Pachinko This novel by Min Jin Lee follows multiple generations of a Korean family who emigrated to Japan during the Japanese occupation of Korea and who stay in Japan through and after World War II. While the novel rewards some characters for putting in the hard work to keep their family afloat, ultimately it shows… Continue reading Things That Gave Me Life This Week #2
Author: Summer
librarian by day, artist and writer by night, ponderer of nature, petter of nasty ol’ stray cats, cooker and eater of foods. she/her/destroyer of worlds
Things That Gave Me Life This Week #1
Every take of Charlie’s song It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a show that I’ve heard a lot about but had never seen. We just got Hulu with my partner’s student Spotify account, so we started watching this series (he’s seen it many times, apparently). Although some of the jokes have definitely aged badly (or… Continue reading Things That Gave Me Life This Week #1
Inktober 2020
This year, I participated in Inktober 2020. For those of you that don’t know, Inktober is a drawing ‘challenge’ that happens every October. There are themes for each day, and people are challenged to create one drawing around the theme each day. The themes for 2020 were: fish / wisp / bulky / radio / blade… Continue reading Inktober 2020
Thoughts on ‘Picasso and Paper’ When Watched While Sheltering-in-Place
Just watched the Royal Academy of Arts’ livestream of their Picasso and Paper exhibition. I had some thoughts. I think it’s interesting that cubism was named by an art critic; the creation of “Cubism” was not necessarily a conscious act; what happens to an art form when someone names it? Does it restrict it? Does… Continue reading Thoughts on ‘Picasso and Paper’ When Watched While Sheltering-in-Place
How Instagram is Changing Art
Note: this was originally published on the previous incarnation of the blog. It’s been reposted here with the original date retained. In ‘Is Instagram Changing Art?’, a video from The Art Assignment, host Sarah Urist Green explores how the invention of Instagram changes the ways in which we experience and interact with art. There are several ways… Continue reading How Instagram is Changing Art
Learning to Love You (and me) More
Note: this was originally posted elsewhere and was moved here in December 2020. Do you remember the art project Learning to Love You More? Learning to Love You More was a crowdsourced art project/experiment created by artists Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher. July and Fletcher would post art assignments to the website, and people all over the… Continue reading Learning to Love You (and me) More