An article by Elliot D. Cohen from Psychology Today: “To love,” said Stendhal, “is to derive pleasure from seeing, touching, and feeling through all one’s senses and as closely as possible, a lovable person who loves us.” This is the popular view of what love is–a deep, all-pervasive positive feeling toward another person. Indeed, it [...]
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Check out this post by E.B. Boyd at The Morning News about Facebook’s new ‘Timeline’ feature. From the post: Facebook’s Timeline (the new version of the user profile which is slated to be released to the general public “in the next few weeks”) wanted to do something more: It wanted to convey a feeling. [...]
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After writing my eloquent and diplomatic piece rant about contemporary country music today (it’s just as bad as that other CCM!), I wondered how we could crowd source all the good country music into one spot. Since this webzine is The Curator, I thought to myself the most productive thing to do at this point [...]
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I miss country music. I really do. I used to love it. After moving to the New York City metro area almost seven years ago I went through withdrawal. There was no country music station. Top 40 was everywhere. It was awful. But then something started happening in country music shortly after I moved up [...]
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Following on from a recent post on IAM Facebook page about innovative painting apps for smartphone, here’s an article from Glasschord about an artist Mikko Ijas, who has created extensive bodies of work using Brushes application on an iPhone and iPad. While Ijäs is a skilled draftsman, he is anything but a traditionalist. Using digital [...]
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Check out this article from GOOD about Oliberté, a new brand that dares to campaign against the ideals of TOMS Shoes. “At Oliberté, we believe Africa can compete on a global scale,” he says, “but it needs a chance. It doesn’t need handouts or a hand up. It needs people to start shaking hands [...]
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An article by William Damon, published on Defining Ideas Although truthfulness is essential for good human relationships and personal integrity, it is often abandoned in pursuit of other life priorities. The problem now is that we seem to be reaching a dysfunctional tipping point in which an essential commitment to truthfulness no longer seems to [...]
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I had eleven days off for Christmas and New Years. No work to do. Just spending time with family, reading and writing. I also decided to take a stab at brewing my own beer. It was all and all relaxing time. What was different about this time, other than the hours I suddenly had to [...]
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…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)
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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 [...]
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