“Joan of Arc” (detail), 1879, Jules Bastien-Lepage.
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Ed Ruscha
President Teddy Roosevelt ready to enter Yellowstone Park, 1903.
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placeswheremiracleswereperformed:
Mock Orange, Across the Street, Stockbridge, MA, US, May 2013
Every once in a while — often when we least expect it — we encounter someone more courageous, someone who choose to strive for that which (to us) seemed unrealistically unattainable, even elusive. And we marvel. We swoon. We gape. Often , we are in awe. I think we look at these people as lucky, when in fact, luck has nothing to do with it. It is really about the strength of their imagination; it is about how they constructed the possibilities for their Life. In short, unlike me, they didn’t determine what was impossible before it was even possible.Fail Safe – Debbie Millman’s fantastic illustrated essay of timeless advice on courage and the creative life.
Woodrow Wilson, from his 7th Annual Message to Congress, December 2, 1919.
The illustration is by Udo J. Keppler, son of renowned satirical cartoonist Joseph Ferdinand Keppler. Udo was cartoonist and editor for Puck Magazine, co-founded by his father. The work originally appeared as a centerfold in Puck on July 24, 1912.
From the New York Times: New Plan to Auction Banksy Mural Rekindles Battle
By ALLAN KOZINN
For a work scarcely a year old, “Slave Labor (Bunting Boy),” by the British graffiti artist Banksy, has been at the center of more than its share of battles, and a new one has broken out with the Sincura Group announcing that it will auction the mural at the London Film Museum on June 2….http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/new-plan-to-auction-banksy-mural-rekindles-battle/
