October 2011
22 posts
“The only reason for bringing together works of art in a public place is that […] they produce in us a kind of exalted happiness. For a moment there is a clearing in the jungle: we pass on refreshed, with our capacity for life increased and with some memory of the sky.”
- Sir Kenneth Clark
I’m just so damn proud of myself for...
WatchThe first time I listened to Bon Iver was on my iPod while walking through a Picasso show at the Met. And I still can’t get enough of it.
Such a strange and beautiful little song. This...
Morning Joe. →
Fun fact learned today: Joe Scarborough totally <3’s Fleet Foxes.
A short list of really awesome things that come from the Midwest:
- Bon Iver
- Bob Dylan
- Sufjan Stevens
- Ernest Hemingway
- Joan Mitchell
- Barack Obama
- Abraham Lincoln
- The ‘85 Chicago Bears
- the best hot dogs in the world
Suck it, rest of the country.
http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/10880141752/bon-i... →
Bon Iver covers Bob Dylan. I die.
http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collect... →
I’m pretty excited about the Met’s new website, because you can zoom in pretty far on paintings. Though it’s hardly a substitute for the real thing.
