Tag Archives: michelangelo the pieta

don’t beat him he’s only the fiddler

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Dave

Joshua Bell impersonating an itinerant playing violinist in Washington DC .Its a living. It was not an original idea in that this set-up had been enacted in New York and within other contexts as well. Bell played six Bach pieces … Continue reading →

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genius of action: power of whim and command

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) i’ve come to realize that there are two sorts of genius in this world. since we are ‘dualists’ in western culture (at least since descartes), it’s not an odd thing to see. there is, of course, … Continue reading →