Short and sweet this week. Louise Lawler at Metro Pictures. Photos of art and art installations at museums presented as adhesive vinyl on the walls of the Chelsea gallery.
My mother says she raised me Christian. I am not always sure what this means. I know that when I was formally introduced to Buddhism a few years ago and so far, there has been little or nothing in terms of the philosophy and practice that...
You should hear my internal monologue. It's pretty embarrassing, but it's entertaining, and it's all about me. Me, me, me. It's interesting how my opinions are the right ones, and how everyone else's choices are wrong. I...
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Ponlop Rinpoche told me, via twitter to enjoy my "iPad Dharma." He uses an iPad when he teaches. The Karmapa is in an iPad ad. Welcome to the 21st century.
Tuesday and Thursday nights this week I was fortunate to attend both programs (one program per night) of Armitage Gone! Dance at the Joyce Theatre thanks to a good friend of mine's generosity.
I'd seen Armitage Gone! Dance at the Kitchen...
Yesterday morning, President Obama released his long-form birth certificate to the public, in order to prove that he was indeed born in Hawaii on August 4th, 1961. It was a response to demands that he release the document by the...
Today's launch of Book Country, a site by Penguin, one of the older and more distinguished publishers around, generated a bit of talk, in Publishers Weekly and general media as well.
Personal narrative: David Altmejd's show is across the street from my show. It's weird, man. Walking into the gallery (Andrea Rosen) I was in (the year) 2000 (sometime between 1999 and 2001) seeing some crazy whited out goth art for the...
This week on the ID Project Podcast, IDP associate director Patrick Groneman interviews Andy Karr. This is the first of a two part interview.
Andy Karr is a writer, photographer, longtime meditator, and Buddhist teacher. He trained intensively...
Guest Post by Andy Karr --
What does it mean to say that you "know" the color of the sky? Well, everyone knows the sky is blue. But what does that mean?
“In painting you must look what fallen fruit is left that you can paint. The egg has missed out there, Warhol already had the banana. You take a form for yourself it’s always about angular, square, this and that format, about the...
Sometimes I just don't feel like a warrior. Last week in class, Ethan pointed out that the way the word "warrior" is used in the Shambhala tradition is a translation of the Tibetan word pawo, meaning, one who is brave. I don't...
Sleepovers are fun. But in a museum? You bet!
photo: Aaron Colussi
Ever since I read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler, a classic of children's literature about two kids who run away from home to live in the...
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From The Onion, everyone's favorite and increasingly accurate news source, comes a beautiful quote via an editorial by a fake Justin Bieber, which could just as easily apply to all of our mind states,...
Man I'm running out of time! As some of you know I'm preparing for a solo exhibition that opens a week from tomorrow and there's still lots of work to do. I've already written to the BLOG higher-ups to postpone my post yesterday to...
Painting of What Would Cher Do? by Shari Elf
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Newsflash: Cher is a Lazy-Assed Buddhist!
I'll be the first to admit it. A lot of the time in my meditation practice, as well as my post meditation...
