Here are some things I’ve heard people say when asked about the topic. “Loving someone is giving them what they need to grow.” “Love and need are two different things.” “I want you to love me more.”
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Marc Ecko from Giant Magazine
On his mistakes… “The biggest mistake a lot of young entrepreneurs make is hiring people they care about emotionally.” On how to stay relevant… “The biggest trap for creative types is the moment they start becoming introspective it paralyzes them. You can’t operate from a position of fear of irrelevance. You have to operate from …
Frank Robinson on Art
Frank Robinson is the director of the Johnson Museum of art at Cornell University, and recently when asked by Beth Saulnier “What is art?” he replied …Art is about everything – love, hatred, sex, envy , generosity. It’s about God, about the lack of God. As you live, things just flow by; at the end …
Carl Sagan Lectures Published
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A personal view of the Search for God There was some excerpts published in the Cornell University Alumni Magazine that I found particularly poignant. In regard to the growth of huge empires out of hunter gatherer groups…I think we’re getting really close especially with the ideas of social networking sites …
Ellsworth Kelly and Christian Marclay at SFMOMA
When I first came out to San Francisco in March of 2002, I went to the SF Moma to see Eva Hesse’s retrospective then later I was out to apartment hunt, I returned in June of 2002, and saw Sampling by Christian Marclay and Ellsworth Kelly in San Francisco. I distinctly remember being really psyched …
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Recent Trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art
I went to see the “Japanese Masters of the Brush” show and was so impressed with the sheer volume of the work. So many ink paintings, and the mounting was as integral to the pieces as the composition. Ike Tiaga and Tokuyama Gyokuran create work with traditional themes interpreted in their own style, and I …
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Headed to Watch the Warriors at Bayside
Pete_Ipp.jpg Originally uploaded by hypermodern. Headed to the big game five.