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Unknown Hipster in conversation with a Cistercian Monk
Unknown Hipster: I’m amazed that being monks you had the idea to choose John Pawson. Monk: One of us had wandered into the Calvin Klein store in New York, which had been designed by John. It was so pure, nothing distracted from the product, it was shopping taken to a religious level. Wouldn’t it make…
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I used to believe that time was the most important thing I have, but I’ve come to believe differently. The single most valuable resource I have is uninterrupted thought. adam brault: I quit Twitter for a month (via courtenaybird) Paul Higgins: Going to do the same thing for 4 weeks starting Dec 17th (via emergentfutures)…
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via @nevver: There is a labyrinth which is a straight line…
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thegetty: toolegittoquilt: Apparently pulling my skirt up was too scandalous for The Getty, but I did it anyways. I’ll post a better pic of my AMAZING tattoo based on this Peter Paul Rubens painting by the awesome @unbreakajeff soon. Follow him. Now. #peterpaulruebens #returnfromwar #thegetty #marsandvenus #tattoo #jeffreymeyer (at The Getty Center) Bare thighs at…
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daveortega: An animated gif that I created for an art show a few years back. The character is El C.V., created by mi compa and Boston art phenomenon Raul Gonzalez!
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explore-blog: Remarkable Harvard visualization of the rise of modern publishing across Europe after the invention of the printing press. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it follows a similar pattern to The Republic of Letters, mapping the distribution of the Old World’s intellectual elite. (↬ @robinsloan) (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
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For a lot of people, this all might sound like overkill—a beautiful hoodie might strike you as oxymoronic and superfluous, and you’d just as well spend your money on high fashion rather than a slacker uniform. But even if you aren’t a fan of sweatshirts, American Giant’s business model is worth watching. Like American Apparel,…
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In short, [art historians, curators, and – more broadly] humanists largely work alone and on timelines with long horizons. Scientists work together, experimentally, and publish quickly. And all of this is only in terms, as noted above, of disseminating information. Scholars, curators and conservators of art are not exploiting the new technology to research differently.…
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nevver: No Reason To Believe
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oh captain my captain