Things Worth Remembering: T.S. Eliot and the Passage of Time

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  Peak Stupid!

  October 11, 2022 · 2 min read

  I’ve said in previous blog posts that I’m sure NFTs will be widely used in the art world over the next ten years. Not as art pieces themselves, but as digital ID tags that can be attached to each individual…

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  Ignacio Iturria's Undervalued Uruguayan Masterpieces

  May 18, 2022 · 2 min read

  Que Pasa en el Cajon, 1994 By Ignacio Iturria 36” x 30” Mixed media on canvas I’m nuts over Ignacio Iturria. He’s probably the best-known Uruguayan painter of his generation. And yet his paintings are…

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  M.C. Escher Is Now a Movie

  June 8, 2022 · 1 min read

  I became a fan of M.C. Escher, the Dutch artist, the moment I saw this print. His pictures seemed designed to draw me in and hold me in a way that was enticing but also disturbing. They are like some of Dali’s…

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  Letter to June Carter from Johnny Cash, June 23, 1994

  April 20, 2022 · 1 min read

  “We get old and get used to each other. We think alike. We read each other’s minds. We know what the other wants without asking. Sometimes we irritate each other a little bit. Maybe sometimes take each other…

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  Who was Dorothea Lange?

  April 6, 2022 · 1 min read

  The famous photo at the top of this issue – “Migrant Mother” – was taken by Dorothea Lange during The Great Depression. She began her career by doing photographic portraits. After the stock market crash of…

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