Weekend Linkages: All Plants and Mirrors

...o’s strange burger and fries moment A Visit to the CIA’s “Secret” Abstract Art Collection Digital tulip fever Chipotle Is a Criminal Enterprise Built on Exploitation A Caledonia house on the edge of a crumbling cliff has sold after a monthslong saga The bells v the boutique hotel: the battle to save Britain’s oldest factory Ever wonder what all of those surface car parking lots in downtown LA used to be? How you can help stop Airbnb in LA Programm...

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Saturday Tweets: Too Many Links

...e, and the Fine Art Market by Kenzy El-Mohandes ” https://t.co/NhheC5BZH6 #artmarket #visualart #AndyWarholpredictedthis — Deanne Achong (@deanneachong) April 12, 2019 Climate Chaos Is Coming — and the Pinkertons Are Ready https://t.co/fEUC840cTL — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 12, 2019 The most dangerous thing in this world is a Puritan who’s broadening his mind. He’s just like a barbarian who’s broadening his empire. More & more things do, ind...

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A Manual of Needlework and Cutting Out

...Please enjoy this manual of the lost art of hand sewing by Agnes Walker published in 1907 and recommended by YouTube sewing sensation Bernadette Banner. What makes the book useful is that, unlike a lot of sewing resources, there’s not a lot of assumed knowledge. The book also shows the high level of craftsmanship expected of young children before the great crappening of the mid-20th century....

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Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Sundials

...Ian Hamilton Finlay 1925-2006. On my long bucket list is the construction of a Root Simple sundial. Towards that end I’ve begun a short Sundial Pinterest board that, as of today, is entirely made up of Ian Hamilton Finlay sundials. Finlay’s poetry, art and gardening deserves greater recognition. The print of one of his sundials, above, is a clever meditation/pun on the distinction between the map and the territory. You can own an original Finlay p...

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Two Podcasts You’ve Got to Hear: Thinking Trees and Rewilding

...at was reclaimed from the sea in the 1960s. I’m very familiar with this place from a bizarre, failed project I was involved with that attempted to create a monumental land art piece with explosives. Someday I’ll tell that crazy story, but let’s just say that this part of the Netherlands is probably the most dull landscape in the world. The Ideas show begins with the story of Ecologist Frans Vera introducing wild animals to this very artificial pla...

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