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17.2.02

Margaret Shulock (Tuesdays): As a kid, when she wasn't drawing, Margaret was usually hanging out in the barn, wondering what the chickens were really talking about. Now she lives in the wilds of New York State, still drawing and still wondering about her neighbors. How do porcupines pass the time on those long winter nights

New Scientist Some patients don't like looking in a mirror and they don't like looking at photographs of themselves, but they love the paintings. They look at the picture of them painted during their operation and say, "That's the lowest point of my life and I've got through it." Because they feel that way about them, they're happy about them being exhibited. It gives them a sense of empowerment: not only is it going in an exhibition, it's also touring the country.

13.2.02

fred milton wow

Astronomy Picture of the Day--Great Nebula in Orion one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.
The whole Orion Nebula cloud complex, which includes the Horsehead Nebula, will slowly disperse over the next 100,000 years.

11.2.02

Irish Times Article - Art that marked me ...too overcome with emotion to study Giotto, although with great trepidation I did touch one panel, The Resurrection. But the memory of that day lasted. This caretaker had taken me from one life to another...
(via robotwisdom

10.2.02

Marianne Ohl Phillips Pinups

5.2.02

Traditions of Magic: Amulets and Gems .....folded around the string with which it was worn, presumably around the wrist or ankle. Excavated in Karanis, Egypt, in a room whose contents date to the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D. It has never been unrolled, and its contents remain unknown......

4.2.02

outside images from somewhere you've never been (via annelizabeth love

2.2.02

artforum.com / INTERVIEW
.... together with Sarah Staton, Emily Pethick, and Simon Bill. This is a large unused garden we are now cultivating. A lot of the vegetation within the garden will be both perennial and edible, and it will hopefully be used as a large outdoor classroom and playground that the children can also eat. I have also recently opened up a space.....