Art
Hozier
I love this guy's voice!
Mothers - Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago
Anne Akiko Meyers: Summer from Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Embodiment
in Art, Music, Today's Inspiration
If you've ever wondered what it means to embody something, check out this small girl:
A Story of Disruption: Life After PI
in Art, Documentary, Film, Business
The movie industry is being faced with the same global economic dynamic hitting many industries. Uncertainty doesn't strike me as the basis for a good long term outcome, and yet, that is just what the current business model of disruption guarantees. Chasing lower prices around the globe will only work for so long. We need business models that take into account the dignity of the human being producing the work along with consideration of the community that supports the industry and the work force. The disruptive dynamic attempts to destabilize or destroy industries deemed bloated with inefficiencies, but does so with a machete and not with surgical precision. Much is lost...too much. The grave mistake of reducing humans to human capital, made to fit a working space in spreadsheets, would be a good place to start the rethinking.
Life after PI documents the human impact of old business models hitting new global economic realities. The new models tend to economically reward the founders and funders at the expense of everyone else down the line. That's not sustainable; we need to create a better way.
Whatever you say, say nothing - Seamus Heaney
I love this poem by Seamus Heaney. It's called: Whatever you say, say nothing
Renée Fleming: Super Bowl 2014 National Anthem
Her voice is stunning!
Both Sides Now - Pete Seeger and Joni Mitchell duet
Sigur Ros: Valtari - NOWNESS
in Art, Dance, Inspiration
A Sunday morning dance for you from Sigur Ros on Nowness.com. You're welcome.
Today's Inspiration: 92nd Street Y
92nd Street Y is offering their treasure trove on demand!
Danielle - Anthony Cerniello's Aging Simulation
This is amazing!
Requiem 9/11
Give Them What They Want, When They Want It
Kay Ryan, Renée Fleming, Joan Didion, Marilynne Robinson, and Anna Deavere Smith are among the 2012 Medal of the Arts and Medal of the Humanities Winners!
Ira Glass on Storytelling
A Conversation with Renée Fleming - The Aspen Institute
in Art, Creative Process, Music, Voice, Inspiration
I find Fleming's interpretation of Leonard Cohen's, Hallelujah, stunning. The whole album is such a wonderful stretch; I love it: Dark Hope