I had lunch with a friend last week at a coffee/book/cafe shop that is becoming my favorite place to go for good things to eat, tasty hot chai, aesthetic ambience, and meaningful conversation. The place is a repurposed section of a giant factory, half of which is still in rubble and some of which has…
Category: art
London: “Ai Weiwei: Making Sense” — Fat Geisha
“Ai Weiwei: Making Sense” is a design-focused exhibition at the London Design Museum opening on April 7. It features broken ceramics and historic relics from the Song dynasty, as well as fragments of the artist’s own sculptures destroyed in 2018. The show encourages viewers to make sense of these objects and question what they value,… London:…
Beatles Sculpture by Andrew Edwards
Sculptor Andrew “Andy” Edwards said he hoped his statue, which stands on the Pier Head, [in Liverpool]would become “a place of ritual” for people to come together. — from BBC News, 12/4/15 I just happened across the sculpture from another angle on this blog and instantly fell in love with how the sculptor, Mr. Edwards,…
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park on 021823
Yesterday was one of the happiest days of my life. I met with my sons, daughter in-law, and almost-2-years-old granddaughter at Meijer Gardens where we spent about 3 hours together, wandering around the place. Not only does it have sculpture installed throughout the inside and outside of the place, there are galleries with special guest…
The Kick-About #73 ‘Cephalopod’
Hey Everybody, I submitted one of my collages to The Kick-About and you can see it, along with Kerfe’s submission and a lot of other wonderful works of art, if you follow the link. Thanks again, Phil! OOPS, HERE is the link to it.
Hobo Moon Cartoons Merch
illustration from the blog I’ve been following Hobo Moon Cartoons blog since December 2018. Not only does this very talented cartoonist feature his own collection of work, he has a history of tirelessly sharing quality animation from all times, genres, places with a dedication that is admirable. I highly recommend you click on the link…
A2Z 2021 Jethro Tull Songs Day 12 Life is a Long Song (from a 1971 EP and 1972 compilation album) (repost)
This isn’t technically a Christmas song but I think of the end the year when I hear it. First posted for A2Z2021, where I covered a Jethro Tull song for every day in April 2021. The EP had only this song on it. Living in the Past at 87 ½ minutes, came between Thick as…
Tao Talk 