In 1937, the NYT ran a piece about the last living son...
In 1937, the NYT ran a piece about the last living son of a Revolutionary War soldier . “Many times Constant said his father spoke of meeting George Washington…” The Great Span in action.
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Vibrant Folded Canvases Form Garment-Like Sculptures by Susan Maddux
Maddux often stacks the bunches of folds several feet high, mirroring human proportions. 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 Vibrant Folded Canvases
Five young descendants of Frederick Douglass read his...
Five young descendants of Frederick Douglass read his famous “What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?” speech .
Begone dull care
Let this exuberant melding of jazz and animation from 1949 blur your senses as abstract visuals interpret the music - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Inside Akira Ikezoe’s Studio
The Whitney Biennial artist on humor and climate change, plus an unsung AbEx painter gets his due.
Skill nostalgia
Is all the beekeeping, baking and leatherwork just escapist fantasy or the start of a radically human approach to work? - by Joshua Habgood-Coote Read on Aeon
Facts and feelings
The world is like this and therefore I feel like that. That seems right. It’s raining, so I’m sad. The person cut me off in traffic and so I’m angry. Ford makes better cars, so I like them more than Chevys. Occasionally, this cause and effect is what happens. But more often, it
When Albert Einstein & Charlie Chaplin Met and Became Fast Famous Friends (1930)
Photo via Wikimedia Commons “You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother,” goes a well-known quote attributed variously to Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, and Ernest Rutherford. No matter who said it, “the sentiment… rings true,”
The Courage to Be Yourself: E.E. Cummings on Art, Life, and Being Unafraid to Feel
"To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight."
Openish Thread (Testing a New Feature…)
Hey all. It’s Sunday afternoon of a holiday weekend and the weather is glorious here, so what better (worse) time to unleash a new feature on KDO? I’ve been working on a new wysiwyg comment editor for the past few days and it’s finally ready to go. Asking you folks to deal with
Women Sport Puffer Coats in Bold Baroque Portraits by Nieves González
"Creating isn't something we do (in Spain), it's something we are," the artist says. "And I come from that; I carry it in my body." 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