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While sorting through things at home, I came upon this illustration of me done by a former student, Jian. Wish I could remember his last name. I taught him math, and he knew I liked magic, so he included math and magic symbols in the background.
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Coney Island
Brooklyn, New York
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East 13th Street
New York, New York
(The message is actually printed on the window, not added to the photo.)
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As The Museum of Modern Art closes for major renovations for the summer, we take this opportunity to remember this ditty by the Modern Lovers.
Thanks to YouTuber smeetie1
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Florence, Italy
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“Sky Mosaic” by Yoko Ono
72nd Street subway station
New York, New York
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New York State Office of Human Resources
Schermerhorn Street
Brooklyn, New York
More here
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Artist: Eduardo Tercero
Garfield Place
Brooklyn, New York
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Lexington Avenue
New York, New York
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Lexington Avenue
New York, New York
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Detail from Jean Shin’s glass subway mosaic, Elevated
Third Avenue and 63rd Street Station
New York City, New York
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Carmine Street
New York City, New York
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Detail from Jean Shin’s glass subway mosaic, Elevated
Third Avenue and 63rd Street Station
New York City, New York
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Rip Van Winkle mural
by Justin Guy Badenhorst
Tannersville Antiques Center,
Tannersville, New York
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Wonderfully soothing and endlessly fascinating, these hyper-realistic motion graphics from Swedish designer Andreas Wannerstedt are hypnotically engaging.
You can read about Wannerstedt and enjoy more of his work at https://www.andreaswannerstedt.se/
Thanks to YouTuber Hemant Sharma
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Nobuho Nagasawa’s “Nuke Cuisine: Cloud of Mushroom Soup,” at the Woodstock Artists Association Museum.
Woodstock, New York
More Nobuho Nagasawa at http://www.artnet.com/awc/nobuho-nagasawa.html
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And from a slightly shifted position, a few steps to the left (note the shadow as well):
“Doble Creu” by Carles Berga
Castell de Montjuic
Barcelona, Spain
See this video for more perspectives:
More at Carles Berga
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The magic words of Dante the Magician
New York Historical Society (from the David Copperfield collection)
New York, New York
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Union Square
New York, New York
But, as in the Anita Bryant song, they’re only artificial. Each rose is made from just two pieces of paper: one color for the flower and petals, and a green one for the leaves and stems. Worth looking at these as enlarged as you can get it.
Email at OrigamiRose@QQ.com (Leo)
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Underhill Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
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Lower East Side
New York, New York
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
