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Alexander Calder

2024-02-21T21:56:43+00:00

"๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต." With a degree in mechanical engineering and inspired by Piet Mondrian, Calder went on to pioneer kinetic art, breaking away from traditional concepts of paintings and sculptures.

Alexander Calder2024-02-21T21:56:43+00:00

Haunted by Hemingway

2024-02-21T21:56:50+00:00

"๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, ๐˜ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ." Early one summer morning, Ernest Hemingway took his favorite double-barrel shotgun, bent himself over it, and pulled the trigger.

Haunted by Hemingway2024-02-21T21:56:50+00:00

Life and Literature, 1984

2024-02-21T21:56:59+00:00

Orwell's seminal dystopian novel was written in light of Nazi Germany and the consequences of hate-filled ideologies. Set in the future, this story about governments driving perpetual wars, cameras tracking our private lives, and the use of psychological and physical torture has become frighteningly true. It was only meant to be a warning.

Life and Literature, 19842024-02-21T21:56:59+00:00

Everyday Literature

2024-03-11T04:10:20+00:00

"๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™„ ๐™—๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™„ ๐™—๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™ก๐™จ๐™š." -Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Lecture

Everyday Literature2024-03-11T04:10:20+00:00

The Art of Basquiat

2024-02-21T21:57:12+00:00

At 21, Basquiat was the youngest to exhibit in the 1982 Documenta in Kassel, Germany and in the 1983 Whitney Biennial. But he died too soon at 27 before there was sufficient language to articulate the genius of his art, before people thoroughly realized the importance of his work.

The Art of Basquiat2024-02-21T21:57:12+00:00

Life and Literature, Cartagena

2024-02-21T21:55:33+00:00

Cartagena - a city Mรกrquez described like an amethyst afternoon. Cobbled streets, colonial buildings, and two-story casas. A rainbow of colors and flowered vines spilling over. As enchanting as he tells it in ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜พ๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™š๐™ง๐™– and ๐™Š๐™› ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™Š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ.

Life and Literature, Cartagena2024-02-21T21:55:33+00:00

Life and Literature, Macondo

2024-02-21T21:57:31+00:00

The importance of ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™”๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š has been compared to the Bible and ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™Œ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ญ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š, but I believe the story's brilliance surpasses both. This is the one book everyone should read at least once. As Salman Rushdie put it, "๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜ขฬ๐˜ณ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ป ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ."

Life and Literature, Macondo2024-02-21T21:57:31+00:00

A Beautiful Journey

2024-02-21T21:57:41+00:00

In teaching us that travel equated wisdom, Bourdain showed us that the more you do travel the more you learn how much you donโ€™t know and how much more you want to know.. an endless paradox.

A Beautiful Journey2024-02-21T21:57:41+00:00

Meet Me at the Stahl House

2024-02-21T21:57:46+00:00

In 1954, Clarence Stahl was told by several architects that he would never be able to build on this hilltop filled with broken concrete. USC architect Pierre Koenig would prove them wrong. And after city officials finally approved the building plans, they said no one would want another house like it. Again, Koenig would prove them wrong.

Meet Me at the Stahl House2024-02-21T21:57:46+00:00

A Tribute to Zaha

2024-02-21T21:57:50+00:00

One of the most visionary architects, Zaha never compromised her designs, even when her engineers told her they could not be built. Instead she pushed technology to advance farther, faster to build them.

A Tribute to Zaha2024-02-21T21:57:50+00:00
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