Last weekend I went over to Emily Carr to check out the graduation exhibit. It’s a fount of creativity and fun to explore – the exhibit is grouped by type (e.g., sculpture vs. industrial design vs. art, etc.) so you find yourself using different parts of your brain as you wander the building. Here are… Continue reading Emily Carr Graduate Exhibit 2012
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The World Needs More Better Propaganda
So right now I’m sitting in Gene Cafe, sipping an espresso, chewing on a croissant and reading an issue of “Soviet Life” from 1987. The entire magazine is a glorious work of socialist fiction, translated into English to export the Revolution beyond Russia’s shores. It’s full of unironic phrases the the following: Dzhanibekov participated in… Continue reading The World Needs More Better Propaganda
Michael Morris at the Belkin Art Gallery
Canadian art can be confusing. Sometimes it feels like there was the Group of 7 and then we were left with Inukshuks and native prints. But lots of great Canadian art has been made in the intervening years, and the Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery at UBC is one of the places that choose… Continue reading Michael Morris at the Belkin Art Gallery
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Today Wen & I went for a walk around UBC. I love exploring their campus with its diverse architecture, museums and forest trails. I’ve been waiting for a long time to get inside the Beaty Biodiversity Museum to see their blue whale skeleton. The poor thing hit a ship, died and was buried in PEI… Continue reading Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Some Recent Quotes
I recently finished a couple of books and thought I’d share a few quotes. From The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: And Indian Benny, a quiet, meticulous waiter who had the sad airs of a man long accustomed to the spectacular demolition of dreams. – My brave Max, who could slip between two bumpers… Continue reading Some Recent Quotes