#Crossings

[hale-nathan]

Trump Weird News - Biden Better On Border (BBB)

[derangedrhythms]

Vikings, from ‘Crossings’

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Herbie Hancock – Crossings (1972) Artwork by Robert Springett.

[roguecanoe]

Together Again

[thelibrarywaltz]

nothing gives me the same dopamine hit of shopping like going to the library and walking out with an armful of new books

[the-ephemeral-ethereal]

The essence of human experience lay not primarily in the peak experiences, the wedding days and triumphs which stood out in the memory like dates circled in red on old calendars, but, rather, in the unselfish-conscious flow of little things - the weekend afternoon with each member of the family engaged in his or her own pursuit, their crossings and connections casual, dialogues imminently forgettable, but the sum of such hours creating a synergy which was important and eternal.

from Hyperion by Dan Simmons

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Mini spoiler for the finished work

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Actress Jane Seymour, 1986

Danielle Steel's Crossings

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Buster Williams: The Legendary Bassist Who Set the Groove

Introduction: Buster Williams is a name synonymous with excellence in jazz bass playing. Born eighty-two years ago today on April 17, 1942, in Camden, New Jersey, Williams has established himself as one of the most versatile and sought-after bassists in the world of jazz. With a career spanning over five decades, Williams has collaborated with some of the biggest names in jazz and continues to…

[detragefietser]

Crossings by Koen Jacobs Via Flickr: feeling a bit blue

[academicmiki]

An amazing book about an undiscovered manuscript written by Charles Baudelaire's own hand, Paris weeks before Germany's imminent invasion, and a woman who has lived seven lifetimes. Contains all the hallmarks of a dark academia novel from before dark academia really took off.

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CROSSINGS: EXPRESSIONISM & COGNITIVISM IN ART

A Special installment on view at The Metropolitan Museum until Feb of 2023 is by Robert Colescott, One of his best-known works, George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page From an American History Textbook (1975), portrays prominent black agricultural chemist George Washington Carver as the Revolutionary war hero, surrounded by Aunt Jemima-like cooks and banjo playing black figures, at once mocking the mythmaking of white American forefathers and hateful stereotypes of African Americans. The masterpiece, according to their site, explores ongoing resonances between past and present artistic expressions—specifically, modern and contemporary responses to Emanuel Leutze’s epic Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851). In exploring both works of art we can discover expressionism and cognitivism in art.  

Crossings by Robert Colescott : The MET Museum Oct-Feb 2023

Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851)  By: Emanuel Leutze

EXPRESSIONISM. Expressionism is a philosophy of art that conveys the inspiration of artists by their emotional experiences in their creativity to produce art that the audience can perceive as well. During the 20th century, expressionism took on a more cognitive turn. Sigmud Frued’s psychoanalytic theory became a big influence on the thoughts surrounding art.

COGNITIVISM. The theory of Cognitivism, also called aesthetic cognitivism, presents art as a special way of knowing the world. Cognitivism is the theory that art can indeed teach us as an experience of enhanced expression and cognitive understanding from its aesthetic value. The use of imagination in creating and exploring art increases our brain development. 

ART IS A METAPHOR. One main objective to discovering art is to find its meaning. In Crossings, the artist places the trailblazing scientist, inventor, and African American hero George Washington Carver at the helm of a boatload of Black stereotypes. In the picture of Crossings we find the abstract relation between the symbolic representations and we are able to compare it to the original piece which is a given objective reality. 

ART IS AN EXPERIENCE. Art is collaboration between the artist and the viewer. This collaboration is an experience of expression and thought. Art is a mental experience of communicative and imaginative expressions. The experience we gain from exploring the artwork of Crossings is the discovery of a new point of view - evoking patriotic feelings in some viewers, conflict and struggle in others.

ART IS VALUABLE. Expressionism and Cognitivism place the artist at the center of the world and give them power and value. Both artists created value in their work of displaying history with expression and thought. Exposure to the art gives us vivid imagery of communication. We gain more insight into the real history and we see it from a whole other point of view. Colescott’s groundbreaking work is powerful and valuable as it reflects the lasting impact artists have.

EXPRESSIONISM & COGNITIVISM IN ART. When expressionism and cognition are combined in art, it becomes a very powerful tool. Expressionism and its cognitive influences to art have so much to offer us as we dive deep into the picture physically, emotionally, and spiritually. In exploring expressionism and cognitivism in art we seek understanding of vivid symbolic communication, we experience the art in our thoughts and emotions, and lastly we discover just how valuable the art is.  

~Jones

Philosophy of the Arts -UNCG -Spring 23

REFERENCES

Crossings - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Robert Colescott | Art for Sale, Results & Biography | Sotheby’s

Why Is That Art?: Aesthetics and Criticism of Contemporary Art: Barrett, Terry

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[oveliagirlhaditright]

So, in the Unseen trilogy (I think it was the Unseen trilogy. I've read so many Buffy and Angel books now, that they're starting to blur in my mind a little bit), Giles thinks that Tara's pretty (not in a romantic or sexual way, I don't think. Probably like a father thinking his daughter his beautiful. Because Giles is like the surrogate father of all of these Scoobies). And that's really sweet, in my opinion.

I like that the novels seemed to expand on Tara's other relationships a little bit. It's something the show should have done.

I also loved when Giles and Tara went to this psychic's live show together in "Crossings."

[thelibrarywaltz]

Read in April 2024:

The Key To Deceit (Electra McDonnell #2) by Ashley Weaver -> audiobook 🗝️ ☆☆☆☆

This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed by Charles E. Cobb Jr. ⛓️‍💥 ☆☆☆½

Crossings by Alex Landragin 🪬 ☆☆☆

Playing It Safe (Electra McDonnell #3) by Ashley Weaver -> audiobook 🌊 ☆☆☆☆

No 5 star reads this month sadly. I was a bit disappointed by Crossings, which had an absolutely brilliant concept, almost a puzzle box of a novel (it can be read straight through as 3 loosely connected short stories, or read in a specific page order that jumps around to make one complete novel) and a fascinating premise but left me feeling zero emotional connection or sympathy for literally any of the characters.

Even though its writing felt a bit repetitive at times, it was incredibly enlightening to read This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed about the gun culture and need for self defense and defense of those practicing nonviolence surrounding the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s - a piece of history I had never heard anything about before. And it was quite satisfying to finally get to the book that’s been on my TBR the longest - since 2019!

Finally, the wonderful thing about not doing any specific reading challenges this year is that I’ve had the time to reread several favorites and finish more books in those series (like the rest of the Winternight Trilogy after rereading The Bear and the Nightingale). I’d wanted to reread A Peculiar Combination and The Key To Deceit last year before the third Electra McDonnell book, Playing It Safe, came out, but I was so tied up in trying to do so many prompts I never got around to it. Now I’ve caught up on the series and only have to wait a couple more weeks before book 4, Locked in Pursuit, comes out. (side note: how cute are those series covers!)

I have to admit, becoming an audiobook listener at work comes with new challenges. Like being up on an 8 foot ladder spreading fireproofing caulk with my earbuds in when the two lead characters FINALLY kiss after almost 3 whole books… and trying not to have a whole face journey about it in case anyone walks by 😂.

… that being said, I would LOVE more audiobook recommendations with delicious slow burn sexual tension! I’m here for the emotional escapism from the construction site 😎