Saturday, May 31, 2008

enlightened garbage


Garbage has quickly proven itself an inexhaustible subject. Very apropos. It makes me happy that so many notable people are doing marvelous things with garbage. I recently read an article by Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker magazine about a think tank begun by an ex-Microsoft gent. It made me want to be part of a think tank. More than that, it made me want to ask them a few questions. One compelling thought proposed by the article is that great science is only a matter of time, while great art is a matter of circumstance. This is a good example of how circumstantial art can be: turn on the lights

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