Tag Archives: art & design
Annie Dillard, Painter
Art is like an ill-trained Labrador Retriever that drags you out into traffic. ~ Annie Dillard
It would seem that Annie Dillard may have put down her pen for the paint brush; or extended her brush strokes from simply in between books to the daily discipline that she once devoted to her writing. The art blog Writing Without Paper brought this to my attention along with links to Dillard’s work and to a sort of explanation for considering The Maytrees to be her last.Which I don’t believe for one moment. Well, we’ll see. Because, sometimes, Labrador Retrievers drag you out into…you get the picture.
When in…Venice.
From the NY Times: “If you’re in town for the Venice Biennale, don’t miss the marriage of High Renaissance painting and advanced technology that is “The Wedding at Cana,” 
by the British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. If nothing else, it is possibly the best unmanned art history lecture you’ll ever experience”.
“The Collecting Life”
I like Joanne Mattera’s Art Blog especially this post about a retired couple in New York. Art Collectors.
Creative thinking and living abroad
The Economist suggests there is a link based on a study in the Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology: The statistical relationship between living abroad and creativity remained, whatever the personality or inclinations of the subject were prior, indicating that it is something from the experience of living in foreign parts that helps foster creativity.
Logotopia: Current Exhibit
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