Category: Arts
Simon & Garfunkel’s The Sound of Silence (Video)
Shared by Khalid Sharif, London: I often wondered why the lyrics say “Hello darkness my…
Harmonium Rocks (Video)
Tajdar e haram: A soulful performance by a street singer with harmonium (also called Reed…
How to cultivate creativity as an adult, according to an expert
Mary Elizabeth Williams in Salon: Creativity is an essential element of the human condition. Yet unlike…
Best Political Cartoons Weekending May 1, 2022
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The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is
Trevor Quirk at Bookforum on Justin E. H. Smith’s Philosophical History Of The Internet: The…
Journey From India To The Two Cambridges And Berkeley And Beyond
by Pranab Bardhan: Gérard Roland came to Berkeley only around the turn of this century….
Tell Me About the Blues
By Bill Benzon: What is the blues? It is a mood, a feeling, a sensibility….
Political Cartoons Weekending April 24, 2022
Best political cartoons pick weekending April 24, 2022: More here.
A Genius on the Wrong Side of History: Tolstoy’s Conflicts and Contradictions
Maria Rubin in The NY Review of Books: IT IS DAUNTING to write a biography of…
Neuroscience Gets in the Way of Appreciating Art
Describing ourselves in the language of neurobiology has got to be one of the stranger…
A Gentleman in Moscow (ماسکو میں ایک شخصیت)
From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility— A Gentleman in Moscow…
Abstract Artists and Old Friends
Melvin Edwards, Sam Gilliam & William T Williams — all of them are key figures…