“Dance cannot be dismissed as a free-spirited life path with no career trajectory or something that’s inevitably going to leave me waiting tables for the rest of my life.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
What Does ‘Art School’ Even Mean?
“Art school serves a number of social functions aside from teaching art and granting credentials. It serves as a repository for the third son or any recalcitrant wastrel (or any daughter) of the idle (or even the industrious) rich, since for a mere contribution of tuition, room, and board, you can stash that embarrassing child somewhere post high school.”
Now We Can All Read Queen Victoria’s Diaries – Online
“The diaries, which run to 141 volumes and more than 43,000 pages, begin when Victoria was 13 and end 10 days before her death in 1901, at age 81.”
Is It Possible To Lack A Joy Gene? Ask Germany
“Whether it’s with food, alcohol, vacation or relaxing – Germans apparently don’t have the leisure to enjoy things. In fact, they can’t even let go when they’re having sex.”
Oh Sure, That’s a Terrible Political Regime – But We Want Our Music
In Azerbaijan, the Eurovision Song Contest has touched off several crises. One advocate for a boycott: “Modern show business is indifferent to violence. There will be happy people singing happy songs where others are beaten, tortured, and where houses are demolished.”
Going The DIY Route With Your Book? Good Luck Making Any Money
A new study shows that – despite the incredible success stories, like Amanda Hocking – most self-published authors make less than $500.
Can Architecture Fix Urban Problems – Like Murders? (Maybe)
“Around the world, followers of architecture with a capital A have focused so much of their attention on formal experiments, as if aesthetics and social activism, twin Modernist concerns, were mutually exclusive. But MedellÃn is proof that they’re not, and shouldn’t be. Architecture, here and elsewhere, acts as part of a larger social and economic ecology, or else it elects to be a luxury, meaningless except to itself.”
Publisher Hachette Loosening Up (But Not Too Much) Toward Libraries And E-Books
“Hachette, which has not made new e-books available to libraries since 2010, is reconsidering the idea. In a pilot program starting this spring (which is…now?), the publisher is working with two e-book distributors to bring a ‘selection of HBG’s recent bestselling e-books to 7 million library patrons.'”
Soon, We May Be Able To Detach Our E-Books From Their Annoying Limitations
“These ‘unglued’ e-books can then be easily accessed and read and shared by anyone, with anyone, on any device. (You know, like how it works with printed books.)”
Forget Your Synthesizer? No Worries: Just Draw A New One
“Thanks to Carnegie Mellon student Billy Keyes who created SketchSynth, anyone can sketch his or her own control panels using a webcam, a piece of paper and a marker.”