Politicians + Art

Jerry Adler writes about the art of politics + other viewpoints @ http://www.newsweek.com/id/147791

When I get to heaven, I mean to spend a considerable portion of my first million years in painting, and so get to the bottom of the subject.
- Winston Churchill

Useful link:
www.pbs.org

Great Collectors Of Our Time

Great Collectors of our Time: Art Collecting Since 1945 by James Stourton is an interesting book on art collectors. A must-read.

Useful link:
www.sothebys.co.uk

Sometimes you have to buy out of the box and pay out of the box. That’s the collector. They are the pilot fish of taste.
- James Stourton

Astonishing Photos

The photographs taken by Hal Brindley of a leopard savaging a crocodile @ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.xml was brilliant.

Useful links:
www.halbrindley.com
www.krugerpark.co.za

Before The Rains

Before the Rains directed by Santosh Sivan is a romantic drama/tragedy set in the Colonial India of the 1930's. A strong narrative, interesting characters and good acting = Good movie. A must see.

Useful link:
www.beforetherains.net

Video Games Artwork

Louis Marchesano gives a tour of video games artwork designs @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7514493.stm

Useful link:
www.getty.edu

Sir John Marks Templeton

Sir John Marks Templeton was an American-born British stock investor, businessman and philanthropist. It was very inspiring to read the obituary of Sir John Marks Templeton @ http://www.economist.com/obituary/displayStory.cfmsource=hptextfeature&story_id=11745591, a man with such great a life philosophy, who seemed to live close to God and at the same time a dedicated investor. Congratulations to the Economist.

Useful links:

www.templeton.org

www.unlimitedloveinstitute.com

www.templetonprize.org

None of us know what’s going to happen after we die, any more than that caterpillar knows.

- Sir John Marks Templeton

Thomas Schütte

Thomas Schütte is an important German contemporary artist + his Model for a Hotel 2007, a sculpture that has occupied the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square since last November is rather interesting. It's made from transparent plates of red, blue and yellow glass stacked like bookshelves. What's intriguing is its simplicity. Great concept.

Useful link:

www.thomas-schuette.de

Millimeter Wave Technology

According to TSA (Transport and Security Administration), Millimeter Wave Technology, another form of body-imaging technology, uses non-ionizing electromagnetic waves to generate an image based on the energy reflected from the body. The images generated through millimeter wave are lower-resolution than that of x-ray backscatter, and as a result, privacy may be less of a concern for the traveling public. TSA anticipates that both 'passive' and 'active' millimeter wave technology will be deployed at pilot sites in the near future.

Rafi Gabay, Head of Customs at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, believes that the ‘Millimeter Waves’ device, manufactured by TSA can be used to detect smuggled diamonds.

Useful links:
www.tsa.gov
www.iaa.gov.il