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Embracing the Walls Within (John Cage)

In our dog-eared A Year From Monday, we read this astonishing story from John Cage, in Lecture on Commitment. As usual, it changed our view completely.

In Memory of September 11, 2001

Perhaps graffiti artist Banksy’s most famous piece, made not far from Ground Zero, remains a fitting memorial to that day. Living in NYC, we cannot look south without thinking of the towers… photo: Nic Garcia for Gothamist

‘Create Dangerously’ (Camus), ‘Every Wall is a Door’ (Emerson)

In the final paragraph of Camus’ last published essay, Create Dangerously, we found this radical idea: One may long, as I do, for a gentler flame, a respite, a pause for musing. But perhaps there is no other peace for the artist than what he finds in the heat of combat. ‘Every wall is a door,’ Emerson correctly said.…

Honoring 9/11

Last night for a short while, we could see the memorial lights from the World Trade Center streaming straight up into the sky from our terrace at the other end of Manhattan. In a moment we realized where we were in September, and remembered where we had been when the towers were struck on September 11,…

banksy’s “no stopping” reimagined (twice)

We recently stumbled on Serbian artist ABVH‘s GIFs that animate famous outdoor artworks by Banksy. This one makes us incredibly ANXIOUS (a powerful emotion); the GIF animation turns up the volume on Banksy’s original message. It made us think about what we REALLY need reminding of: to stop, slow down. What would be…