Category: thequotidien
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If you want to lose a fight…
TV and movies are full of great lines, but many of the best are placed as either openers (“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.”) or to punctuate a defining character moment (“So I made him an offer he couldn’t refuse”) or to signal rising tension (“We’re going to […]
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It says “I am a maker. I make stuff”.
Great art night tonight. I have refrained from introducing The Fellas to the medium of spray paint. It lends itself to the lazy application of color and I think I had some fantasy of researching “tagging” and “graffiti art” before we cracked open the aerosols. Krylon has presented itself anonymously from time to time – […]
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The Closing of the American Mind
My sophomore year philosophy class took a sharp turn and redefined itself around the newly released “Closing of the American Mind” by Allan Bloom. At its simplest, “Closing” says that modern American universities have become sterilized to the point where they only push students toward pretty standard measures of life success, and do little to […]
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Unstable Immigration Perspective
Like most of my opinions and perspectives, I picked the name “only partially reasoned” for this site for a reason. My framework for immigration is fluid. Probably more so than most of my thinly considered insights. I decided to pair tonight’s State of the Union and its teasing of its more-marketing-to-the-base-than-impact immigration policy with watching […]
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The Night Watch “Live”
The Night Watch was a staple of my artistic diet for the three months I lived in Amsterdam working on “Big Brother” with Endemol. I just came across this 2013 live action version of this Dutch masterpiece as part of a marketing campaign to celebrate the renovation of the Rijksmuseum. Gold. LINK
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Rise of the Prints
A Bloomberg article today detailed the surging auction market for prints. They’re designed by an artist and often signed by the artist, but they are, by definition, reproductions. I don’t understand this section of the market that pays $15K – $1MM for a signed poster. I look at photographs differently, a print is their natural medium. I had […]
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Legos as Fine Art
This might be how I get The Fellas fired up about some classic art. I’m going to have to do one of these in the home. Maybe two.
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Magnificent but Standard
The Post. The bar is so high for Streep and Hanks that their incredible acting feels commonplace, but compelling It lacked the drama of Watergate because it unfolded over such a short window Another reminder of the importance of an independent press and I pledge to increase my tolerance of self-righteous, condescending journalists by 10% […]
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FAPC
Today’s service at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian was a perfect homecoming. It was music Sunday and celebrated each stage of the annual calendar with one or two verses from seasonal hymns. From “O Come Emmanuel” to “Glory Glory Glory” it was a morning of greatest hits. Two great highlights, one exhilarating and one bittersweet. The Good […]
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Re-Membered
I love the Met. I love that I can never tell you if I’ve been there twenty minutes or three hours. I love that I visit old friends and intentionally seek out new ones. You make a turn and see a Matisse Dancer and you feel like you’ve been here a million times. Today I […]