If art were to redeem a man…
”if art were to redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the seriousness of life, and restoring him to an unexpected boyishness.” -John Lennon
ART? There’s an app for that…
It’s playtime!
Here’s a list of art apps found over at complex magazine, I haven’t had the chance to check ‘em out yet but from the little excerpts I read about them I def can’t wait to get use them.
The Power of Simple Words (by TEDEducation)
How Picasso became Picasso
“When I was a child my mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general. If you become a monk, you’ll be the pope.’ Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.”
Picasso’s Tongue
“We artists are indestructible; even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art, even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell.”
― Pablo Picasso
Paint like a child
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
― Pablo Picasso
“You can’t buy happiness”
Found this interesting article about a canadian couple who won 10.9 million dollars in a lottery and gave 10.2 million of it away.
“A Canadian couple who won $10.9m (£6.7m) in lottery winnings in July say they have given away $10.2m of the prize to groups in their community. Allen and Violet Large said they were plain country folks who needed no more than “what we’ve got”. The two said they had donated about 98% of the cash after helping their family. The elderly pair gave the money to churches, fire departments, cemeteries, the Red Cross and hospitals, where Ms Large has undergone cancer treatment.”We haven’t bought one thing. That’s because there is nothing that we need,” Mr Large, 75, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Mr Large, a retired welder from Canada’s Nova Scotia province, added that he and his wife were quite content with their 147-year-old home and everything else they already owned. “You can’t buy happiness,” he said.” (Source)
And I thought I was a big giver!
ALWAYS WORKING, ALWAYS PLAYING
Words from James Kochalka, courtesy of Dan Stafford’s hand-written interviews with cartoonists:
(Source: Austin Kleon’s blog)
