“30,000 YEARS OF ART- THE STORY OF HUMAN CREATIVITY ACROSS TIME AND SPACE” is a book that charts the history of art from 28,000 BC to the present day – 1,000 masterworks of art in chronological order.
A really big book! = 1072 pages, Phaidon Press Inc
We become what we see?
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Just a quarter of a century ago, in the neighborhoods you were told to stay clear of , the theory was that the new “Cosby Show” was not reality. The show was funny, responsible and smart, but some people thought it was a fairy tale.
The Huxtables
The focus on this one fictional Black Family mirrored the lives of many Africans American families whose existence had been overlooked by the general media as well as those who needed and deserved a different kind of role model.
How important is the media!
Last year when then candidate Obama was running for the Presidency it was said (often) that people where now open to this possibility having seen movies and a TV show with an African in American as commander and chief.
The Cosby show first aired at a time when MTV, a breeding ground exclusively for white recording artists, was under pressure to include more colorful acts. At that time, the thought of an African American quarterback leading a team to a Superbowl win was seen as a bigger fantasy then a Black doctor with a stable home life.
I don’t think there is a show on the air now that represents the promise of the kind of change in cultural understanding that the Cosby Show offered. Maybe there is one, but I’ve not seen it yet.
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The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum shows its concern for earth conservation with an exhibit that promotes new uses for material grown and harvested in sustainable ways that “support, rather than deplete endangered places”.
On view, will be drawings and products from designers that were paired with locations and materials in need of conservation – Kate Spade created handbags, with sustainable wood and cotton, with a women’s craft collective in Bolivia.
Also participating: Yves Behar/Costa Rica; Stephen Burks/Australia; Hella Jongerius/Mexico; Maya Lin/Maine; Christien Meindertsma/Idaho; Isaac Mizrahi/Alaska; Abbott Miller/Bolivia; Ted Muehling/Micronesia; Ezri Tarazi/China.
“Design for a Living World”, until January 2010
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2 East 91st Street, NYC
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I love the holidays – the smells, sounds, food, the ribbons and boxes, all the glittery stuff. But, Christmas trees in Costco before Halloween – too soon. (At least last year they waited until October.)
I will flood family & friends with good wishes, good vibes, happy salutations, etc. I will urge all, by phone, email and cards, to be thankful and grateful for what we have. It is one of the many positives of our holiday season, but, “Jingles Bells” in Walmart in September is too soon.
The stomach rolling, dancing Santa and the wiggling mounted fish should only be seen in the dead of winter – not in Walgreens in September. It’s too soon.
Surely we can lift our spirits in other ways. We can smile, have positive thoughts, good will toward men and all that good stuff without listening to Burl Ives singing “Have a Jolly, Jolly Christmas” now. It is too soon.
Please, don’t get me wrong and consider this a complaint, this is just an observation. I love the holidays, but September is too soon!
“There and Back…” is a book of lovely, powerful and very personal poems from Dr. Joel Martin, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, daughter, sister, mother, wife.
Although a slim volume, it is weighty in content. Yes, there are admissions of discomfort and pain that accompanies illness, but the poems are full of thanks and fond remembrances. You have to admire Joel’s desire to handle what has been dealt and to go on to “what’s next”.
Her poetry is a reaffirmation of the value of family, friends, life, love and dreams. All are important whether facing challenges or not. By including photographs in the book, along with the text, Joel shares with us some of the people who have shaped her, while also giving the reader insight into who we all are. We are the sum and part of good times, challenging times, old times, and new times.
We can all relate.
“Wondering how big a dream I can live
Before I’m there and back again”
“There and Back…” a book of poems by Joel Martin, PhD.