Arty Students, Not Party Students, Are Champs Of Late-Night Food Delivery

Arty Students, Not Party Students, Are Champs Of Late-Night Food Delivery
And Beer Runs??

Jakes Bitter News

Look ma, we made the news!

Spreading like Wild Violets

The Sketchpad continues to grow. I can now say, "As heard on NPR." Not really, but it sounds good. I only asked the radio panelists about the wild violets invading my lawn :-P

'How Creativity Works': It's All In Your Imagination

from NPR books
An interesting talk on All Things Considered yesterday.

NPR/iStock Photo

Lehrer defines creativity broadly, considering everything from the invention of masking tape to breakthroughs in mathematics; from memorable ad campaigns to Shakespearean tragedies.

Erased de Kooning Drawing

From NPR
Another interesting concept... I like de Kooning's take on this project just as much as Rauschenberg's original idea.
Read the Article:
Two Ways To Think About Nothing 

Metropolis II

Speedy Toy Cars Blur The Boundaries Of Sculpture
by ALEX SCHMIDT / NPR


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About 1,200 tiny custom-made cars zoom around Metropolis II. If there's an accident, the sculpture comes with nearly 11,000 more toy cars, ready to hit the road.

NPR Happenings

NPR Happenings

A few relevant articles from my favorite station for news and talk--NPR.

Haiku Traffic Signs Bring Poetry To NYC Streets
by NPR Staff

If you're walking or biking around New York City this weekend you might look up at a busy intersection and see signs like these:

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50 Favorite Albums of 2011 : NPR

Bright Eyes, The People's Key

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At MoMA, A Look At De Kooning's Shifts In Style
by Lloyd Schwartz

Woman I (1950-52) is one of the works featured in de Kooning: A Retrospective.
The exhibit is on display at the Museum of Modern Art through Jan. 9, 2012.

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Are You Totally Improbable Or Totally Inevitable?

Are You Totally Improbable Or Totally Inevitable?
From NPR

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The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt

The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt
From NPR

Using an array of vintage memorabilia, a novel told in the form of a scrapbook follows Frankie Pratt, a young girl in the 1920s whose dreams of becoming a writer lead her from Vassar to adventures abroad.

New Girl Scout Badges

New Girl Scout Badges

Any Girl Scout want to earn that Website Designer Badge? Not a commentary on what I think of these logos...

From NPR
New Girl Scout Badges Offer Different Choices To Smart Cookies

Today on All Things Considered, Alisha Niehaus of the Girl Scouts of The USA talks to host Guy Raz about a big update: for the first time in a quarter-century, they've completely overhauled the system of badges that Scouts can earn.

From Garbage To Art

From Garbage To Art: How To Change The World

by Marcelo Gleiser

Vik Muniz/Courtesy of Vik Muniz Studio Irma's portrait, from Waste Land

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Social networking across the globe is changing the way people deal with all kinds of issues. Commentator Marcelo Gleiser explores how movements to transform garbage into art and to cleanup whole countries are paving the way to a new worldview.

Death Cab For Cutie New Album First Listen

NPR: Death Cab For Cutie "Codes and Keys"

DCFC "Codes and Keys"

Gotta love NPR for streaming some of my favorite artists albums before they are released.