BROSH:I used to draw comics for friends at school although where I grew up (a desert city in Israel in the 80s) I wasn’t exposed to it much. I was a real book worm and I always drew so I guess it just happened. I started consuming more comics in my late 20s, mai...
It’s interesting to me what he has put in the painting: the office buildings to the right and a jumble of stores to the left. The objects that make up the painting could be anywhere in a big suburb in Canada (or the US). It has a universality in that regard. I thought it was ...
It reminds me of the great furniture he did for hotels like the Royalton in the 80s: And this LaCie Blade Runner Hard Drive reminded me of how at the names of his older furniture often were borrowed from Philip K. Dick novels: Love it! I wish I could find one of those hard drives....
The weekend ended up being full of family and home and small comforts. After going to the ballet on Friday night with DH who is invited to EVERYTHING (this was a really beautiful Gershwin-inspired show, with ballet and tap and some gorgeous gorgeous orchestrated Gershwin and some of the mos...
the city is modern and advanced, and full of happy and friendly people who appeared to really love the Old Town and take pride in what they do. I saw some photographs of Tallinn in the 80s and it was really a far cry from what it is today. With that, I really respect the Estonians...
but at 18 years I’ve now lived here longer than the 14-15 years I spent in the town I grew up in. I lived in Mississippi seven years, Oregon nearly five years, but I guess I am an Aucklander now, even if I’ll always feel a little foreign here. That American accent isn’t go...
Going further into the past for a moment, my father, who also grew up in the Bronx, has fond memories of Orchard Beach. He remembered that his mother used to take them later in the day, around four, when it was less crowded, and his dad would pick them up some hours later, but ...
Janet McKenzie: You grew up in Liverpool and, in the 1970s, you chose to attend art school to avoid an arranged marriage. How did you make the transition from your Punjabi family values to the life of an artist, and how did your family respond?
It was a busy morning,about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 9:30.The nurse had him take a 36 in the waiting area, 37 him it would be at least 40
He said “We’ve got students in their 80s.” Narayanswami grew up in Southwest London, and at grammar school suffered horrific racist bullying. The library provided shelter. But, as she reached her late teens, she feel family pressure for an arranged marriage; “I really protested,” she ...