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Georgia O’Keeffe on her Art
Artist Georgia O’Keeffe at her home in New Mexico in 1977 . She was nearly 90 at the time and how she was inspired by the bones of dead animals. “I thought they didn’t know anything about America.”
Tag: Arts and Culture
Michelangelo’s Poem on Painting the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo on painting his masterpiece, the Sistine Chapel. A gifted poet as well as a sculptor and painter, he wrote energetically about despair, detailing with relish the unpleasant side of his work on the famous ceiling. The poem, in Italian, is an extended sonnet. The translation below is by the American … Continue reading
David Bowie
David Bowie Response to Early Fan Mail
“Nobody is going to make a monkey out of you…” David Bowie was just 20 years of age and yet to make a dent in the music scene when, in September of 1967, he received his first piece of fan mail from America. The fan in question was 14-year-old Sandra … Continue reading
Emma Thompson on Harvey Weinstein
Academy award winning actor Emma Thompson on Harvey Weinstein and the predatory culture of Hollywood. Thompson describes Weinstein as the top of the industry’s sexual harassment ladder.
Allen Ginsberg Reads “Howl”
On October 7, 1955, poet Alan Ginsberg reads his poem “Howl” at a poetry reading at Six Gallery in San Francisco. The poem was an immediate success that rocked the Beat literary world and set the tone for confessional poetry of the 1960s and later. Hear this recording of the … Continue reading
Monty Hall on the Monty Hall Math Problem
Hear Monty Hall on the famous math problem that came to be known as the Monty Hall Paradox. The answer, always change your answer. He also explains how the premise was something he never did on the show. Monty Hall died at 96 in 2017
Twyla Tharp on how she became a Choreographer
Twyla Tharp on how she became a choreographer. “I wanted to move,” she says. Twyla Tharp has choreographed more than one hundred thirty-five dances, five Hollywood movies,
Watch Will Ferrell Give the 2017 Commencement Address at USC
Watch actor Will Ferrell give an inspiring and hilarious commencement speech to the class of 2017 at the University of Southern California. The address culminates with a rousing rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”
Shakespeare’s Last Will and Testament
William Shakespeare’s last will and testament provides one of the richest surviving documents for understanding his familial and professional networks. The will names many of the important people in his life, including family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors, as well as describing specific pieces of personal property. The handwriting does not … Continue reading
Mary Tyler Moore
Ed Asner on Working with Mary Tyler Moore
Hear Ed Asner remember working with the great Mary Tyler Moore on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. “You’ve Got Spunk” he told her. Mary Tyler Moore died at the age of 80 in January 2017.
