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Last Friday evening, I strolled through the annual Columbus Arts Festival, which featured artists of all variations from all over the country (plus a couple international artists). Each artist’s booth...
View ArticleWhat Will We Look Like in a Museum?
The incredible power of looking at a painting or sculpture is imagining what the artist was thinking over a period of time that took him or her from a blank sheet, or even nothing at all, to a...
View ArticleAmerica’s Odyssey for Sage Leadership
Rising star. Celebrity. Momentum. Trajectory. These words have entered into our society’s vernacular as modern day prerequisites for achieving powerful positions. Specifically, political leaders on...
View ArticleThe Art of Serendipity
I was in a bank recently and as I approached the counter, the tellers were all fixated on a new painting from a local artist hanging on one of the walls. Some of the tellers were standing close to it,...
View ArticleDo You See What I See?
It’s astonishing. The image is the exact same, and yet my eyes see it transform into something new every time I look at it for a few seconds. Is my mind playing tricks on me or am I seeing precisely...
View ArticleApplying Creativity to Unforgettable Visions
As the weekend is now only hours away from its inception, there are surely a myriad of great activities to do and interesting places to go and visit this Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. There are...
View ArticleIn Living Watercolor
The first Saturday of each month in Columbus, Ohio features the pedestrian-friendly event known as Gallery Hop. Occurring in the Short North, art galleries stay open late for art admirers, as well as...
View Article21 Years in the Making
(“Jurassic World” by Mark Englert: IGN Online) Ladies and gentlemen, not only is Jurassic World really happening, but it will once again feature the superstar of dinosaurs in the Velociraptor. Above is...
View ArticleWhere’s My Bike?
A starry dream realized. Arguably one of the (if not the) best paintings in history is “Starry Night” by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh. The swirling images, as told with brush strokes of vivid,...
View ArticleSand’s Chilling Effect
Just one more homage to Frozen and then we can ‘let it go.’ Okay, we’re never going to let go of this movie and its soundtrack. Well played Disney, well played…
View ArticleThe Artistic Engineering of Class
First, the second viewing of Jurassic World in 3D was a seamless sight for audiences. Similar to Jurassic Park in 3D, this franchise and its cinematography is a perfect fit for this evolving...
View ArticleWhere Does Art Begin?
Art is making a bold impression in the 21st century. Pulling a Ferris Bueller’s Day Off at a museum may become a thing of the past. Not entirely, of course. But like any industry that invites freedom...
View ArticleStarry Sight
Vincent van Gogh was a genius. That esteemed term, typically reserved for the few, is far too often granted to the many. However, in the case of the Dutch painter born March 30, 1853, it’s appropriate....
View ArticleArt’s Infinite Heights
What on earth is this? This fantastic, swirling mess titled, “The Vertigo of Eros” by Roberto Matta caught my eye today at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). There were many pieces that caused a pause in...
View ArticleHappy Pi Day!
What do you get when you mix sand and pie? Wait, not that pie. A different kind of a pi. A less tasty, but mathematically delicious pi. Mathematically speaking, today is when everything in your life...
View ArticleHappy Monday
No matter who we are, we all need that spark of inspiration on Monday. And what’s great about inspiration is the awesome power it possesses by requiring the smallest amount of that “it” factor for...
View ArticleThe Six Million Dollar King
President Abraham Lincoln’s Bible vs. a King Tutankhamun (“Tut”) Bust. Two pieces of history — each carrying the weight of immense national pride for the individual subject — have interestingly, in...
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