Bravo to Lauren LoPrete, creator of this mashup tumblr combining the images and art of Charles Schulz’ Peanuts series with the lyrics of Morrissey, Johnny Marr, and The Smiths. I find This Charming Charlie incredibly powerful, perhaps because they combine the art with which I most strongly identified in the first and second decades (roughly) […]
Author: koala
- art
- ...
My Pal Buku
The Visit by Buku Sarkar My tennis buddy Buku has recently published a lovely long short story The Visit in the literary magazine n+1 . Her stories are even more beautiful than her tennis game. n+1 is a print magazine of politics, literature, and culture published three times yearly. Issues are available by subscription. The website is updated with […]
New Animation “Cricket Lives” by Don DiNicola
Sometimes I feel just like cricket. But I’m always glad Don is my friend.
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
“The prize is the pleasure of finding things out…” Click image to watch this documentary.
Carbon Buster Stirs in Sleep
After all these years, are you tired of reading article after article announcing the “revolution” in photovoltaics and the imminence of the long-heraled low-cost renewable era of green energy? Well, here’s another one. This, from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Photovoltaics Cells from Any Semiconductor More Background on PV’s [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2zjdtxrisc&w=400&h=300&rel=0] Short animated youtube video on […]
Wisconsin Art Show: New York Friends
Today is opening day for my group art show with Tara Key and Sue Garner in Fond du Lac,Wisconsin. Here are some additional paintings from the show. Runs through June 30th! Check out the amazing paintings from the show by Sue Garner here, and more stunning photographs from Tara Key of Antietam the band, here. […]
Carol Dweck and the Growth Mindset
In the past five years no book or thinker has had a greater impact on my life than Mindset by psychologist Carol Dweck. The approach to learning and growth she describes in her book and videos has affected me not only in my pursuits of hobbies and interests, but professionally, as an educator as well. […]
- art
- ...
Great Lucien Freud Snaps
Fantastic images of one of my favorite painters currently featured in Le Monde, Le Magazine.