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The well-spent life is long
L’acqua che tochi de fiumi, è l’ultima di quella che andò, e la prima di quelle che viene; così il tempo presente. La vita bene spesa lunga è.
Leonardo da Vinci, Note 1174
here’s my translation [eager for improvements from my Italian-speaking ...more
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Art & Thought: Celebration: The Birthday of Chinese Art
When I was young, every birthday was celebrated like a grand occasion. My parents would rent out the private dining room in my favorite Chinese restaurant, and they would invite all my relatives - even distant cousins I had never met before - to gather ...more
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Art & Thought: Pablo Bronstein at the MET
In the Metropolitan Museum, I stand in front of a large ink drawing. The skies are flushed in shades of pale gray and brown. The land is barren. A Hellenic column juts pitifully out from the earth like the last pillar of humanity after the apocalypse has ...more
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Art & Thought: Tutankhamun’s Funeral
We had been friends since elementary school, and we could not have been more different. Even in the first grade, she was considered fashion forward with her sparkly pink t-shirts, pigtails, and leather pants. She held the most parties out of all the other...more
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Art & Thought: Monet’s Water Lilies at the MoMA
On a sea of gold, there is a bridge of fire. The sky is raining flame. Every part of the canvas is drowning in brushstrokes of gold and red, as if consumed in its own paint. Even though a whirlwind of colors engulfs the whole piece, I can still trace the ...more
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Art & Thought Special Edition: Silk & Bamboo
On the first floor of the Egyptian Art galleries, there is a small exhibition featuring 60 musical objects and illustrations. I feel, as I enter “Silk and Bamboo”, that I am walking through an ancient tomb where all the artifacts of the past have been...more
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Mississippi River Project: Knowing it when you see it
The ferry at New Roads was closed, so I had to drive down to the bridge at Baton Rouge and then back up to St. Francisville, where I found an RV Park right next to the Audubon History Site and talked Bill the owner into letting me set up my hammock in t...more
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Mississippi Riber Project: Putting it together
I think most of you know that I’ve pictured this river journey as happening in three phases: the first phase is the human-powered journey I’ve been taking down the river, having adventures on the river and near it, meeting people, camping in parks, re...more
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Cultural Chick: Three Must-See Female-Inspired Museums
As an art historian, I am passionate about the woman artist and her place in art historical discourse. So this week I present three museums in the United States that have changed the way women are included, and represented in the art world as artists, cur...more
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Superheroines can be divas, too
Lots of comic book fans were stunned earlier this month when Marvel made the unexpected decision to merge with the Walt Disney Company. But earlier in the summer, the comic book company made another unexpected decision–except this one was actually kin...more
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Top 10 Comic Book Heroines & Villains of All Time
From six-foot tall Amazon beauties to mind-controlling mutants, the heroines and villains of history’s most enduring comic books have redefined the boundaries of female empowerment and strength. No longer are feminine roles confined to screaming on top ...more
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MacArthur Genius Awards-2009
The Macarthur Foundation has annointed its list of “geniuses” for 2009 and happily its split 50/50.
Here are the women recipients (captions from AP):
Lynsey Addario, 35, photojournalist, Istanbul, Turkey. Creating a visual record of major conflicts ...more
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Sexism Watch: Steinberg Playwright Awards
It’s not enough to have clear statistics about how women are discriminated in theatre, but now a new award — The Steinberg Playwright Awards — given to “emerging” playwrights has decided that there is no woman good enough to qualify as emerging....more
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Joan Allen as Georgia O’Keefe in Biopic on Lifetime
You know that Lifetime movies of late have gotten quite “lite.” But this week we get a woman of substance, Georgia O’Keefe, played by a woman of substance, Joan Allen. The movie mostly covers her life with Alfred Stieglitz (Jeremy Irons) who sup...more
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