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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Wayne Thiebaud (1920-2021) knew how to appropriate most ardently. The renowned artist once said, “It’s hard for me to think of artists who weren’t influential on me because I’m such a blatant thief.”
Kate Mothes • Wayne Thiebaud's Passion for Art History Shines in 'Art Comes from Art'
The Big Rock Candy Mountain seeks to aid in the acquisition of this knowledge: not by molding the learner into a pre-established pattern, but by providing resources to help him quench his thirst; not by teaching meaningless stockpiling leading to a dissatisfied life, but by encouraging growth in the present leading toward a joyous old age; not by c
... See moreWhen I have a piece of writing in mind, what I have, in fact, is a mental bucket: an attractor for and generator of thought. It’s like a thematic gravity well, a magnet for what would otherwise be a mess of iron filings. I’ll read books differently and listen differently in conversations. In particular I’ll remember everything better; everything wi... See more
James Somers • More People Should Write
My product won’t write sentences for you. The slow process of writing is what clarifies thought, shapes identity, and cultivates a lens to the world. Writing is the whole point; it isn’t a chore to optimize, it’s an infinite game.
Michael Dean • Mega-Update
Ingredients:
6 large server farm raised eggs
2-3 dime sized chunks off the front passenger side tire of a 2016 Nissan Xterra
3 strands hair from a mannequin of a small, local museum, dishwater blonde or gray blonde only — mannequin’s expression must be somber/wistful — no smiles, no consternation, etc..
0.5 oz rust shaved from a significantly old meta... See more
6 large server farm raised eggs
2-3 dime sized chunks off the front passenger side tire of a 2016 Nissan Xterra
3 strands hair from a mannequin of a small, local museum, dishwater blonde or gray blonde only — mannequin’s expression must be somber/wistful — no smiles, no consternation, etc..
0.5 oz rust shaved from a significantly old meta... See more
358 — This week on Cargo
358 Cargo Newsletter
“At the same time, art cannot be understood in terms of purpose. As the sculptor Charles Ray has said, art is “for absolutely nothing.” To make, or experience, art is to enter a kind of free zone; it slows us down, places us in some epistemological estuary, takes us into the wild. We make art from our flaws, fragilities, perversities, from our need
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