View of the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake One of my favorite stories was told by Laurie Anderson about an interview she conducted with John Cage for the Buddhist publication Tricycle many years ago. A great admirer of Cage, Anderson was desperate to ask him the really BIG question: Are things getting worse or […]
Month: November 2014
That Which Comes Unbidden
Stillness, wherever: In this instance, the sunset from Carmel Beach, California Pico Iyer is a very known travel writer and observer of the world. His most recent book, The Art of Stillness, is an invitation to his readers to choose the best destination of all—Nowhere. Going nowhere, says Iyer, “just may be the grand adventure […]
In Praise of the Earnest
Eliasson at work (Photo: Nigel Shafran) Over the last eight years, Slow Muse has been my way of advocating for the experience—and the making—of art that is earnest and sincere. In many ways this is a kind of “outsider” positioning, one that has sidestepped the predominant and pervasive zone of irony the way non-pedigree outsider […]
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Closing the Gap Between Words and Images
When is it too much text? (Photo: bodyartforms.com) As long as I have been making art—and eight years of writing steadily about art-related issues here on Slow Muse—I still struggle with how words and the visual come together. One part of me is convinced that the great visual experiences cannot be harnessed into words. That’s […]
Material and Matter: Show in Connecticut
Doing a show with artists whose work you admire and who you consider to be your good friends—that’s a sweet spot that doesn’t happen often. Luckily it was the case with this recent show. The four of us conceived of this work hanging together, and we were able to do the installation ourselves. I am […]