“I’m not a person who likes to stand still but it allows me to be still and my mind to be moving. It just conjures up emotions and is very powerful.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
An Artist And His 3D Printer Create Sculptures So Small, No Human Eye Can See Them
“His works are 80 by 100 by 20 microns and can only be detected on the screen of an extremely powerful scanning electron microscope.”
Should Minimum Wage Apply To The Arts (& If Not, How Should Artists Make A Living?)
“While administrative staffers on payrolls of Chicago theaters, performance collectives and small dance companies generally make at least minimum wage, performers, sometimes categorized as solo independent contractors and thus beyond the legal reach of minimum wage, might be paid little or, in some cases, nothing.”
The Winner Of The Giller Prize On Music, Writing, And Unicorns
“I like to sometimes write against the music I’m listening to. So if I’m writing a peaceful, quiet, sad scene, there’s something useful about listening to really assertive, loud music, to find a tension.”
Glen Larson, Battlestar Galactica Producer Who Just Died At 77, Could Make Practically Any TV Show A Success
“Many of the hit shows Glen Larson produced found little favor with critics, including ‘B.J. and the Bear’ (1979), about a trucker and his pet monkey. And despite his success, sometimes with multiple series running simultaneously, he never won an Emmy.”
Creating Cathedrals (To The Arts) With Frank Gehry
“You are not on LSD. All sail and no boat, it’s a vision, one that provoked a perfectly sober, gainfully employed psychologist seeing the building for the first time to respond: ‘I nearly wept in awe. Amazed by how soft, alive and enfolding it is.'”
The Celebrated New Science Fiction Writer Suddenly Exposed As A Longtime, Vicious Troll
“In outing and rushing to condemn Sriduangkaew, are sci-fi fans perpetuating a sexist, even racist double standard? Or are minority voices, on the contrary, so prized in sci-fi/fantasy publishing that their fans will go to any lengths to excuse them?”
When Aging Boy Banders Try To Reclaim A Piece Of The Pop Music Money Pie
“They’re taking a mode of salesmanship that’s traditionally worked on impressionable, wildly hormonal young girls and turning it towards two groups — the gays and the moms — who someone on their team decided would be the next-most susceptible.”
Tuning Prisoners Into A Human Piano
“In music class, these men were able to temporarily change their identity from prisoner to student, from being numbered to being human. Music became a life force, providing vital human connection in an environment where social interaction is suppressed.”
London’s Opera Dancers Would Like To Be Paid More Than The Box-Office Attendants, Please
“The dancers you employ will be highly skilled, qualified, experienced professionals who will have gone through a rigorous audition process to achieve their position. I’m sure you can understand how disheartening it is to then be valued so poorly.”