When you hear accordion music, is this scene from the Disney cartoon Lady and the Tramp the first thing that pops into your head? This sure is what I think of; however, Read more about Podcast of the Weekend #7: Accordion Music is not Just for Romantic Dinners in Paris[…]
ArtMaps is a project that combines visual art and geography run by the Tate galleries throughout the UK. Of the 70,000 artworks in the Tate, 23,000 of them are “‘tagged’ with Read more about Creativity Breadcrumb 32: A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words, or At Least a Memory and a Place on the Map[…]
On October 28, novelist Jeffrey Eugenides, a Pulitzer-Prize winner for his book Middlesex, delivered the William Gifford lecture at Vassar College. The author of The Virgin Suicides, which was later adapted into Read more about Field Work: Jeffrey Eugenides on Writing Novels and Reliving Adolescence[…]
On the night of July 13, 1977, Grandmaster Caz and his parter Disco Wiz were challenged to a DJ battle in the park. In the middle of the battle, however, Read more about Podcast of the Weekend 6: How the NYC Blackout of 1977 Helped the Hip Hop Movement[…]
food for creative making, doing, and thinking A groundbreaking discovery was recently made in the field of archeology, in which cave paintings dating back at least 39,900 years were Read more about Creativity Breadcrumb 29: Advances in Art, Science, and History Through the Discovery of 39,000 Year-Old Cave Paintings[…]
food for creative making, doing, and thinking Up in the Sierra Nevada range, between the Wonder Lakes Basin and Mount Emerson, sits a 12, 691-foot mountain that has been deemed unnamed by Read more about Creativity Breadcrumb 28: Civil Disobedience and Expedition[…]
food for creative making, doing, and thinking One of the most influential figures in the modernist poetry movement, E. E. Cummings was born 120 years ago today. Cummings’s life is Read more about Creativity Breadcrumb 19: It’s E. E. Cummings’s 120th birthday![…]
food for creative making, doing, and thinking National Geographic’s Photo of the Day today is absolutely striking. Captured in the Strzelecki Desert of Australia, this photo presents a rare moment Read more about Creativity Breadcrumb 18: Natural Symmetry[…]
food for creative making, doing, and thinking In an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal, Alice Gregory points out an interesting dichotomy in the art and fashion industries: We Read more about Creativity Breadcrumb 17: Art in Fashion[…]
Early in life, we are all taught to draw straight lines, as they are orderly and efficient in subjects such as math, physics, etc. Many occupations also depend on one’s Read more about Podcast of the Weekend #2[…]