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Author: Kanyi
This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids “This December, in a surprisingly simple yet ridiculously amazing installation for theGallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas. Over the course of two weeks, the museum’s smallest visitors were given thousands upon thousands of colored dot stickers and […]
Have You Ever Tried To Sell A Diamond?
This is one of the best looks into the insanity that is the diamond industry. Their skill at marketing, at manipulating demand, creating scarcity, and capturing the imaginations of the entire world by cornering the engagement industry is all just… it’s wow. It makes me angry and uncomfortable, but also deeply impressed. Good stuff, de Beers. Have You Ever Tried To Sell A Diamond?
The Joy of Quiet
“Since luxury, as any economist will tell you, is a function of scarcity, the children of tomorrow, I heard myself tell the marketers in Singapore, will crave nothing more than freedom, if only for a short while, from all the blinking machines, streaming videos and scrolling headlines that leave them feeling empty and too full all at once.” The Joy of Quiet
2012.
My question: who the heck is the girl?
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Terrific.
Why We Behave Well…Some Thoughts on Tim Tebow
cantgohomeagain: Been meaning to write about this for a while, but kept putting it off until Tim Tebow of all people threw this question in my face again. (Insert Tebow throwing accuracy joke here.) The question is: why is there a stigma in this country about being a good person? In this country, we don’t really love or worship good people. What we love is redemption: the bad street kid who cleaned up his act. […]
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