VIA “ecthehub.com” by The Hub and Matteson Holtman. Matteson Holtman ’16 is a junior here at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts. He is currently working towards a BFA in Studio Art. This series of prints is made from copper plate etching and features notable men from pop culture and history.
VIA “nypost.com” by Reed Tucker Last week, landlord Gary Kasakian got some great news: Someone had defaced his building. Of course, the excitement hinged entirely on who had done the defacing. In the case of Kasakian’s building at 729 Sixth Ave., Banksy, (arguably) the world’s most famous street artist, illegally painted a whimsical stencil of […]
A reminder to always strive to bring Order from the ever present chaos. To stay balanced, modern, and self aware. An absolute classic piece for genuine reflection. ‘Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on […]
Here’s what the poem said: Our generation will be known for nothing. Never will anybody say, We were the peak of mankind. That is wrong, the truth is Our generation was a failure. Thinking that We actually succeeded Is a waste. And we know Living only for money and power Is the way to go. […]
How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Chief Seattle, Nineteenth Century American Indian Chief of the Suquamish
MY WAGE. I bargained with Life for a penny And Life would pay no more However I begged at evening While I counted my scanty store For Life is just an employer He gives you what you ask But once you have set the wages Why, you must bear the task I […]
[vimeo 86849058 w=500 h=281] We’ve examined some of British street artist Banksy’s work.. now we take a look at the American prodigal child. Hanksy, out of NYC, is a young street artist most often caught on camera with his hoody, black ray bans and some type of garb covering his entire face. Moving with this Anonymous energy has […]
Dark days won’t stay See through to a New way “I would have ended my life – it was only my art that held me back. Ah, it seemed to me impossible to leave the world until I had brought forth all that I felt was within me.” Heiligenstadt Testament. 1828. Beethoven
… “Thus it is said that one who knows his enemy and knows himself will not be endangered in a hundred engagements. One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes be victorious, sometimes meet with defeat. One who knows neither the enemy nor himself will invariably be defeated in every engagement” sun The Art […]
“The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight, but by they who while their companions slept, were toiling upward through the night!” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
