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“When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey.” — Rudyard Kipling In a culture obsessed with measuring talent and ability, we often overlook the important role of inspiration. Inspiration awakens us to new possibilities by allowing us to transcend our ordinary experiences and limitations. Inspiration propels a [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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I just had to post this. How cool is this? Samsung is planning to launch a flexible OLED cellphone in 2012. It looks very light too. Personally, I would like it to have some weight so I know I’m carrying it, but what’s your preference? Seeing this makes me think that one day, scenes from [...]
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Often, the general understanding of the Internet is that it is a collection of information that is so vast it leads to fragmentation. That is certainly what the Internet was making Laura Tokie feel like. But, in her essay “For Victoria Crawford,” after “trolling the internet at all hours of the night, grasping facts and [...]
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Over at theanthropologist.net, “Supporting the Work of Inspiring Individuals,” you read about and see the largest work of art created by landscape artist Jim Denevan. Denevan created his art in Siberia on the frozen Lake Baikal in March 2010. From the website’s feature video: “The peace that Jim gets into when he’s drawing – he’s [...]
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I want to thank my mother for teaching me cursive. My writing today is more half-cursive/half-print, but it’s mine and I use it to write notes, lists, and personal letters when I have the time and patience. Ann Wroe reflects on the dying art of handwriting with intelligence and beauty in her article, Handwriting: An [...]
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In her latest essay “Give It a Year,” L.L. Barkat talks about what a difference a year can make when it’s focused on one thing in particular. Having experienced a year fixed in one place, she looks forward to how she can do “more time”: One year for a visual art pilgrimage. A year exploring [...]
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Excellence in the arts? It’s a tricky business. And how can arts practitioners elevate the craft to the level of excellence? Franklin Einspruch discusses these questions and suggests learning to stick to your guts. Excerpt from High and Low: What is Excellence in the Arts? : So I have worked out a pragmatic answer: Excellence [...]
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Rebecca Tirrell Talbot raises this question in her essay “A Trail of Belongings.” One of the great ironies of our culture is that we are both a highly mobile culture and a highly consumeristic culture, which often means we need to move a lot of stuff and move it quickly (hence PODS). Rebecca writes: Downsizing, [...]
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