This is How I've Been Teaching Myself Spanish

Check it out here:  Coffee Break Spanish. 

Banksy's New Friend

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Training For The Big Top

That's my school on the news!

Landscapes of Extraction

I finally went to go see this show, Landscapes of Extraction, on view at Cooper Union, at the Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery, an exhibit of photography by J Henry Fair of the devastation wreaked on our planet by the fossil fuels industry. Its only on view for another week, but you must go see it while you have the chance.  The photos are powerful, and we need to spread the word about what is happening to our planet!

The show was put together by the Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design, of whom my former professor Kevin Bone (and New York waterway expert) is the director, and the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. 

review: PAPER THICK WALLS

A piano, a violin, a man, a woman, the color blue: mix it all up and you get the up and coming Chicago based band Paper Thick Walls.

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There's a diversity in the songs, yet unified by their own unique style.   But the song where their true originality and beauty shines through is in Infinite, where there is an almost clashing mixture of verse and chorus sounds that is unexpected and great, and then at the end it floats off on a tangent of ghost like voices.  Its the fact that it catches you off guard that makes it my second favorite.

But my absolute favorite song on the album is Masters At The Sea which makes me feel like what I would imagine it would be like to be out at sea, surrounded by the vast, unending, powerful, terrifying ocean, the big wall of sound like a wave.  When you hear the sad, urgent call of the guitar, violin, and piano, you know you are about to hear a tale of adventure, sadness, and beauty.

Click here and here for more info and to listen to more songs by Paper Thick Walls!!

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Jazz At Lincoln Center: Lighting

This is part 2 of my post about Jazz At Lincoln Center, my case study for my architectural lighting class.  Here are some sketches of the space - specifically the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame - and how the lighting works with the architecture.