Tag: art
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When we make our art
“When we make our art, we are also making our lives. And I’m sure that the reverse is equally true.” — Wendell Berry, in the beautiful documentary Look & See. Might have found my new life motto.
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Circle of lives
Somewhere on the Internet I stumbled upon this print from the artist Nina Montenegro’s series Against Forgetting: It struck a chord in me not only because I’ve been reading the tree-centric novel The Overstory, but also because six days ago I became a father. And I’ll tell ya, I know I’m barely a week into…
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Help, History is Addictive
Magazine mashups from Sports Illustrated (forgot to write down issue date). More here.
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Denver Crush Walls
Got to visit Denver for the second time this year for a friend’s wedding. While there another Denver friend brought me on a walking tour of the Crush Walls urban art festival in the RiNo neighborhood, where we saw some really cool graffiti:
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One nation under The Rock
Magazine mashups from GQ, June 2017. More here.
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Why pause? Life’s magical moments right in front of you
Magazine mashups from Money, June 2017. More here.
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Sweet sounding experiences can’t be downloaded
Magazine mashups from Esquire, May 2017. More here.
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Florida Man Busy Book Learning
Going old school with magazine mashups this time, from Better Homes and Gardens, December 1962:
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Hamilton and what makes a healthy republic
The Show Ready for a hot take? Hamilton: An American Musical was really good. I assumed I wouldn’t see it for years, as tickets are prohibitively expensive in Chicago. But it was a surprise anniversary gift from my wife (musical theater tickets are the traditional Year 3 gift, right?) along with a special ticket she…
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Be the change; Just kidding!
Magazine mashups from Psychology Today, June 2016 (more here):
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Don’t let affordable technology ruin your day
Mashups from the March/April 2016 issue of Popular Science. (See more magazine mashups.)
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Pattern-spotting in a Chicagoland alley
Though the cold, wintry weather has extended into April this year, the other day the sun beamed and the temperature jumped into the 60s. I decided to take a break from work and go for a short walk, and I soon ambled down one of the countless back alleys that cut through Chicagoland. (Here’s the…
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Magazine Mashups: North America’s best is Rodney Dangerfield
Mashups from the January 28, 2018 issue of New York Times Magazine. (See more magazine mashups.)
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Magazine Mashups: Am I human?
Mashups from Scientific American, March 2017. (See more magazine mashups.)
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The point of coffee is to suffer
I can’t stop laughing at this comic: I started drinking coffee after college, and when I did I went straight to black, sometimes with sugar. It took me that long because my taste buds weren’t ready for the bitterness of black coffee. And yet when I did try to start drinking it regularly, it never…
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Magazine Mashups: Hunger after cyberattacks
Wired, January 2017 issue. (See more magazine mashups.)