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artlistpro: This morning on Modern Art Notes, I detail a key part of the relationship between Clyfford Still and Barnett Newman. Still famously claimed that Newman stole his “line of force,” the compositionally dominant vertical that Newman called the “zip” and claimed as his own. So how did the line of force or the zip…
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spacefictioncuriosities: A postcard of the drawing The Flat Earth, created in 1991 by American cartoonist and illustrator Saul Steinberg (1914-1999)
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Rochelle Ballantyne, 17, of Brooklyn is taking the chess world by storm. She is on the verge of becoming the first African-American female chess master and her journey has been documented in the film, Brooklyn Castle. Brooklyn Castle tells the stories of five members of the chess team at I.S. 318 middle school in Brooklyn. Ballantyne, currently a…
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an open letter in response to amy, re: musicians, volunteering, and the freedom to choose.
amandapalmer: Cross-posted from my blog. _________________ hola comrades! i am so happy that many of you are deeply loving the record, the response has been absolutely out of control….just amazing.glad that everyone’s getting their kickstarter stuff. more on that later. for now…. this is my response to a letter that was posted a few days…
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Kern and Burn | A Publication About Design Entrepreneurship
Kern and Burn | A Publication About Design Entrepreneurship
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Why I will not draw your comic for free
faitherinhicks: Sorry tumblrs, I didn’t know you couldn’t reblog questions, and also it’s probably mean of me, exposing that girl’s question like that. So here’s the whole blog post in reblogging format. Long story short, someone (politely) inquired if I would do character design for them, and then draw their comic. No mention of payment.…
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“The Precession of Simulacra” by Jean Baudrillard, Translated from English into American
“The Precession of Simulacra” by Jean Baudrillard, Translated from English into American dropouthangoutspaceout: dropouthangoutspaceout: Precession of Simulacra You think you understand the fucking real, man? Try this shit on for size: “The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth—it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true.”Ecclesiastes BOOM. Fucking…
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passerkirbius: I heartily endorse this comic. (via Maximumble – #480 – Dolled)
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The Psychology Of Tetris
The Psychology Of Tetris jtotheizzoe: Tom Stafford writes at Mind Hacks on the strange psychology of why Tetris is so damn addictive, and how it scratches some natural human tendencies to make order out of chaos. Tetris holds our attention by continually creating unfinished tasks. Each action in the game allows us to solve part…
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emergentfutures: Shopper Alert: Price May Drop for You Alone At a Safeway in Denver, a 24-pack of Refreshe bottled water costs $2.71 for Jennie Sanford, a project manager. For Emily Vanek, a blogger, the price is $3.69. The difference? The vast shopping data Safeway maintains on both women through its loyalty card program. Ms. Sanford has a…