“There’s urban and then there’s small town within three miles [of Austin]. Hill Country to the west, rolling prairie to the east. We’ve got the lakes; we’ve got the pine trees. You can look like you’ve been all over the country and not get 30 miles from Austin.” And then there are the tax credits.
Author: ArtsJournal2
Facebook Can Sell You Anything, Including Krill Oil, But How?
“In June, the social network accounted for about one of every six minutes that Americans spent online, and one of every five minutes on mobile phones, according to comScore, a research company. Mothers, the typical household’s chief buyer of consumer products, are among the most dedicated users, spending nearly four times as many minutes on Facebook as other people.”
Britain’s Last ‘Pitman’ Painter Of Everyday Life Dies At 94
Norman Cornish “spent 33 years working in mines before forging a career as an artist at 47. In an interview with the BBC in 2011, he said painting was like an ‘itch that you have to scratch’ and that he still painted every day.”
Dear ‘Starchitects’: Cut Your Ego Down To Size
“Having watched ourselves increasingly backed into the corner of aesthetic elitism, we are now more interested in models of practice that do away with the egos and the glamorous buildings they are associated with.”
For Some People, Music Means Nothing – No Emotions, No ‘Feels,’ Nothing
“Ask them to name a favorite band and the point is moot. They have carved no room into their lives for any music. The way someone might not feel a connection to movies, they feel toward a medium so fundamental to most societies that many believe it is part of what makes us human.”
Who (Aside From Ira Glass) Cares If Shakespeare Is ‘Relatable’?
“To demand that a work be ‘relatable’ expresses a different expectation: that the work itself be somehow accommodating to, or reflective of, the experience of the reader or viewer. The reader or viewer remains passive in the face of the book or movie or play: she expects the work to be done for her.”
Jane Austen Is A Big Business Now, But What Were Her Own Business Ideals?
“Despite her family’s best efforts to represent her as a talented amateur after her death, the fact was that she was up at her desk as early as Marianne, writing and revising early in the morning.”
Everything You Need To Know About Amazon Vs. Hachette
“The first half of 2014 has actually seen a 5.6 percent increase in [Hachette]’s US sales relative to last year. … Nonetheless, e-book sales have fallen, now making up 29 percent of adult book sales in the US versus 34 percent a year ago.”
Maria Abramovic Institute Has Some Words For People Concerned About Unpaid Interns
Many words – and no money: “We believe in the transformational power of immaterial art and multidisciplinary collaboration and we seek volunteers who feel the same way to join us to create a future for our Institute.”
Sharknado And Its Sequel Are Changing Television
“The movie generated what looks like 67.2 million Twitter impressions, with Syfy saying it is up to a billion. At one point, Sharknado 2 held all ten trending topics in the United States.”