Another brilliant TED talk from a poet Billy Collins. The last poem which he read himself was a glimpse into what I, as well as almost every parent, do to my children. Laughable and so damnable, but how to help it?.. Great poetry and great animation! http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf There is a website with more animated poems […]
Chikens for sale!
Our�chickens�lost their garden. Sad face. So, they’ve got to go. Sad face. They go with the Omlet’s mobile fence. Hens are �10 each and the cockerel comes free. The fence is �70 (originally �99) Hens: Poland bantams Blacky and Pom-Pom, silver laced�wyandott Ice, Pekin bantams Chub and Vic. Cockerel Feisty. They are all 9 months […]
Mirror on The Wall
This morning, after dropping girls off at school, I caught this song on the radio, which hit me like no other song did for a while. This is totally powerful. Rushed home to look up lyrics on youtube – even better! Then found a video clip – blew my mind away! See this: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZLUa8JUR18%5D […]
Tony Orrico – choreography and visual art
Today’s “Artist a day” washed ashore something very interesting. (Jane and Jane, you two will love this!) Take a beautiful human being and infuse it with motion, meditation and geometry and you get Tony Orrico. The illness, or what commonly perceived as a health problem, became a catalyst for something unique and profound. That reminds me of John the […]
Parisian Gallerist and Art Collector’s Advice on Buying Art
In an interview, Parisian art collector and a gallery owner Alexandre Lazarew talks about pleasures and challenges of being a gallerist. Alexandre has collected art for 40 years, and his interest in visual art progressed from narrative figuration to new realists, then to street art and to emerging contemporary artists. Now in his new Gallerie […]
Yes. Money Is His Medium.
Two sources brought me to the same point tonight which was percolating for some time in my brain. Both in connection with Damian Hurst. The point is: Money is an art medium. One source was this article in a Taki’s Magazine. The other was a rant by HENNESSY YOUNGMAN on Youtube. The latter said: “Yes, Internet, […]
“Show Me The Monet” Interview and David Hockney’s Bigger Picture
So. I went for an interview yesterday. A nice girl by the name of Nel turned out to be also very beautiful. The interview took 10 minutes, and the first thing they asked me to do was NOT to twit, facebook or blog about it until the actual broadcast. That’s it. Sorry, folks! But! I […]
No $*** Talk About Art. Hennessy Youngman Of Art Thoughtz
English is no my first language and I really find it difficult to comprehend artists talking about art. Or art critics writing about art. Or artists statements – those are at the top of the chart on the creative abuse use of “vocabulary” words. That’s why I loved this article in HuffingtonPost Art section! So refreshing. “HuffPost […]
Art and Facebook. Three artists interviewed
Found a brilliant article on a… technology blog. But that is a brilliant technology blog! “Facebook has already changed the way we communicate, creating virtual extensions of our real lives. Social networks are a microcosm of users’ social worlds and a continuation of offline behaviors. But that’s just for the regular folk – what about artists? How do artists […]
Interview for “Show Me The Monet” BBC Series
A friend of mine, Lesley Samms, sent me a link at the end of December to apply for the “Show Me The Monet” BBC series on art which I did. And forgot about it. Last week nice voice by the name of Nel phoned and we had a great chat – that was the second […]