Theo Jensen’s New Forms of Life
Dutch kinetic sculptor and engineer Theo Jensen creates these amazing beasts that live their own lives on the beaches. Check out his website http://www.strandbeest.com
Dutch kinetic sculptor and engineer Theo Jensen creates these amazing beasts that live their own lives on the beaches. Check out his website http://www.strandbeest.com
This is a very funny mockumentary about the future of gays and lesbians in the Czech Republic. It’s in English and it was done by the team that worked on the Q Magazine, a television program that ran here for several years. There is something ultimately satisfying about this being a spoof, but I think…
The Iridescent Quill was the name of the blog site that was eventually dismantled and redirected partly here and partly to the Lynx Library site. But there was an actual Iridescent Quill and the idea stayed with me. It’s a peacock feather given to me by my friend Martin as sort of a housewarming gift…
Mourning with a Rock Band The last few days since Vaclav Havel’s death have been emotional for this country. They’ve been emotional for me. His somewhat expected but still shocking absence is apparent on every step, from checking my mail or Facebook, to every street corner. The three days of national mourning may not be…
We’re fascinated by big cats. Ever since Joy Adamson’s Born Free in 1960 (and likely many times before), we learned about people who raised and lived among big cats … and somehow didn’t get eaten. By the way, Joy Adamson, who wrote about her experiences of raising a lion cub named Elsa in Africa, was…
Recently I received two post cards from my friend Shelton Walsmith. Shelton is a photographer and artist who now lives in New York. Receiving something physical “all the way” from New York just made my day(s). It’s so unusual to get real mail these days. The first card was an invitation for Shelton’s exhibition, which…
My friend Natalia Vasquez played a major role in the organization of a very unique exhibition under the L.A.F. project. I missed the opening which hosted the Georgian ambassador and catered some very tasty food from Prague’s Georgian restaurants. Luckily, one of them is around the corner at Francouzska, so I won’t miss that part….