Have you ever noticed how long people look at a painting in a museum or gallery? Surveys have clocked view times anywhere between 10 and 17 seconds. The Louvre estimated that visitors studied the Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world, for an astoundingly low average of 15 seconds. Our increasingly online, instantaneous existence accounts for those numbers, obviously. Can we ever again find the patience to look at art as it was meant to be seen? A recent article by Harvard University art history professor Dr. Jennifer Roberts argues not only that art requires patience, but also that it can teach “the power of patience.” Where patience once stood for the helplessness of standing in line at the DMV, patience, in Roberts’ argument, can now stand for empowerment, a “time management” choice that can drive us to look not just at paintings, but at our whole lives.

Via Bob Duggan and Art Blog by Bob 

Image via Moma (Fernand Léger, The Three Musicians)

As a sports fan, I thought it was really cool to hear that Banksy showed up at Yankee Stadium, on October 30th, to make art.

His one month tour of New York featured awesome artwork. Check it out — here.

In Focus has a selection of winning photos from Nikon’s Small World Photomicrography Competition. The picture featured above is a 40x view of the crystallization of tartrazine (dye primarily used as a food coloring), by Frederic Labaune, Education Nationale, Auxonne, France.

Outwitted By Edwin Markham

He drew the circle that shut me out —

Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.

But love and I had the wit to win:

We drew a circle that took him in.

 

I am just finishing up Phil Jackson’s book, Eleven Rings. It’s a great book and I’ve learned a lot about leadership and life — not just basketball.

Image courtesy: Chicago Tonight

Outwitted is one of Phil’s favorite poems on the power of inclusion.

As a leader he wanted everyone in the room to have input on the discussions surrounding his teams — coaches and players alike. He believed it stimulated creativity and set a tone of family. He said it was even more important that the players who did not play have a voice. They would then feel involved and excited about the team.

This poem has simple yet powerful message. Have an open heart and go beyond all differences to accept everyone. To the first person in the poem, ideology is most important. To the second person, love is all there is.

What are your thoughts on this philosophy?

~BL

Anything along the lines of Steve Jobs and design interests me. I am not sure if Apple has the best products, but after reading Walter Issacon’s biography of Jobs, I am certain that when technology design was taking off, no company cared about design more than Apple.

FastCodeDesign kills it again with content regarding design and Jobs.

Read more about how the story went down between Harmut Esslinger, Steve Jobs, Frog, and Apple — Here.

Image via Google Commons

Via The Atlantic

In late August, the winners were announced of the 3rd edition of the Red Bull Illume Image Quest photo competition. The overall winner, top 10 category winners and top 50 finalists were unveiled at a ceremony in Hong Kong. The contest invited photographers to submit images of the world of action and adventure sports in one of 10 categories, including Energy, Illumination, Sequence, and Experimental (where digital manipulation is allowed). This year the competition received more than 28,000 entries by 6,417 photographers from 124 countries.

Check out some of the amazing pictures — here. 

Image via The Atlantic and Red Bull Illume Image Quest

Daniel Sidell, an art curator, connects art to the spiritual world.