Someone once asked me in front of a Rothko “But where is the humanity in that?” Representational art, he felt, was more respectful and worshipful of the world and mankind, whereas modern art had turned its back on it. I asked my friend Dan Siedell (author and Presidential Scholar and Art Historian in Residence at… Read more »
The light of the world
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.” Isaiah 9:2 #advent
Window Pain — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday! Once again! Oh Hooray! (In June, I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that are funny and they will make you laugh. Even on a Monday.) And so, because I’m nice like that, I’ve been posting every single one I can get my hands on. And there are LOADS hooray!… Read more »
my child could do that
A few months ago, I visited MOMA on an unofficial tour led by my friend Dan Siedell (author and Presidential Scholar and Art Historian in Residence at The King’s College, NYC). It was great. He took us to floor 5 where we looked at Cezanne, Matisse and Van Gogh. Then down to floor 4 where… Read more »
Fly Guy — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday! Once again! Oh Hooray! (Back in June, I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that are funny and they will make you laugh. Even on a Monday.) And so, because I’m nice like that, I’ve been posting every single one I can get my hands on. And there are LOADS… Read more »
The Typical British Bird
What do you think of as the typical British Bird? Pigeons? Robins? Wrens? Wrong. Parakeets. Areas surrounding London have been invaded by a Green Lurgy. Parakeets. (There were approx 1,500 in 1995 and now there are 30,000). No one knows why the population explosion. They come from India and Sub-Saharan Africa–but they didn’t get to… Read more »
Scary Legs — Simon’s Cat (Halloween) video
It’s Cat Friday! (Yes. It usually is Cat Monday but this one has to be today because it’s H A L L O W E E N ! (Back in June, I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that are funny and they will make you laugh. And so, because I’m nice like… Read more »
new frog discovered in NYC!
I like the sound of our newly discovered leopard frog who lives in Staten Island. Have you met him? He was on BBC today with his nice croaking. Looks identical to other frogs but he has a weird croak. But why are they surprised? NYC is filled with people who look identical to other people but who have a… Read more »
Icecapade — Simon’s Cat video
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Stuck in a rut?
Augustine wrote 15 commentaries on one book (Genesis). Beethoven composed 16 string quartets. Jeremiah spent 23 years saying the same thing (with no one listening). Were they stuck in a rut? Not exactly. Beethoven was fascinated by the quartet form, but was never satisfied with what he had done. He kept going back to do… Read more »