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6/17 Quote:
“Let your speech be true and sweet.” –Shri T. Krishnamacharya
Why Did Picasso Prosper?
Ian Leslie suggests that Pablo Picasso’s success with Cubism was hardly inevitable, but rather the product of circumstance: First, there was a new kind of consumer: the industrial revolution had created a class of young, educated, affluent Parisians, who, keen to distinguish themselves from their more conventional elders, prided themselves on daring displays of taste. Second, new […]
Inspiration from the Grateful Dead
There is a road, no simple highway, Between the dawn and dark of night, And if you go no one may follow, That path is for your steps alone. -From the Grateful Dead song “Ripple“ Phil Jackson mentions this verse in his new book Eleven Rings as the quote that got him started on his journey of […]
Goodbye cameras, hello networked lenses
Jason Kottke sees the world clearly and explains his rationale with ease. Craig Mod, writing for the New Yorker, says goodbye to cameras as photography transitions to the use of “networked lenses”. After two and a half years, the GF1 was replaced by the slightly improved Panasonic GX1, which I brought on the six-day Kumano Kodo hike […]