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If you want Warhol walk the aisle of a supermarket If you want Koons watch VHS porn If you want Hirst visit the morgue But If you want Caravaggio build a bonfire in a cave If you want Velazquez plan a trip to the moon with a sliderule If you want da Vinci hike the [...]
tja Art = Math, Essays and Enquiries caravaggio, grand canyon, plato, pythagoras, velázquez 0 Comment
Here is what happened: I just listened to the story on NPR about Plato, which mentions Pythagoras, which makes me think “Art = Math”, which makes me think Velazquez, then Las Meninas, then I remembered mentioning that in a short story I wrote while rafting through the Grand Canyon in 2008. Here is that story: [...]
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A musical message in the works of Plato? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128290660
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Concealed Neuroanatomy in Michelangelo’s Separation of Light From Darkness in the Sistine Chapel
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I just spoke with the Michael Harding himself. First impression: a most affable and generous gentleman. Here’s what I asked… and what I’ve learned. Note: I’m paraphrasing our conversation. I would hate to try and quote him only to have someone call him and say “but I read some where that you said the following blah, blah, [...]
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Much to my delight, it arrived yesterday: Michael Harding’s “Genuine Chinese Vermilion”. I never knew a 40 ml tube could be so heavy. First Question: just how poisonous is Mercuric Sulphide? More reports to follow…
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Socrates said you are only educated when you’ve understood how ignorant you are. You can only find that out by questioning and doubting all the time. – Christopher Hitchens, in a recent debate with Rabi David Wolpe.
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You can play bloodhound for months on end and always discover something new. – Christoph Waltz during an interview with Charlie Rose, talking about his role in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds Name a painting that has the same effect.