“It is time to liberate ourselves from the propaganda of divestment. I would like to submit an entirely different agenda, one that is built on love, cherishing and timelessness. One that acknowledges that in living, we accumulate. We admire. We desire. We love. We collect. We display.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
What’s Wrong With Hiring On ‘Cultural Fit’? Only Everything
“It is easy to mistake rapport for skill. Just as they erroneously believe that they can accurately tell when someone is lying, people tend to be overly confident in their ability to spot talent.”
The Lawsuit Over The Principal Oboist In Buffalo
“Davis asked to sit somewhere else during rehearsals and performances – an unusual request because the principal flutist and principal oboist sit side-by-side in front of the woodwind section. She said she didn’t want to sit so close ‘to someone who was very enraged.'”
Raymond Carver’s Work Finally Makes The Leap To Ebooks
“Vintage, a paperback imprint under Penguin Random House, has a catalog of almost 6,000 backlisted books. Nearly 4,900 of those have been converted into e-books. The publisher held off on publishing digital editions of Mr. Carver’s books because early e-book technology often mangled lines of poetry, mashing it into undifferentiated blocks of text.”
Amazon Starts Paying Sales Tax In Europe Amid Ongoing Investigation
“Amazon’s move marks a sea change in its approach to tax in Europe. Depending on how the company allocates costs, it could significantly boost the firm’s tax bill in many EU countries. It could also put pressure on other companies to do the same.”
Dealing With Bad Reviews
“The poison of a bad review is not the public shame, although that doesn’t feel great. And it’s not the fact that an expert believes you may be an untalented writer or a horrible mother or a sub-standard teacher. It’s that a bad review can confirm your worst suspicions about yourself.”
Women Are Studying Animation In Record Numbers, But The Workforce Skews Very, Very Male
“‘People can share their artwork on Tumblr and Vimeo and YouTube and DeviantArt,’ she says, ‘and see that it’s actually a thing that a lot of people are interested in, not just men.'”
One Last Convo With American Ballet Theatre’s Three Retiring Stars
“Each recognizes that it’s time. But that doesn’t make it easy. As Ms. Reyes pointed out, ‘It’s a heartbreak, don’t get me wrong.'”
Mary Renault And The Drug-Fueled Sensuality Of The Ancient World
“Cutting-edge science now tells us ancient warriors would indeed consume vast vats of liquid opiates and a ferocious honey-mead, retsina and wine cocktail. There was cannibalism. Girls and boys did oil one another with rose and saffron-scented olive oil. Renault heard and smelt the ancient world many millennia after it had died and decades before it was resurrected by contemporary technology.”
Playing Haydn And Mozart Behind Bars In Kansas City
“Several times during the concert, inmates burst into boisterous, spontaneous applause. And at concert’s end, the prisoners gave the players a standing ovation.”