“Say on a given morning, there are 100 people in the Louvre in Paris. If a wicked sorcerer threatened to vaporize all people in the museum or all of its art, sparing one or the other based on your plea, which would you save? Assume the sorcerer will obliterate both the people and the art if you don’t choose.”
Addition: My mother has informed me this is from a Zen Koan involving a priceless Ming vase and a duckling trapped inside. “Master, the duck is free.”
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As a painter, trying my hand at printmaking was a little frustrating. Ink on paper is gorgeous even when I make mistakes, but there was something about every print that drove me nuts. So what is it that’s so frustrating about printmaking? I was talking to Nikki about this. She had a good idea: traditional …
A Very Good Idea What if you had a Very Good Idea for a painting that you just couldn’t quite get enough of? What if, miracle of miracles, you had a Very Good Idea and you actually painted it. And what if you didn’t quite get what you were hoping from this attempt. Would you …
Born on this day, September 2 1911, Romare Bearden was an African-American artist who worked with many types of media including cartoons, oils and collages. Read more about Bearden on Wiki.
The chicken paintings featured in this V-Note are by Endre Penovác. The chicken letter that follows was written in 1870, sent to the Poultry Society. The title proclaims it’s a manual about how to raise fine poultry. The content, however, renders itself informational for how to steal birds from your neighbor (or yourself, if you’re an idiot). It was signed by …
Which Would You Save?
This week’s question is a variation of one from The Book of Questions, stolen boldly and without remorse from Wait But Why.
“Say on a given morning, there are 100 people in the Louvre in Paris. If a wicked sorcerer threatened to vaporize all people in the museum or all of its art, sparing one or the other based on your plea, which would you save? Assume the sorcerer will obliterate both the people and the art if you don’t choose.”
Addition: My mother has informed me this is from a Zen Koan involving a priceless Ming vase and a duckling trapped inside. “Master, the duck is free.”
What do you think? We invite you to post your responses below. [divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40[gallery ids=”5206,5214,5205,5202,5204″ onclick=”link_no
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