Torpedo Factory

The Torpedo Factory is a great place to visit. Artists work in a variety of media, including painting, fibre, printmaking, ceramics, jewelry, stained glass and photography.

Useful links:
www.torpedofactory.org
www.multipleexposuresgallery.com

Outside Lands Music And Arts Festival 2009

Check out the must-see up-and-coming artists at this year’s Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco. www.sfoutsidelands.com

Random Thoughts

The real trouble with this world of ours is not that it is an unreasonable world, nor even that it is a reasonable one. The commonest kind of trouble is that it is nearly reasonable, but not quite. Life is not an illogicality; yet it is a trap for logicians. It looks just a little more mathematical and regular than it is; its exactitude is obvious, but its inexactitude is hidden; its wildness lies in wait.

- G. K. Chesterton

So true!

David Stevenson Viewpoint

Diamonds are (may be) a guy’s best friend. David's opinion piece in the Financial Times was interesting. I have always been intrigued by emotional assets and their long-term returns. Whether it turns out to be correct over the long-term only time will tell, but his points were certainly worth pondering.

Useful links:
www.diapasoncm.com
www.emotionalassets.com

Shopportunity

Shopportunity!: How to Be a Retail Revolutionary by Kate Newlin makes you want to be a different shopper. A must read.

Useful link:

www.katenewlinconsulting.com

The Great Look Up

The Great Look Up has been created to do one thing; get people to look up at the stars. Just do it.

Mural Arts Program

Fluxspace = A great place for an immersive experience. Thanks, Randy. Nice article.

Useful links:
www.muralarts.org
www.fabricworkshop.org

Moon Rock Imitation

A treasured piece at the Dutch national museum, a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing has been identified by the experts as petrified wood. What a story! How could this have happened?

It's a good story, with some questions that are still unanswered. We can laugh about it.
- Xandra van Gelder, Rijksmuseum

Useful links:
www.rijksmuseum.nl
www.nasa.gov