaking Visions of the Earth
Ole Christian Salomonsen captured this breathtaking view of the northern lights in Norway and is one of the many photos featured in National Geographic's photo book, Visions of the Earth. From National Geographic's youtube channel: "Our world offers moments of inspiration and awe — and these opportunities are everywhere we look. "Visions of Earth," a new book from National Geographic, raises a curtain on the...
Novel Art
In Geoff Dyer's article, The Art of the Novel, Dyer reflects on Penguin Classic novels from the 1970's and the cover art associated with them. Dyer writes, "The use of different paintings meant each book was a “modern classic” in its own particular way. ..I saw my first-ever Hopper — or a detail of one at any rate, showing a couple in folding chairs, staring into a radioactive sky — on the cover of “One...
