At Least the Graffiti is Hopeful
Lisa finds a nice bit of graffiti — the writing says “Salaam” — Peace.
Unlikely Art
David Bogner of Treppenwitz likes to find beauty where you might not expect – the more unexpected the better:
I love ‘discovering’ little bits of art in unlikely places. Sometimes it can be a municipal or privately funded piece of sculpture. Other times it is a bit of unauthorized artwork by a ‘commando’ artist (a great one of this genre that comes to mind is the famous Pink Lady of Malibu… this weekend being the 40th anniversary of the creation of this short-lived landmark).
However, for me to like it, it must meet the following criteria:
1. It must be unique (at least to me)
2. It must be located where few people are likely to see it.The sense of discovery I get when I stumble across such a piece feels a little like having a private showing, or even a gallery opening… just for me.
While driving near Tel Sheva (the archaeological excavations where ancient Beer Sheva is said to have been located), I came across such an understated, unique and remote work of art. It was created by taking an existing part of the landscape – In this case a high-tension wire tower – and adding small (relatively speaking) colored accents.
The effect is extremely powerful because of the muted colors that make up the nearby desert landscape… and by the dull gray frame of the metal tower.
Lightening up the Sky
Idan captures what’s been happening in the skies in the Tel Aviv area over the past several nights. Too bad there’s no audio to hear the thunder that was booming as well.
Let the Music Play
One of the largest and most prestigious music festivals in New York, the “Cmj Music Marathon”, was to dedicate, for the first time ever, an entire evening to Israeli artists who sing in English.
The festival, which was to take place scattered amongst dozens of Manhattan nightclubs between 31 October and 5 November, invited three Israeli artists to participate in this first time event.
Rockfour, Ex Lion Tamer, and singer/songwriter Anat Damon were to represent Israel on the special evening.
The festival gives new artists a stage each year, and is one of the central music events in the United States. Bands like Radiohead, REM and the Black Eyed Peas took their first steps in the business on the festival’s stages.
Could Curious George Become Passe?
Michael Eisenberg worries about the fate of classic children’s literature in a high-tech age:
We read our kids at least one book every night at Bedtime. Last night I was reading the original Curious George book to my 4 year old. At one point in the story, Curious George escapes from jail by climbing out on the telephone wires. My son then asked “what are telephone wires?” Now, it could have been an innocent 4 year old’s question but it got me thinking that my son is living in a wireless/cordless age and may not know (now or forever) what telephone wires are!
There are 2 implications of this. First, I think the advance of technology into our daily lives may cause our children to lose touch with the classics on a number of levels. Shakespeare is in Old English and requires concentration and a deep vocabulary to understand. Milton requires deep thought and religious sensibilities and all of this in an era where kids have poor English as well as digital ADD, skipping between browsers and using weird abbreviations on IM. Additionally, many of the classic children’s stories refer to products and concepts such as rotary phones and wires which are anachronistic today. I worry that all of this will lead to less well-rounded personalities and a less thoughtful next generation.
Second, our generation needs to develop a series of new children’s classics or, dare I say, update the old ones so that the kids can relate to them and develop relationships with these old or new classics. I know full well that Curious George cannot traipse across wireless spectrum but we can challenge authors to abandon happy and go-lucky Barney or foul-mouthed (kick your butt) SpongeBob in order to develop a next generation of classics such as Curious George, Madeleine and the truly timeless Dr. Seuss.
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