“People talk about the decline of handwriting as if it’s proof of the decline of civilization. But if the goal of public education is to prepare students to become successful, employable adults, typing is inarguably more useful than handwriting. There are few instances in which handwriting is a necessity, and there will be even fewer by the time today’s second graders graduate.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Two Detroit Artists Face Four Years Of Jail For Their Political Graffiti
Antonio Cosme “and fellow Raiz Up artist and activist William Lucka, 22, are facing up to $75,000 in fines and four years in prison for allegedly painting ‘Free the Water’ in large block letters up the side of a water tower in Highland Park. Accompanying the text is a black graphic of a fist covering the height of the tower.”
Now This Terrible Singer Is The Subject Of A Meryl Streep Movie – But Was She Trolling Everyone The Whole Time?
“Though a tiny footnote in cultural history, the Jenkins tale endures because its borders can be drawn in so many ways.”
Wired Says It’s Time For Apartments To Have ‘Drone Landing’ Balconies
“Large balconies are always welcome in swanky condos, but they could be so much more if they obliterated your need to use the stairs or elevator, or to even get in a car or subway to reach your office tower.”
A TV Show That Speaks Honestly Of Things Other Shows Might Avoid
Teyonah Parris: “I do think the conversation is shifting, for the better, to be more inclusive. When one of us gets it — light, dark, whatever you are — we’re all winning. As black women, we’re miles behind our white counterparts in being offered the space to create and craft female characters in major blockbuster films.”
The Portrait Of A Novelist On A Completely Different Schedule From The Rest Of The Working World
“After I’m finished working, I always do my exercise, and then I’ll eat something, usually after midnight. The main problem with that routine is all these people who want to do things in the morning.”
The Archaeologists Digging Up One Of Shakespeare’s Theatres
“We found the bottom part of the whistle; the top, which is missing, would have formed a small reservoir for water with a spout for blowing through. The warbling effect is created as the air bubbles through the water. These type whistles may have been used for sound effects in theatrical performances. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, staged at the Curtain Theatre in the late sixteenth century, there are numerous references to bird song.”
The Australian Ballet’s First Indigenous Dancer
“Ms Havelka made headlines in 2012 when she was invited to join the prestigious ballet, but behind the curtain, she had a difficult journey to the stage.”
The Greatest American Cubist
“Within the almost cloisonné compartments from which Davis’s images are assembled, rich, expansive tides of buttery pigment lap up against the bounded margins of shapes, allowing liquid oil paint—rather than the painter’s psyche—to speak for itself. He was a hedonist to the core but also a materialist.”
A Conversation With Colson Whitehead, Who Won The Oprah Book Club Lottery
“Are you having a good week?”
“Yeah, the best week of my professional career, so.”