Did you even know there were four of them in existence?
The fact that this is:
…leads me to believe that this will be a highly desired piece. I’ll bid $200 to get things rolling. Do I hear $250?
The ever-excellent “Colossal” blog features some beautiful Alexandra Pacula oil-work. Work that evokes a mood - albeit a drunken, tunnel-visioned, passing out kind of mood.
Boo! Now go look at a Rothko.
“Fear was the only factor found to significantly increase sublime feelings,” the researchers report. Having just been jolted by that frightening film clip “resulted in significantly higher sublime scores than all other conditions, which did not differ significantly from each other.”
Who are the greatest modern day portrait painters?
(via The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau))
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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami | Quarterly Conversation I finished 1Q84 myself this weekend and found this quote, indeed this entire review, reflected my opinion of the experience. I still recommend “Wind Up Bird,” “Norwegian Wood,” and “Hard-Boiled Wonderland” - steer clear of this one, the payoff and ingenuity are sadly nowhere to be found. |
