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(Onthisisland) Old Beatnik Beach Paintings (Jack Pierson)

Posted on August 9, 2015 by zjb

Self-described as “old beatnik” paintings, these works recently on view by Jack Pierson draw on a unique and distinctly American combinations of the occult in nature and surrealism. Pierson has been at the beach before, most famously with his Self-Portrait … Continue reading →

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New Buds (Syracuse) (Aesthetic Theodicy)

Posted on May 1, 2013 by zjb

aesthetic theodicy –organic form, green veins, new life, and silhouettes.

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spring (North Woods, Central Park)

Posted on April 8, 2013 by zjb

These dumb little colors are worthy of at least a little attention. I like these first green buddings and how they offset the grey and brown lines of the “forest,” but how, now, this early in the season, you need … Continue reading →

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Bright Yellow Pollen Square (Wolfgang Laib)

Posted on January 28, 2013 by zjb

Wolfgang Laib’s big bright yellow pollen square now showing at the Museum of Modern Art is very cool, in and of itself, and apropos right after the Rilke “Bees of the Invisible” bit in the post just below. The intensification … Continue reading →

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Plugged in Trees (Nature-Technology)

Posted on December 23, 2012 by zjb

Columbia University lights up the trees on its main campus-walk along what used to be 116th St. for the entire winter season, from November through March. A neighbor called my attention to the individual outlets for each individual tree, which … Continue reading →

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Black Birds (Central Park)

Posted on November 12, 2012 by zjb

Hundreds of birds (?) rooting around for food in the foliage. I think what caught my attention was the black mass combined with the intensive movement in the changing pattern of the positioning of each individual across the small hillside. … Continue reading →

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Flowers (Moses Mendelssohn & Modern Jewish Philosophy) (Judaism & Nature)

Posted on April 15, 2012 by zjb

I’ve never seen this image of Moses Mendelssohn. I like the b/w line and dot patterns a lot, and the soft eyes. As for the photographs: last spring, I wanted to take these exact pictures. They made me think of … Continue reading →

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