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Art collectors buying locally
From a recent Wall Street Journal article titled Local Artists Are on the Rise: From Bloomfield Hills, Mich., to Turin, Italy, contemporary-art collectors are passing on works by international art sta… more →
The Aesthetic Elevator
Art collectors buying locally
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pcNielsen wrote 3 weeks ago: From a recent Wall Street Journal article titled Local Artists Are on the Rise: From Bloomfield Hill … more →
Modern art evokes more emotion
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pcNielsen wrote 2 months ago: A Miller-McCune brief alerts us to a survey recently published in the journal Psychology of Aestheti … more →
Notice. Drawings by Craig Hawkins.
pcNielsen wrote 3 months ago: A few months back I added Craig Hawkins’ website to my brief and, admittedly, somewhat unconsi … more →
Intentional Observation: Flyover country. Not.
pcNielsen wrote 3 months ago: For all of you on the coasts who think there’s nothing to see on the plains: Took this with my … more →
Intentional Observation: Instant coffee is weird
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pcNielsen wrote 4 months ago: My wife and I like coffee. Particularly freshly ground beans roasted by the Bad Dog Beanery (website … more →
Intentional Observation: Mennonites in flip-flops
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pcNielsen wrote 4 months ago: “A little bit of dissonance is really required to have something that will hold our attention … more →
Maple seeds, whirlybirds, and their tornados
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pcNielsen wrote 5 months ago: Just for fun on Friday: “High-speed video reveals that maple seed pods remain airborne for mil … more →
Intentional observation, as I clean
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pcNielsen wrote 6 months ago: Tidying up the house and yard in a bit of a fury, and at the same time trying to get a sense of wher … more →
IAM Encounter: The better poem, or painting, or sculpture . . .
pcNielsen wrote 8 months ago: Nicholas Wolterstorff, former professor of philosophical theology at Yale, spoke during the first pl … more →
Intentional Observation: Rust
pcNielsen wrote 9 months ago: This week I helped out the economy by hiring the local HVAC (that’s heating, ventilating and a … more →
Ice Storm 2009
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pcNielsen wrote 10 months ago: When the sun peeked through the overcast sky in Northwest Arkansas yesterday — it’s been scarc … more →
Ice storm observation
pcNielsen wrote 10 months ago: Ice storms are common in the south. Everything stops, even at the threat of a storm. People rush on … more →
The value of the slower life
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pcNielsen wrote 11 months ago: I’m presently reading Kathleen Norris’ Dakota: A spiritual geography. In the book, Norri … more →
Chipotle, big burritos and real art
pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: My wife and like to dine out at Chipotle. It’s fantastic for fast food — in fact, it’s p … more →
Entitlement, affluenza and we're spoiled brats!
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pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: Christmas is coming! My friend Amy, on her blog Growing Like Trees, talked yesterday about gift givi … more →
Art for Art's Sake: Enjoying it
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pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: I’m resurrecting this draft in light of a Telegraph article that laments the commercial nature … more →
Challenge in intentional observation
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pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: This evening I came across a fascinating surface. I’m sharing it with readers here and challen … more →
