The Danish word hygge is hard to translate. Books like the Little Book of Hygge, often translate the word as coziness. These authors go on to share how that word is but a scarce approximation of its actual meaning. This Danish cultural norm, a sort of way of being, is central to that nation’s high …
The Art of Facts: Four Ways that Art Protects You in the World of “Fake News”
Observation: They say seeing is believing. Sure, there are plenty of invisible, real phenomenon, including the gravitational pull that prevent you from flying off the earth as you read this. But, so much of our understanding of the universe is based on observation. Attempt to draw something you see. For your drawing to have any …
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What makes Rembrandt Rembrandt?
Whenever I pass Rembrandt toothpaste in the aisle, I can’t help but try to imagine that branding meeting. What makes the name so puzzling? Maybe it is all that time i have spent trying to make compositional sense of the master’s etchings. Or maybe the general impression i have of the brown backgrounds and dour …
The Art in Museums
Given 75 million dollars, and an abiding belief in the role of museums in the common good, what sort of institution would you create? The You Museum of Art? The You Museum of Culture? The Klatch of Stuff? Recently, I was sitting at a table in the midst of a wonderful debate about the merits …