Banning Art in New Orleans & News
I was taken aback by this news post in the Times Picayune. A federal judge has banned non original works of art from being sold around Jackson Square. Wow! I posted a comment on the site. I just have to mention how thrilled I am that casart coverings is getting a little recognition. We were featured in The Examiner in an article by Jenny Wagner. Fabulous!
Rain
We need it! Compared to the last few months, it has been dry here in the DC area. Here’s one of the most interesting and realistic “musical” interpretations of rain that I’ve seen or heard. I don’t know the source, as it came to me in an email. Seeing it makes it all the more fascinating but just listening, you would not know it wasn’t actual rain. Hey is that Jerry Seinfield as one of the snappers? musical rain This reminds me of an earlier, “everyday” story in the Washington Post regarding Joshua Bell, one of the most accomplished violinists in the world. A Violinist in the Metro From The…
Tragic Loss
“What happens when art dies?”…”It leaves a hole in the universe,” said Washington artist Aziza Gibson-Hunter (as quoted from the story about Peggy Cafritz’s home suddenly burning to the ground recently in The Washington Post). She had a massive art collection and I think this quote is very profound to describe the loss. Sadly, this quote without reference to art, may ring true in a personal way for those who knew the Weeks brothers. How could one not be moved by the obituaries of Stone Taylor Weeks, age 24 and his brother, William Holt Weeks, age 20? As a mother of two boys about this age, Piers (turning 21) and…
