“Intuition had a significant impact on what the students accepted, no matter how much they knew and regardless of their religious beliefs. Even students with a greater knowledge of evolutionary facts weren’t more likely to accept the theory unless they also had a strong gut feeling about the facts, the results showed.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Beloved Cello Sells For A Record Price (But The Buyer Loans Out The Instrument)
“The purchaser was a ‘patroness of the arts from Montreal,’ who declined to be identified further, Mr. Reuning said. He said she has decided to lend the cello, known as Countess of Stainlein, ex-Paganini of 1707, to Stéphane Tétreault, an 18-year-old player from Montreal with a budding career.”
Hacking Their Way To A Greener, And More Prosperous, Planet
“As investors look back at the mistakes that have been made and money lost in capital intensive investments like next-gen solar, biofuels and electric cars, some investors are taking a different route and looking to make cleantech investing look a lot more like web and mobile investing — literally.”
Robert Nelson, 81, Maker of Experimental Films
“Confoundingly plotless but cleverly and energetically edited to render images in often poignant, often uproarious juxtaposition, Mr. Nelson’s movies are varied in tone and subject matter, but they all exhibit the subversive relish of a renegade, quirky wit.” Nelson died of cancer on January 9.
Scorsese, Clooney, Daldry And Other Directors Chat About Their Craft
Five men, five directors: “Even if the specifics of their process vary, they approach filmmaking similarly — responding emotionally to material; sweating over casting more than any other choice; persevering to create an on-set atmosphere where accidents, the good kind, can happen.”
Wendy Whelan Ties New York City Ballet To Balanchine, But Dances For The Present And Future
The 44-year-old dancer, now rehearsing for shows choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, came to City Ballet in the early 1980s. Now, “she is one of a dwindling few active company dancers to have worked with Jerome Robbins and the only link to the great personalities handpicked by Balanchine.”
The Mystery Of Canadian Artist Jack Chambers’ Unfinished Masterpiece
“Why was Lunch left unfinished? Woodman believes it comes down to chronology. Chambers began the painting before he was diagnosed with acute leukemia. Once he was sick, he felt it would take on a life of its own.”
Ryan Gosling Mania, Gone Backstage
The Ryan Gosling meme (the one that began a few months ago with F*ck Yeah Ryan Gosling and Feminist Ryan Gosling) finally goes theatrical with this Tumblr site.
How To Do Shakespeare Badly (And How To Get It Right)
“One thing that helps to make Shakespeare watchable is not condescending to your audience, not making your audience feel stupid. Seriously.”
Who’s The Dark Horse In The National Book Critics’ Circle Awards? (It’s Not Jeffrey Eugenides)
“Great reviews do not guarantee an NBCC nomination. Some of the year’s best-received books were among the missing, including Chad Harbach’s ‘The Art of Fielding,’ Karen Russell’s ‘Swamplandia’ and Christopher Hitchens’ ‘Arguably.'”