Category Archives: Art

Towards Balance

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

I continue to be amazed by the spectactular land art created by the French mural artist known as Saype. He recently unveiled unveiled a new artwork in the Swiss Alps, near Villars-sur-Ollon, called “’Vers l’équilibre” (Towards balance) which depicts a … Continue reading →

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Marginal Medieval Memes

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

Even if you don’t geek out over illuminated manuscripts as much as I do, there’s a good chance that you will be entertained by the short video below. It’s likely that you’ve seen images from medieval manuscripts depicting both real … Continue reading →

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Poets : the Videogame

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

 

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You’re Not Alone

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

When I saw this street art mural I was reminded of a comforting quote from the great writer Kurt Vonnegut: Nothing I can say can have any effect, except to say to somebody else, “You’re not alone.” That’s as far … Continue reading →

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Tokyo meets The New Yorker

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

Way back in 2017 I shared a story about a marvelous art and design project that creates faux-magazine covers called , The Tokyoiter, and was reminded of it by a recent post in a blog that I follow. The concept, … Continue reading →

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Scotland’s Year of Stories

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

The tourism organization VisitScotland has announced that 2022 is a “Year of Stories,” and has launched a project called Braw Beginnings (braw meaning fine, good, or pleasing) which translates the first lines of iconic books inspired by or written in Scotland into … Continue reading →

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Comics Join The Classics

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

Joing the likes of Ivanhoe, David Copperfield, and The Great Gatsby, a series of Marvel comic books have united with Penguin Classics family. The Marvel Collection retraces the origins of favorite comic book superstars. The collection of stories reintroduces The Amazing Spider-Man, Black … Continue reading →

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Self-Portraits (with and without hats)

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

Vincent Van Gogh was known to have painted over 30 self-portraits between the years 1886 and 1889. That is until this week when it was revealed that a hidden self-portrait by the artist has been discovered behind one of his … Continue reading →

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Land Art Leaves a Big Footprint

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

Close to Mongonissi Bay on the Greek island of Paxos, you’ll find this 1000 square meter land art project. It is a huge print of a boot. The artwork, called Footprint , was created by the Greek artist The Krank. It is … Continue reading →

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Drink coffee at cafes and write about stuff

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

Support the comic on Patreon! Corey Mohler creates this terrific philosophy themed webcomic Existential Comics.

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