I just discovered a bit of a poem, that makes the perfect conclusion to the blog swap experiment:
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
- T.S. Elliot, Four Quarters
Category Archives: Art
Art and artists inspire us. And the interesting thing is that the way workers approach work is starting to look more and more like the way artists approach art.
Zero7: When it falls
Good news from zero7:
Zero 7 have now completed their new album 'When It Falls' which will be released on March 1st 2004. The first single to be lifted from the album will be 'Home' released on February 23rd 2004. The single will also be available via download from this site from 12th February...so … Continue Reading ››
Zero 7 have now completed their new album 'When It Falls' which will be released on March 1st 2004. The first single to be lifted from the album will be 'Home' released on February 23rd 2004. The single will also be available via download from this site from 12th February...so … Continue Reading ››
Quicksilver: New ways and old ways
Here's some info on the writing of Neal Stephenson's latest book Quicksilver from his new website:
The manuscript of The Baroque Cycle was written by hand on 100% cotton paper using three different fountain pens: a Waterman Gentleman, a Rotring, and a Jorg Hysek. It was then transcribed, edited, formatted and printed using … Continue Reading ››
The manuscript of The Baroque Cycle was written by hand on 100% cotton paper using three different fountain pens: a Waterman Gentleman, a Rotring, and a Jorg Hysek. It was then transcribed, edited, formatted and printed using … Continue Reading ››
Learning through art
There's an interesting article by Linda Naiman in the CEO Refresher called Orchestrating Collaboration at Work Using the Arts, on the benefits of using arts in the business world. An appetizer: The arts take us on adventures in creative expression that help us to safely explore unknown territory, overcome fear, and take risks. We … Continue Reading ››
Road graffiti
Poetic, urban and beautiful: Copenhagen autumn road graffiti.
In case you can't read it, it says "Somewhere, something's growing"
In case you can't read it, it says "Somewhere, something's growing"
Autumn poem
The other day while I was driving home, I looked into the gutter and saw yellow leaves. Autumn's here, and here's a fitting poem which I found in Anne Lamott's beautiful book "bird by bird".
Above me, wind does its best
to blow leaves off the Aspen
tree a month too soon. No use,
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Above me, wind does its best
to blow leaves off the Aspen
tree a month too soon. No use,
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Word to the mother
When I was in Slovenia for the art of hosting seminar, Tim performed one day, rapping his way through this piece called Word to the mother. I like it!
Quote
When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. - R. Buckminster Fuller
Quote
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Possibly the best music video ever
Team up Fatboy Slim, Spike Jonze and Christopher Walken and what do you get? My favourite music video. It's weird and beautiful, and Christopher Walken even choreographed his own dance moves.
Trivia about Christopher Walken from imdb: "Manages to insert a little dance number into all of his roles, no matter how … Continue Reading ››
Trivia about Christopher Walken from imdb: "Manages to insert a little dance number into all of his roles, no matter how … Continue Reading ››