The phone gives us a lot but it takes away three key elements of discovery: loneliness, uncertainty and boredom. Those have always been where creative ideas come from. — Lynda Barry In the spring of 2016, the great cartoonist and educator, Lynda Barry, did the unthinkable,
When asked for their favorite Sesame Street segment, many children of the 70s and 80s point to Pinball Number Count. Psychedelic animation, the Pointer Sisters, odd time signatures—what’s not to love? But for the serious Sesame Street buff, the “Jazz Numbers” series above
“ Plain text accounting is a way of doing bookkeeping and accounting with plain text files and scriptable, command-line-friendly software.”
There is a destabilizing, dreamlike sense of awe in encountering something without knowing the answer to sanity’s most fundamental question: “Is this real?”
"Both of my parents were in hospice, on opposite coasts. Then I found out that I had breast cancer."
Happy spring! If you've been stuck in a reading slump like me, look no further.
The iconic Paul Klee work is missing from an exhibition about fascism at the Jewish Museum in New York due to "current conditions" in Israel.
Just renewed my membership for The Kid Should See This , a genuine internet treasure.
The original was among dozens of Columbus monuments toppled in 2020 during nationwide protests against racial violence.
“He was assembling a force field of geometric objects,” said Meyerowitz, whose book of images exploring the painter's famous still lifes is being rereleased this spring.
"A critic considers the strange moral pressure we feel to read to the very last page."
Hey folks. The site is going to be very light this week and early next week — I’m spending some time with my family and accompanying my daughter on some spring break college visits. I’ll be back to full force mid-next week. In the meantime, I thought the open thread we did a
Historian Atreyee Gupta unravels the threads of catchall terms like “Global South” to trace the connections between Indian painters and anticolonial figures like Frantz Fanon.
An interview with Andy Weir about the accuracy of the science in Project Hail Mary . “I’m proud that the only true violation of physics in the story is something you have to go down to the quantum level to find.”
“If you are now wondering where to look for consolation, where to seek a new and better God,” Hermann Hesse wrote in his wartime manifesto for hope in difficult times, “he does not come to us from books, he lives within us… is in you too… most particularly in you, the dejected
Canine curiosity and play find their way into vibrant paintings that "invite viewers to rediscover the magic and absurdity often obscured by the routine." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for
Join us in Chicago on April 8 to chat art, money, and how the two intersect. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article How Do Artists Finance Their Lives?
“ Stop naming things after people, living or dead . No schools. No streets. No courthouses. No fountains. Just quit it.”
Fresh ice formed a thin layer of faceted shapes on the rolling surface that moved gently without breaking apart. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article
Edo, modern Tokyo, transformed from a city near ecological collapse to a thriving epicentre by creating a circular economy - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Our editor-in-chief's thoughts about the Whitney Biennial, John Yau remembers Thaddeus Mosley, the fallout from the allegations against Cesar Chávez, and more.
Lansana Keita rejected Eurocentric ideas, tracing the philosophical tradition back to African Kemet or ancient Egypt - by Sanya Osha Read on Aeon