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2009 and feelin’ fine
I’ve only been blogging since August of 2009 (what’s that, like five months?), but I felt left out because all of the blogs I read are posting their 2009 top ten lists. So, like my friend Dan, I thought I would post my top five favorite posts of 2009. Enjoy! #5) What is a Friend:…
The Good God and The Evil God
The Good God and the Evil God met on the mountain top. The Good God said, “Good day to you, brother.” The Evil God made no answer. And the Good God said, “You are in a bad humour today.” “Yes,” said the Evil God, “for of late I have been often mistaken for you, called…
Interesting Movie Posters
Illustrated Cityscapes by Matteo Pericoli
Here are some wonderful drawings by Italian artist Matteo Pericoli. His most recent collection of drawings is a series of illustrated cityscapes from windows in Manhattan. Might make a nice Christmas gift.
Please Do Not Disturb: A Collection of Hotel Door Hangers
Some great door hangers I found on flickr.
Kandinsky: A Vibration of the Soul
Wassily Kandinsky, considered by many as the father of abstract painting, was born on December 4, 1866 and died in the same month, 78 years later–December 13, 1944. Kandinsky was an art theorist, economist, lawyer, teacher and artist. I submit that December is a fine time to honor one of the most influential 20th century…
De Stijl: Form, Color and Utopia
I have been a huge fan of the De Stijl movement since the first time I gazed at a Mondrian painting. Similar to Russian Constructivism, I certainly catch glimpses of and feel momentary kinship with these artist’s desire to embody Utopian beauty, spiritual harmony and order in total abstraction and universality by reducing art down…
Holiday weirdness, coated in glitter and all lit up!
We just got back from First Friday in Williamsport. It was cold outside–finally feels like Winter–but the art and music was delightful! My friend Martha had an opening at Trimtex downtown. She’s been creating these wonderful religious themed shadow boxes for sometime and has recently created a series of Christmas boxes. We ended up taking…
Urban Abstract
Amazing piece by Art Director Jopsu Ramu and Shun Kawakami entitled Urban Abstract. Enjoy! Urban Abstract from Musuta on Vimeo.