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A Valentine’s Day Kiss

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

As today is Valentine’s Day , I thought it would be an appropriate time to bring you the story of Auguste Rodin’s erotically charged masterpiece, The Kiss. The video below from the Tate museums,  explains how The Kiss was originally … Continue reading →

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Get Lost In Some Good Books

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Way back in 2011 we shared a story on the book sculptures and installations of the Slovakian-born artist Matej Krén. Now the enormous stacked book assemblege that he calls “Idiom” has found a permanent home in the Prague Municipal Library … Continue reading →

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Goodbye 2011

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

“Don’t be trapped by dogma…Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own voice.”

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Pssst…French Books

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

  The Grolier Club of New York City has fostered interest in, and support for, book arts for more than 125 years. It also offers regular exhibitions, displays, lectures and publications on publishing, printing, libraries, book art and the book … Continue reading →

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America’s Coolest Towns (small)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

We all have those favorite small towns that we badger our friends to visit. You know, the out of the way villages and hamlets with great bookstores, restaurants, architecture and shops. Every year Budget Travel magazine celebrates those bright spots with the … Continue reading →

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London : Halcyon Days

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Here’s a wonderful color home movie of a road trip starting in London exactly 72 years ago.

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LA Light

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Thanks to Colin Rich for this hauntingly beautiful multi-viewpoint, time lapse film of Los Angeles by night.

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Prague Memories

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

How I choose to remember Prague before the onslaught.

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The Hobbit (in under 2 minutes)

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

If you never read the Hobbit and you’re just too busy (or too lazy) to read it before Peter Jackson’s film version is released, why not check out The Brothers Grim and Grimy’s Hobbit Under 2 Minutes . Writer Declan … Continue reading →

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Montreal In Two Minutes

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Thanks to Tourisme Montreal for this little film on la plus belle ville d’Amerique.

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