“Early on he adopted a tactile, chance-driven method of painting that privileged almost every technique over brushwork. Dribbling paint Pollock-like onto loose canvasses, he allowed it to roll, pool and bleed, and he sometimes kneaded and hauled on the canvas … The billowy, undulating results could look like psychedelic landscapes or … ‘Abstract Expressionist rococo’.”
Tag: 06.18.12
The Short Story That Changed The New Yorker And Messed Up Mary McCarthy’s Marriage
Frances Kiernan on McCarthy’s “The Weeds”.
Help Me Sort 200,000 Books Or I’ll Burn Them All!
“Shauna Raycraft set out seven years ago to rescue over 300,000 books from being burned by her neighbour … [but] she was only able to sort through one-third of the books. Now the end has come. If Raycraft doesn’t get help sorting through the 200,000 remaining titles by the end of the month, she is calling in the fire department and burning the rest.”
Preserving Kalahari Bushmen’s Traditional Knowledge Using Tablet PCs
A team of researchers from Denmark and Namibia is working with the elders of a Kalahari Desert village “to develop a 3D visualisation of the village on a tablet computer. Their knowledge will be embedded in this virtual village to be stored for future generations. Rodil is also developing a drawing app for the tablet which mimics the way the elders draw diagrams in the sand to explain what they mean.”
Alice Walker Forbids Hebrew Translation Of The Color Purple
The African-American author has “refused to authorize a Hebrew translation of her prize-winning work, citing what she called Israel’s ‘apartheid state’.”
Ballet San Jose Dancer, 33, Loses Battle With Cancer
Tiffany Glenn “was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in June 2006 at the age of 27. After undergoing a mastectomy, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, she returned to Ballet San Jose with a shaved head to dance in the Nutcracker that December.” She went on to choreograph a ballet for the company in 2009 and kept dancing until this spring.
Need To Perform At Your Best? Try Being Anxious
“Somewhere between checked out and freaked out lies an anxiety sweet spot, some researchers say, in which a person is motivated to succeed yet not so anxious that performance takes a dive. This moderate amount of anxiety keeps people on their toes, enables them to juggle multiple tasks and puts them on high alert for potential problems.”
Scientist: We Don’t Need Composers To Make Music
“What we are trying to find out is whether you need a composer to make music,” says the professor of evolutionary developmental biology. “And we don’t think you do.”
Study: Different Politics = Different Consumer Preferences
“Not only do Democrats and Republicans hold different political beliefs but they even have distinct differences in consumer behavior — from their preferred brand of coffee to their favorite gaming console.”
Free Culture Movement Has Led You Astray (Reply To Young DJ Who Never Pays For Music)
David Lowery: “I applaud your courage in admitting you do not pay for music, and that you do not want to but you are grappling with the moral implications. … Fairly compensating musicians is not a problem that is up to governments and large corporations to solve. It is not up to them to make it ‘convenient’ so you don’t behave unethically.”