Passion for the Possible

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Sat, 18 May 2013 14:53:43 -0400

The English Beat is making a special stop in Cleveland the night...

Tue, 14 May 2013 01:13:15 -0400

The English Beat is making a special stop in Cleveland the night of Tues., May 14 to play a fundraiser gig for Amanda Berry, Gina de Jesus and Michelle Knight. Even if you can’t be there, you can help out! http://englishbeat.net/cleveland-courage-fund-benefit-on-may-14th/

valerie2776: Interior of the Pantheon, Rome, 1747Giovanni Paolo...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:52:01 -0400

valerie2776:

Interior of the Pantheon, Rome, 1747
Giovanni Paolo Panini (Italian, 1691-1765)
oil on canvas

The Cleveland Museum of Art posted this painting on their facebook page today and it is one of my favorites to visit. It doesn’t come through as well here as in person, but the light and space has such an intensely distinct and nice and rich atmospheric thing going on that gives the piece a very three dimensional feel. I haven’t been to the CMA for a while (since beautiful balloon time) but really want to get back over there soon (because Art and because there is easy ENG 322 extra credit to be had). Also they’ve got some new fancy hi-tech stuff going on.

Love this painting in my hometown museum, but I also got to visit the Pantheon in Rome, and it was gorgeous. I still remember feeling spring rain coming through the oculus in the roof.

stephherold: Via.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:44:26 -0400

stephherold:

Via.

thedigitalmuseum: Caroline Goeser of the Cleveland Museum of...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:22:00 -0500

thedigitalmuseum:

Caroline Goeser of the Cleveland Museum of Art talks about the new Gallery One, which contains some of the nation’s most advanced digital hardware and software for use in art museums.

(Source: museumplanning.tumblr.com)

The "End of the 14th Street Crosstown Line"

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:24:11 -0500

The "End of the 14th Street Crosstown Line":

1936 painting that shows changes in Union Square in Manhattan, and union protesters outside Ohrbach’s department store. Union Square has seen so much history, and it’s one of my favorite places in New York City.

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Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:31:15 -0500

Library Journal: The Onion, by Wisława Szymborska

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:10:00 -0500

Library Journal: The Onion, by Wisława Szymborska:

Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh

the onion, now that’s something else
its innards don’t exist
nothing but pure onionhood
fills this devout onionist
oniony on the inside
onionesque it appears
it follows its own daimonion
without our human tears
our skin is just a…

Airplane Lavatory Self-Portraits

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:29:00 -0500

Airplane Lavatory Self-Portraits:

“Nina Katchadourian whiles away long plane journeys by locking herself in the lavatory and pretending to be a 15th century Dutch painting. The project began spontaneously on a flight in March 2010 and is ongoing…”

Epic Gallery: 150 Years Of Lesbians And Other Lady-Loving-Ladies

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:34:37 -0400

Epic Gallery: 150 Years Of Lesbians And Other Lady-Loving-Ladies

"“New ideas need old buildings” — Jane Jacobs How I wish more people understood..."

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:02:00 -0400

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“New ideas need old buildings” — Jane Jacobs

How I wish more people understood this. I live in Cleveland, Ohio, where we have magnificent architecture, but too many locals still want to bulldoze everything. At least things have improved since the 60s and 70s, when we nearly lost our theater district.

”

- sundancesandberg

Jane Jacobs

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:00:57 -0400

thecurioscity:

“By its nature, the metropolis provides what otherwise could be given only by traveling; namely, the strange.”

We couldn’t agree more, Jane.

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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:51:53 -0400

bjorksandyorkes: suffragette poster from 1913

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:11:12 -0400

bjorksandyorkes:

suffragette poster from 1913

Feeling discouraged about social and political change? Susan B....

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:09:45 -0400

Feeling discouraged about social and political change? Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton died before women’s suffrage was achieved. Aren’t you glad they didn’t give up?

sketchbookofbalderdash:

June 17-18th 1873 was the date of Susan B. Anthony’s court trial for voting in the presidential election on November 5th 1872.

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Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:09:37 -0400

beingblog: “The leap of faith is this: You have to believe, or...

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:04:04 -0400

beingblog:

“The leap of faith is this: You have to believe, or at least pretend you believe until you really believe it, that you are strong enough to take life face on.” -Marya Hornbacher. Photo by Jon Lucas. (Taken with Instagram)

We owe so much to the women who fought for suffrage.

Sat, 05 May 2012 03:17:55 -0400

We owe so much to the women who fought for suffrage.

myeyeslikethis: Union art

Sat, 05 May 2012 03:12:42 -0400

myeyeslikethis:

Union art

lotus-eyes: Jenny Holzer, From Inflammatory Essays, 1979-82.

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:02:47 -0400

lotus-eyes:

Jenny Holzer, From Inflammatory Essays, 1979-82.