Word: everydayness
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...history professor now teaching at Brandeis University named David H. Fischer wrote a book called Historians’ Fallacies. Though written by a historian, the book doesn’t cover any history (except by way of critique). Instead, Fischer categorizes the fallacious arguments historians make everyday into a few pages of easy-to-avoid mistakes. I don’t claim to hold even the weakest candle to Professor Fischer, but I’ve found that two of his fallacies rear their ugly heads everyday as Americans—conservatives, liberals, alike—attempt to clarify their...
...artists and rising stars," says Rump, and "offers an interesting and varied view on the contemporary art scene." tel: [49-30] 32 41 591; www.galerie-schultz.de KIOSKSHOP BERLIN Rump calls German artist H.N. Semjon's "Product Sculptures" a "completely crazy but very sensual exhibition." This permanent, privately funded installation shows everyday articles like milk cartons and newspapers preserved inside a thin layer of transparent beeswax. As the objects can be purchased, the venue is both gallery and shop. Says Rump of Semjon: "He wants to slow down in a [fast] modern society and replace the simple usage of objects with artistic...
...KIOSKSHOP BERLIN Rump calls German artist H.N. Semjon's "Product Sculptures" a "completely crazy but very sensual exhibition." This permanent, privately funded installation shows everyday articles like milk cartons and newspapers preserved inside a thin layer of transparent beeswax. As the objects can be purchased, the venue is both gallery and shop. Says Rump of Semjon: "He wants to slow down in a [fast] modern society and replace the simple usage of objects with artistic purity." tel: (49-30) 78 41 291; www.kioskshopberlin.de
...Both women are in their eighties and survived their dearly beloved husbands. Their children live hundreds of miles away, and though they speak with them often, they can’t help feeling mostly cut off from their families and histories. Happiness sometimes creeps into the loneliness of the everyday, but the latter is their most prevalent emotional state. “It was a different life,” my grandmother’s friend, Masha, confided over our shakily poured cups of tea. “You can’t understand. You’ll never...
...being charmed by getting something for free.” In all, Hindley estimates that 100 copies made their way to popular establishments throughout Harvard Square. Hindley expanded her marketing scope by having a friend “put one copy on the Red Line everyday on his way to work...