The beginning of fall has felt very much like the Pollock painting I chose to open this post-- chaotic, all-encompassing, and unexpected. At a professional and personal level, nothing has gone as planned, but I am doing my best to deal with each day as it comes. That is after all the nature of transition from one season to the next. With the blink of an eye, the changes are everywhere. Leaves have suddenly turned colours, the weather has cooled, the days have shortened, and everything has taken on a new urgency. When Pollock painted Autumn Rhythm, he stated, "I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. ” That is how my September has felt so far: out of my control and with a life of its own. I hope to embrace this as the weeks unfold. For now, I hope you enjoy the links and find a moment to celebrate the changing season.
- “The Uncomfortable” by Architect Katerina Kamprani
- Julie Mehretu: Politicized Landscapes | Art21 "Extended Play" (VIDEO)
- Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
- College Won’t Train You For A Job, And That Is Just Fine
- Kara Walker’s Triumphant New Show Is the Best Art Made About This Country in This Century
- Adam Szymczyk Led documenta to the Brink of Bankruptcy With a Show That Went Vastly Over Budget
- Spanish Photographer Behind Inescapable-Infidelity Meme Speaks Out: ‘We Are Not Worried About the Meme Situation’
- My costumes are part of a "quiet uprising" among women, says Handmaid's Tale designer
- Parasite architecture: inside the self-built studio hanging under a bridge in Valencia
- Nazi looting: Egon Schiele's Portrait of Wally (VIDEO)