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- Ladies who lunch is a phrase often used to describe well-off, well-dressed women who meet for social luncheons, usually during the working week. Typically, the women involved are married and non-working. Normally the lunch is in a high-class restaurant, but could also take place in a department store during a shopping trip. Sometimes the lunch take... See more
Siméon added 8d ago
- MANIFESTE DATADADA #1
c'est ma data là
mais ceci n'est pas de votre ressort
la data c'est GAFA
la datum c'est Badaboum
ma data est une poule aux oeufs d'or
Lucky la Data qui ne peut être vendue
Pâquerettes à Gogo
quand la data se manifeste,
cela fait à Dada
à hue et à dia!
quand la data se vide de sens
elle change de direction
je répète
la data c'est GAFA
la datu... See moreSiméon added 9d ago
- Brodovitch would begin his layouts by designing the layouts as illustrations by hand. His assistant would receive these sketches to look over, but the photographers and freelance writers were often given little or no direction at all besides to come up with something new and unusual. When the photographs for the issue arrived, he would pick the mos... See more
from Alexey Brodovitch by Kerry William Purcell
Siméon added 9d ago
The next oil I would like to mention is Walnut Oil again naturally a very clear oil, it dries faster than poppyseed and it is felt to have an excellent refractive index for displaying pigments with the most possible vibrancy, it potentially can hold more pigment than linseed or poppyseed.
from Artists Oil Paint History by supremepaint.co.uk
Siméon added 22d ago
isn’t this one makes cracks in the paint?
- History is full of what-ifs. It is tantalising to speculate what Sheila Fell, already recognised at her death as a significant force in 20th-century painting, might have gone on to achieve.
from Book of the Week: Sheila Fell: A Passion for Paint by Cate Haste by Cate Haste
Siméon added 23d ago
- Born into a mining family in rural Cumberland, British painter Sheila Fell (1931-79) studied at Carlisle College of Art, then at St Martin's School of Art in London. Though she spent her adult life in London, her artistic inspiration came from the dramatic images of the landscape of her childhood in the tough northern fells, which she interpreted w... See more
from Sheila Fell: A Passion for Paint
Siméon added 23d ago
- Biography
Born in 1931, Sheila Fell grew up in Aspatria, a typical West Cumbrian mining village. Whilst gaining a place at the Carlisle College of Art at 17, within two years she had obtained a place at St. Martin’s School of Art, London. Here, she befriended Frank Auerbach, amongst other contemporaries, and went on to teach at the Chelsea School o... See morefrom Sheila Fell RA FRSA Paintings for Sale | Original Artwork & Artist Biography
Siméon added 23d ago
- Social media… it’s just the market’s answer to a generation that demanded to perform, so the market said, ‘Here, perform. Perform everything to each other, all the time, for no reason.’ It’s prison. It’s horrific. Its performer and audience melded together. What do we want more than to lie in our bed at the end of the day and just watch our life as... See more
from Could I interest you in everything all of the time? / A little bit of everything all of the time?
Siméon added 1mo ago
So let your latest grand ideas cool off for a while first. By all means, have as many great ideas as you can. Get excited about them. Just don’t act in the heat of the moment. Write them down and park them for a few days. Then, evaluate their actual priority with a calm mind.
from Rework by David Heinemeier Hansson
Siméon added 1mo ago