Lucky for you guys…you get more of my homework…again, a very quickly penned summary of the main points of this esssay by Clfford Geertz. I think fukn.us readers will probably enjoy this…if not…well…let me know…Here is a link to some excerpts from the essay..it is well worth reading… cd Summary of the Main Points of…
Category: Art
Houses Woven Out of Trees- Inspiration for your mission today!
Sometimes we think we know the only way to do things…for instance, to build a house of wood you must create lumber, or at least chop down trees. Only if you want to live in a box (literally and metaphorically) . It drives me nuts to hear people talk about the only way to do…
Celebrity Worship
I like what this painting has to say. Art can be fun. Have a look at this and other art by Kate Kretz at http://www.katekretz.com RALEIGH, N.C. – A North Carolina artist intrigued by the public obsession with celebrity has found herself feeding that obsession with a painting of actress Angelina Jolie as the Virgin…
Christmas brings strange seasonal crimes
NEW YORK – There’s nobody nice on this Christmas list: snowman stabbers, Grinch snatchers, wreath-robbing weasels. ‘Tis the season for strange crimes by even stranger people, with police blotters expanding faster than a 6-year-old’s wish list of gifts. David Allen Rodgers, 42, was arrested Dec. 3 for driving while intoxicated — at the wheel of…
Christmas Chaos Spans Centuries
By Matt Crenson The Associated Press Published: Friday, December 22, 2006NEW YORK – Once upon a time the holiday season was a quiet time spent with family and friends – simpler, less commercial, more spiritual, nothing like today’s frenzied orgy of consumption. “There are worlds of money wasted, at this time of year, in getting…
Horny Manatee.com
Has anyone else seen this? I’m laughing my ass off…follow the link (thanks Mozy )-cd Horny Manatee.com
A Blunt Message From the Chairman….
Is it really worth it? I mean, I know that you never have to look at yourself from behind, but the rest of us do. A few extra pounds happen, most of us go through it, it feels uncomfortable physically and socially, and eventually we do something about it…. I mean, think about it, when…
Artist Burns Replica Warplane Made of Photos at University of Hawaii
This is a pretty cool story from my campus. There is video at honoluluadvertiser.com cd Katsushige Nakahashi’s Zero Projects – like Robin Kandel and James Fee – pertains in part to his father’s experiences during the Second World War. Nakahashi’s work is the keystone of Reconstructing Memories. Nakahashi constructs his Zeros from approximately 25,000 individual…
Teacher in crack over butt art
It looks like Murmur’s ass is getting a little too much attention and his bandwidth has been exceeded at his website Buttprintart.com but you can check out a video of him in action on youtube here cd RICHMOND, Va. – To hear the students tell it, Stephen Murmer is a fun, popular art teacher who…
Love is blind in pitch black restaurant
LOS ANGELES, Dec 8 (Reuters Life!) – Love is blind — but in this case, so were the lovers, the waiters and all the other diners at the blind date in the dark. Lawyer Dennis Cohen thought the “Dining in the Dark” adventure billed as a three-course gourmet meal served in a pitch black dining…