Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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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 […]
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I Yield
I’m giving up on David Hockney. I think I’m supposed to like him. Peut-être je ne comprends pas. Je m’en fous. I can tell you the cultural significance of his work. It just doesn’t speak to me. I’ve given him more than his due. I attended a “Met after Dark” event and today circled again […]
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Not the Turtle
I used to like Michelangelo (artist, not Mutant Turtle). Then I read “Agony and Ecstasy” in the mid 90s and now I love him. I hit the Met exhibit for MB today and I would say I am largely “unsatisfied”. I had carried my copy of “Agony” across the country and had some immersive image […]
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he who hesitates
Ugh. In less than 30 minutes I was inspired to excitment and then dashed to the rocks. Tonight I walked from the LES to Union Square for an 11p Barnes & Noble run to replace “Homo Deus” that I left in a cab earlier today (significantly raising the bar for enjoying the futurist theorem). Earlier […]
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VVG
It felt like just six of us in the 10p showing of ‘Loving Vincent’ at the Roxy on a Saturday night was exactly the right way to enjoy this unique film. Ninety minutes of oil paint based animation traversing a historically-fictionalized period after VVG’s death, which used flash back/reminiscing to touch on the major themes […]
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the reveal
Today I attended my friend’s photo exhibit opening. We are locked into a “consistently peripheral” friendship somewhere in the “three rings from center” range, and every six or seven years we find ourselves in the same city with a reason to connect. Our relationship is shallow enough to be reclaimed in a moment, but full […]
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