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| Barnett Newman, “Onement 1″ (1948) - The Public Professor Posted: 27 Jan 2014 07:14 AM PST 6 Responses to "Barnett Newman, "Onement 1″ (1948)"Leave a Reply |
| Everything That's Wrong With America - The Public Professor Posted: 20 Jan 2014 08:51 AM PST  Based on all the indignant finger-wagging, you'd think that Richard Sherman's antics last night represent everything that's wrong with America. In case you missed it, Seattle Seahawk Cornerback Sherman kinda lost his shit after making an outstanding play that effectively sent Seattle to this year's Super Bowl. Immediately after the game, Sherman was interviewed by FOX sideline reporter Erin Andrews. She proffered the standard question for that situation: "Take us through that last play." Players almost always sidestep these questions and respond with irrelevant chatter. But instead, Sherman went ballistic. He openly berated SF Wide Receiver Michael Crabtree, the player he'd just bested on the field, and screeched about how great he was. This was shortly after he'd incurred an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for taunting Crabtree and miming a choke motion to the San Francisco sideline. As a result of all this, he has been the subject of tremendous criticism. Was it bad sportsmanship? Absolutely. Does it represent everything that's wrong with America? Hardly. You wanna know what's really wrong America? It's all the stuff from yesterday's game that we're NOT talking about today. Let us count the ways. #1: The Gruesome Injury to San Fransisco Linebacker NaVorro Bowman Like Sherman, Bowman is one of, if not the very best player in the league at his position. In the second half, during a scrum for a loose ball, he suffered an absolutely horrific injury. I won't link to it, you can find it if you want. In short, his knee bent the wrong way. A lot. Football, America's most popular sport by far, is a brutal grotesquerie, a carnival of violence that has no place in a decent society that cares about its members. I love the game and watch a lot of it. But admitting that is not a defense of the sport; it's an open acknowledgement of my own hypocrisy. Parents of America: Are you worried that your kid is gonna end up a bad sport like Richard Sherman? Maybe you should be more concerned your kid's gonna end up crippled like NaVorro Bowman. #2: America is Immune to Real Violence and Even Thrives on it For evidence of this, just consider the way FOX handled Bowman's injury. They showed it over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. Was it a dozen times? More? I lost count. The reason they showed it over and over again was because the play in question should have been ruled a fumble, but was called incorrectly on the field by the refs. That's right. FOX repeatedly showed one of the most disgusting things you'll see all year because it was secondary to figuring out a blown call by a referee. And how did the announcers handle it? Joe Buck and Troy Aikman actually ignored Bowman's career-threatening injury during most of the replays, simply talking about the fumble-or-not-a-fumble issue as the screen continued to show a human knee ripping to pieces. As if it weren't happening, or just didn't matter that much if it were. Are you worried about Richard Sherman saying the wrong things? I'm more concerned about people like Buck and Aikman barely talking about the wrong things. #3: The Culture of Deception and Misdirection To me, far more surprising than what Sherman said during his brief post-game interview is what he didn't say. Richard Sherman didn't say what every other athlete says. During these frivolous interviews, athletes generally behave like politicians: they refuse to answer the question. Instead, they offer up meaningless clichés and predictable platitudes. And sadly, we've come to accept that as the norm. Afraid to say anything that can get them in trouble, or worst of all, harm their lucrative endorsement deals, American athletes generally refuse to directly answer any question put to them when the cameras are rolling. Rather, they just smile and praise their teammates and coaches. Maybe they thank god.
Did Richard Sherman behave badly? Yes. Was he a bad sport and a sore winner? Yes. But you know what? I'd much rather listen to Richard Sherman honestly speak his mind than listen to:
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| Romare Bearden, “Jamming at the Savoy” (1981) - The Public <b>...</b> Posted: 13 Jan 2014 07:04 AM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]2 Responses to "Romare Bearden, "Jamming at the Savoy" (1981)". woody gumdrops, on January 15th, 2014 at 8:30 AM Said: The Savoy. Great music, terrible steaks. Akim Reinhardt, on January 15th, 2014 at 9:47 AM Said:. |
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Akim, when you were in Lincoln, did you ever check out the Rothko they have at the Sheldon Art Museum? I've never heard of Barnett Newman, but it appears they are similar.
I didn't have a car for most of the time I was there, so I didn't get to explore Omaha much. I regret that aspect of it, but it was nice not having a car and biking all over Lincoln.
No one should regret Omaha. One of Lincoln's charms is its bikeability. The City Planning Dept is a great advocate, several recent downtown developments have included dedicated bike lanes and consideration of non-car transport in the planning process. Not to be confused with Portland or SF, but not bad for middle America. What time frame where you in Lincoln? Before Nirvana played Duffy's, or after?
I was def post Nirvana Duffy's: 1995-2000. Good to hear about the bike lanes. Lincoln's potentially a great biking town w/ all that flat land.
This truly is art for no reason. I can look out my window and see something similar.
Think of it more as style advice; you'd look good with a yellow racing stripe.