(Mark Rothko, Light Red Over Black, 1957, Tate)
So in my Cognition and Learning class today, we watched a clip from a PBS special, Brain Fitness 2: Sight and Sound. There was a Harvard physiologist on the show who talks about the biology of sight, and how it affects the way we see art. She said [...]
Notes on a Cleanse:
Getting off of caffeine was really hard this time. I’ve been drinking at least one cup of it every morning for several months, and I definitely felt the withdrawals. Wednesday night I ate a small piece of dark chocolate (not cleanse-approved), and it totally helped until Friday morning, when the headache returned. [...]
Ladies:
If you’ve ever felt like you were on one of these dates, there may be a reason…
Once upon a time, some 5+ years ago, I thought I knew I was going to fall in love with someone (I did fall in love, and it was good, but it didn’t last). One morning in the winter, we made eggs for breakfast, and one had a double yolk. It seemed meaningful; maybe it [...]
1.) In the New York Times today:
“I don’t want to use the word ‘stigma,’ ” Mr. Griggs said. “But people think, ‘Circus people, they’re gypsies.’ We’re normal people with normal lives.”
That would be stigma associated with the word “stigma.”
2.)
In which I more or less discover the curriculum for the first class I took for my MLIS and think to myself “I could teach this…” I bet over 75% of the course readings were cited in this book…
Which isn’t to say anything about the book or the class, both of which were really good. [...]
“We seek the absolute everywhere, and only ever find things.” — Novalis
So begins Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry. What a lovely idea. What a lovely book. I think I’ll call this a grown-up, sophisticated graphic novel. It’s a fake auction [...]
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