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Posted by on apr 10, 2011

Mike Stilkey beschildert boeken

Mike Stilkey beschildert boeken

Deze boeken krijgen op een wel heel bijzondere manier een tweede leven. Verantwoordelijk hiervoor is de Amerikaanse kunstenaar Mike Stilkey.

Los Angeles native Mike Stilkey has always been attracted to painting and drawing not only on vintage paper, record covers and book pages, but on the books themselves. Using a mix of ink, colored pencil, paint and lacquer, Stilkey depicts a melancholic and at times a whimsical cast of characters inhabiting ambiguous spaces and narratives of fantasy and fairy tales. A lingering sense of loss and longing hints at emotional depth and draws the viewer into their introspective thrall with a mixture of capricious poetry, wit, and mystery. His work is reminiscent of Weimar-era German expressionism and his style has been described by some as capturing features of artists ranging from Edward Gorey to Egon Schiele.”


via: Hugh’s Stuff

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Posted by on apr 9, 2011

Geanimeerde poëzie van Billy Collins

My pen moves along the page like the snout of a strange animal, shaped like a human arm and dressed in the sleeve of a loose green sweater. I watch it sniffing thepaper ceaselessly, intent as any forager that has nothing on its mind but the grubs and insects that will allow it to live another day. It wants only to be here tomorrow, dressed perhaps in a sleeve of a plaid shirt, nose pressed against the page, writing a few more dutiful lines while I gaze out the window and imagine Budapest, or some other city where I have never been.

bron: Open Culture

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Posted by on apr 8, 2011

Billy Holiday – Strange Fruit

Helaas, een dag te laat, want gisteren zou ze haar verjaardag gevierd hebben: Billy Holiday (ze overleed in 1959). Strange Fruit draaiden we onlangs nog in Edge, in een uitzending gewijd aan protestliederen. Een geweldig mooi nummer.

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Posted by on apr 7, 2011

Het ritme van de Malinke

“Foli” is the word used for rhythm by the Malinke tribe in West Africa. But Foli is not only found in Malinke music, but in all parts of their daily lives. Directed by Thomas Roebers, this short film portrays the people of Baro, a small town in eastern-central Guinea, and gives you a glimpse inside their culture of rhythm. As the Malinke man says, “Tous les choses, c’est du rythme.” (“Everything is rhythm.”) What makes this film even more beautiful is the fact that it was edited so as to reflect Malinke rhythms.

bron: Open Culture

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