I went ziplining to celebrate a milestone birthday. In addition to dinners and gatherings galore, this was a great one!
I ziplined with two friends at Arbortrek at Smuggler’s Notch Resort. Here’s some fun evidence:
Hands down, this is the best book I’ve read this year. Death of the Liberal Class by Chris Hedges won a Pulitzer Prize, so I’m clearly not the only one who thinks highly of it.
Hedges answers the question I (and many others) have been asking for several years: What the heck happened to the Democratic Party in this country? But Hedges goes far beyond party politics to examine how and why the liberal class and our institutions (universities, unions, newspapers, etc.) have become so weak as to not even remotely cause a threat when basic civil liberties or human rights are infringed upon.
I’m working with a new client on their website and social networking presence. They’re already doing a good job, but I’d forgotten how fun it is to troubleshoot around this type of stuff.
When all the obvious parts are in place (working links, Facebook icon, interesting and dynamic content), where do you go next?
The Project on Civic Reflection, under Elizabeth Lynn’s leadership, has grown in leaps and bounds and brought very meaningful dialogue to my life, as well as many others. The announcements, below, were made this week.
I wish Elizabeth the best of luck in this new chapter of her life. I wish Adam all the best as well as he takes on the helm of the Center for Civic Reflection!
I’m so excited that Rebecca Kinkead is showing work at the West Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park in Stowe!
I first saw her work in the Supreme Court in the Montpelier Art Walk in April. I was blown away by how very simple and yet so profound her images are. I believe she uses a palette knife to achieve her unique style.
Alongside works from Adelaide Tyrol, the show, Vivre/To Live, will run from July 9 through August 7th. The Opening Reception will be Saturday, July 9th from 7-9 pm. see you there!
Believe it or not, Google isn’t infallible. Neither are humans. I recently lost a significant amount of data in Google Analytics – a real tragedy that had me crying for an entire day and still confounds me. I was adding a new profile onto my account. I revisited it a few days later and the other, main profile was missing.
Apparently, I am not the first person to whom this has happened. The Google Analytics forums are full of people who have lost profiles and years of data. Either an employee deletes it when she quits, out of spite, or one user deletes it from their screen and that deletes the entire profile for all three users. Or, as in my case, and which seems shockingly common, it just disappears.
This review first appeared in the Vermont Art Zine in November 2010. It was a result of a“Writing About Art” class at Studio Place Arts led by Marc Awodey.
Elizabeth Nelson’s “In Between” show at the Supreme Court is a series of puzzles to be solved. Nelson works in mixed media, but largely acrylics, in this show and in many of the two dozen pieces photographs are hidden, painted over and into the work. A sideways glance down the hall of the exhibit reveals the slightly shiny spots in the pieces that contain the photos, drawing the viewer into a search-and-find game.