Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Cosmos and Connectivity

These are articles and links that resonated with me following a late night post Daylight Savings. All these relate to each other in that they all in some way reflect our need as human beings to be connected ... to ourselves, to each other, to the earth, to the universe.

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This article by Andrew Solomon on the New Yorker  – about Adam Lanza's father reckoning with his son's actions and what led up to the Sandy Hook tragedy.


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via UpworthyNeil deGrasse Tyson's answer to what is the most astounding fact about the universe.



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This video: First Kiss by Tatia Pilevia for WREN
later notation: As this video went viral, many felt duped that it was a piece showcasing Wren's collection and that the people were actors and models. However, the first visual is "Wren presents" - although obviously most folks aren't aware that it's a clothing line. Also, one of them is referred to as having experience with this as an actor and I feel that it's obvious that this is staged... It still doesn't take away the initial impact it had on the public. Beautiful people swooning over intimate human contact.



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This weekend's Sweet Paul Makerie in New York via Design Sponge with such creative folks as Paul Lowe of Sweet Paul magazine, Lotta Jansdotter, Erin Considine and Tamar Mogendorff.







I love this video by Creative Bug with Ali deJohn, creator of Makerie and her explanation of the intent behind Makerie and the Chautauqua Movement.




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This podcast on KQED's Forum about the high cost of living in San Francisco and how the local artists and galleries are being affected. Having had grown up and lived in the area for over half my life it's something dear to me that art stays vibrant there. 


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Lastly, these photographs via Fast Co. showing the latest work of Kim Keever, a NASA engineer turned artist.








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