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Art from pain
I have to admit that I have a bit of the old PTSD from my hospital experiences, but I was intrigued by this multi-artist project. At Colossal: In Los Angeles, 70 artists transform a vacant hospital into a sprawling art experience. … Continue reading
Exonym Atlas
An exonym is a place name used by outsiders—for example, English speakers using Germany for Deutschland. The Exonym Atlas explores how other languages name countries and groups those names by usage. Fascinating to see the derivations of names, which don’t always follow language families: for … Continue reading
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
Statue of a Danish author Hans Christian Andersen Artist: Jens Galschiøt Location: Submerged in the harbor of Odense, the author’s birthplace. Odense harbor, Denmark. “Never stop reading.” It is part of an art installation that uses the rising and falling … Continue reading
Current Rothko
I’m a big fan, so I love Current Rothko which shows you a Rothko painting selected based on the current weather outside your location. The site’s collection of 89 paintings are “each tagged with a color register, temperature, and mood so the … Continue reading
“Shut up, Ghost of Karl Marx.”
“Shut up, Ghost of Karl Marx.” https://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TechBrosUtopia.png
This will not spare you tears
Once upon a time, Paco Pomet * * * * “You must, in order that it shall speak to you, take a thing during a certain time as the only one that exists, as the only phenomenon which through your … Continue reading
We must not let the system control us
“If there is a hard, high wall and an egg that breaks against it, no matter how right the wall or how wrong the egg, I will stand on the side of the egg. Why? Because each of us is … Continue reading
Best Novel of All Time
In the Guardian, Tom Gauld’s cartoon “on Middlemarch being voted the best novel of all time.”
Bookstore Tourism: Paris
Founded in 1826, Librairie Jousseaume is a Parisian treasure hidden inside Galerie Vivienne. Tucked away from the usual tourist crowds, inside the glass-roofed elegance of Galerie Vivienne, you’ll find Librairie Jousseaume, a nearly 200-year-old bookshop. Founded in 1826, this antiquarian … Continue reading
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Sur Le Pont
French street artist JR has transformed Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris, with an inflatable cave-like installation that pays homage to the work of artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Named La Caverne du Pont Neuf, the giant installation will officially open to the public on June … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 
