Modern art is Cool?

Currently I am trying to figure out who my favorite artist is. I think it is important to have favorites of things, because in many ways they help define you. So, I am delving into the thousands of years worth of art and trying to figure out what I enjoy the most. Today I spent some time with good old modern art and found a lot of stuff that I like.  Here is a random selection:

 Franz Kline

Alberto Giacometti

Salvador Dali

Pablo Picasso

Ad Reinhardt

Otto Dix

Man Ray

Piet Mondrian

Constantin Brancusi

Jacob Epstein

František Kupka

The Take Away Shows - LA BLOGOTHEQUE

I have been lost in this site ever since I found it.  It's just has movies of tons of incredible bands, most that I have never heard of, playing live in random places around the world.  I haven't listened to anything that I don't like yet and the filming is interesting and beautiful.  Be warned if you are busy don't click on the link or you will be sucked in.

The Take Away Shows

Vampire Weekend VS Miike Snow - The Kids Don't Stand A Chance

Ivo Mayr

I really want to go take pictures after looking at these.  This first one is by far my favorite. 

Anonymous and Great

I like!

Thought of You - by Ryan Woodward

I like this animation and this song a lot.

Sam Richards: A radical experiment in empathy

The casualties of war and a tribute to mothers.

George Lucas

"You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don't have that kind of feeling for what it is you are doing, you'll stop at the first giant hurdle.”

P.S.  I just stole this from a friends blog.  Good find Quinn.

8 places I would like to visit RIGHT NOW!

I don't know that I can put them in any specific order, but here they are:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

London, England

Paris, France

Rome, Italy

Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia

Cape Town, South Africa

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Taj Mahal, India

Others places include Spain, Turkey, Egypt, Thailand, Venice, Peru, and really, let's be honest, everywhere. (Maybe we can exclude Idaho and some other really cold places)