December 2010
40 posts
Head for Art - Art 2010 →
“Welcome to Head for Art. Here you’ll find Art 2010, a 365-day blog project with a simple start-point: each day I take one work from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and write about it in an unstuffy, eye-opening way.”
COOL! I need to go the NGA, haven’t been in ages
Dear Older Relatives Visiting from Pakistan,
I’m sorry I suck at Urdu. I also apologize for my general awkwardness.
It’s a horrible combination, and so I further apologize for my uncomfortable attempts at conversation. I probably sound condescending…or somewhat retarded.
Anyway, I LOVE YOU. And I’m happy we’re related. You will likely never read this, but that’s okay. Pakistan Zindabad! And God Bless...
MONTAGE OF PEOPLE GETTING PUPPIES FOR XMAS →
aka the best 2 and a half minutes ever
“One way I would fix the country is to create a program that focuses on ending...”
– Professor Tricia Rose (via brownpeople)
I’m reading Rose’s The Hip Hop Wars now and can’t put it down!
(via jeevermadness)
Adding this to the very long list of books I would like to read!
Jerry Saltz's Open Letter to the Republicans of... →
OMG HOW FITTING
My last post, declaring my love for Jeff Buckley and my beloved Maryse aka minghalera, was my 100th! Sigh, perfection.
Heroic, Female and Muslim: Kristof editorial about... →
Holla at Allah, this woman is AMAZING
1 Final Down
2 to go
Civil Procedure aka Tuesday December 14, I ain’t scared of you.
Legal Theory aka Thursday December 16, here I come.
Friday December 17…home sweet home. I need to call my mom and ask her to make rice and lamb chops (I may possibly have a skewed perception of what constitutes “comfort food”)
“Pet names are a persistent remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not...”
– Jhumpa Lahiri (The Namesake)
My mom’s pet name is Dolly which I always think is adorable. It makes me wonder what she was like when she was a kid.
Willow Smith - Whip My Hair
Would give anything...
“Beqarari mein qarar (Hope in Despair)
Raat yoon dil mein teree khoyee huee...”
– Faiz Ahmed Faiz, p. 154-155, Celebrating the Best of Urdu Poetry (ed. Khushwant Singh)
“It is easier to appreciate art when what is required is not an understanding of...”
– Don Thompson, p. 178 - The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
Ruby Bridges, in the Washington Post →
Okay I keep posting articles but I can’t resist! Ruby Bridges, writing about the school she helped integrate in New Orleans