November 2011
“Another avatar of a personality type - a generation? a socio-economic moiety? -...”
– Fascinating/hideous Readers’ Comments on this NY Times piece: Miranda July, Craigslist Reseller
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“The time has come for artists in Los Angeles and elsewhere to unite, organize,...”
– The New Inquiry: Art, Work, and Refusal.
Why Sarah Wookey turned down the role of one of six nude females re-enacting Marina Abramović’s signature work, “Nude With Skeleton” (2002).
At a gallery event where guests paid up to $100,000 for a seat, she was to “lie naked and speechless on a...
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The mourning after: why we should celebrate... →
“Art is for the living. If someone has lived creatively and you are grateful, for goodness sake, write them a letter, or create a website about them; get an article about them published if you have the opportunity, or if you are an editor, commission tributes while she or he can read them. What is the point of making a fuss when they are gone? It is morbid and to me it seems...
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Every book I read in the past 12 months.
In December 2010 I decided to use Tumblr to record every book I read for 12 months using the tag Currently, short for “currently reading.”
I love reading. I was worried that so much time spent on the internet for both fun and work might make me forget how much I love books. My theory was that consciously recording my reading behaviour would somehow encourage me to read more...
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“Lovely Day,” Bill Withers
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Stardust.
Stardust is the hardest thing to hold out for. You must make of yourself a perfect plane— something still upon which something settles— something like sugar grains on something like metal, but with none of the chill. It’s hard to explain.
—Kay Ryan
via thessaly.
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11. READ. LOOK. THINK.
The 11th of my weekly wrap ups.
READ.
“It’s very easy to enjoy yourself.” | first milk
How Rebecca Skloot built The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: the nuts and bolts of great structure in writing.
“Some people like to make drawings, etc to express themselves- I do it through sculpture, and I like to have a body, usually mine, as the template to work with. I create 3D...
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‘You’re all I need to get by,’...
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“Overall, I think it’s a good time to have a girl in the 21st century because...”
– Louis C.K. (via Briana Mowrey)
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Creatives on film: five inspiring documentaries. →
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‘Jamming,’ Bob Marley.
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10. READ. LOOK. THINK.
A little magazine I made for you!
Archives: 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9.
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“Memories, impressions, and emotions from your first 20 years on earth are most writers’ main material; little that comes afterward is quite so rich and resonant.” | The Writer in Winter, John Updike
A curriculum of toys: what children learn through play | MAKE
“…instead of a...
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“I came to realize…that what we were doing was taking a human and making him...”
– Christopher Butler
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Madness, ‘Our house.’ Listening with...
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A disturbing trend towards misogyny in dance... →
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One purpose of crying may be to block thinking, to... →
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“The small business is the idealized social form of our time. Our culture hero is...”
– The Entrepreneurial Generation | NYTimes.com
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...the Internet isn’t like a house party at all.... →
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9. READ. LOOK. THINK.
9. READ. LOOK. THINK. I’ve finally worked out what I want these things to be. Like a magazine! To read every Friday (Thursdays for Northern hemisphere friends). Past editions: 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8.
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Rhizome recommends 50+ feeds for your Google Reader. Senior editor Joanne McNeil has great taste in art, writing and technology.
“I think the world that happens...
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