“When we lose our connection to nature — when we no longer have those tactile, sensory experiences of being in water, under trees, in weather — it’s not just the present moment we lose, it’s a language for memory itself.”
“When we lose our connection to nature — when we no longer have those tactile, sensory experiences of being in water, under trees, in weather — it’s not just the present moment we lose, it’s a language for memory itself.”
“While many artists and writers made their work on or close to rue Daguerre, only one made her work about it.” Fascinating article about a beautiful film.
A brief introduction to the work of one Britain’s finest (and under-appreciated) landscape painters.
In the late 1980s, a local study claimed that, “in Baltimore, there is rot beneath the glitter.” Through her comics, Amy aims to show that there is also glitter beneath the rot.
With a few stories spanning a few decades, photographer Neal Rantoul shares his affection and admiration for fellow photographer, teacher, and friend Harry Callahan.
A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
With clouds, within seconds, you’re working from your memory of a thing that is as nebulous and beautiful and temperamental as memory itself. As confusing as memory, seen from within the mist, as perplexing seen from afar.
A mix tape of the music of Manu Chao and friends
“Like everywhere we go, even a highway or a junk yard or a parking lot has something about it that you want to capture or remember. It’s nice to go through your day expecting to find beauty in odd places.”
Art historian Soma Ghosh examines the many versions of illustrations for ‘The Conference of the birds’ or the ‘Mantiq al tair’ by Attar of Nishapur