some quick notes
1.
you may have read about this already (i know alex and bess did, haha), but social theorist david harvey is currently posting video documentation of an entire course he teaches on marx's capital:
http://davidharvey.org/
i've been considering reading capital anyway lately. i try to read one big, intimidating book a year (more or less). maybe capital will be this year's moby dick? i might use harvey's project as the catalyst to actually do it. it's one of those books that seems insurmountable without a classroom to support it, and a cyber-classroom has apparently arrived.
if anyone else thinks this is a good idea, i'm considering setting up some kind of cyber-reading group? nothing too heavy-duty, maybe an email correspondence or a yahoo group or something (maybe even an lj community)? i read harvey's a brief history of neoliberalism about three months back and found it compelling. anyway, comment or email me at danschank at gmail dot com if you're into this. i probably won't start the actual reading for a week or two though.
2.
i started teaching for the first time in about 7 years yesterday and i'm really enjoying it. i was in a thrift store today picking up stuff for a still life i'm making tomorrow, and i came across this beautiful promotional picture book about albert lamorisse's the red balloon. 99 cents. i love thrift stores.
3.
political boy wonder ezra klein just posted an interesting chart from the center for arms control and non-proliferation comparing the american and iranian military infrastructures. as you might guess, it makes the current war-mongering sound ridiculous.
4.
google blog search makes it really easy to download obscure records all day long. good thing i have steady work to distract me.
5.
the gallery in milwaukee that's showing my paintings just posted an online tour of the show, and video interviews with me and the other artist (elizabeth ann lopez). the conversation in the interview comes right out of the artist's statement some of you have been helping me with (btw, you are all AWESOME for giving me advice). i love the idea of video interviews-- and i'm glad to do it-- but watching myself on quicktime makes me really self-conscious! anyway, to the 75% of you who've never heard my voice or seen me move around or wondered how many times a person can say "umm..." in one sentence, the link above is your chance.
you may have read about this already (i know alex and bess did, haha), but social theorist david harvey is currently posting video documentation of an entire course he teaches on marx's capital:
http://davidharvey.org/
i've been considering reading capital anyway lately. i try to read one big, intimidating book a year (more or less). maybe capital will be this year's moby dick? i might use harvey's project as the catalyst to actually do it. it's one of those books that seems insurmountable without a classroom to support it, and a cyber-classroom has apparently arrived.
if anyone else thinks this is a good idea, i'm considering setting up some kind of cyber-reading group? nothing too heavy-duty, maybe an email correspondence or a yahoo group or something (maybe even an lj community)? i read harvey's a brief history of neoliberalism about three months back and found it compelling. anyway, comment or email me at danschank at gmail dot com if you're into this. i probably won't start the actual reading for a week or two though.
2.
i started teaching for the first time in about 7 years yesterday and i'm really enjoying it. i was in a thrift store today picking up stuff for a still life i'm making tomorrow, and i came across this beautiful promotional picture book about albert lamorisse's the red balloon. 99 cents. i love thrift stores.
3.
political boy wonder ezra klein just posted an interesting chart from the center for arms control and non-proliferation comparing the american and iranian military infrastructures. as you might guess, it makes the current war-mongering sound ridiculous.
4.
google blog search makes it really easy to download obscure records all day long. good thing i have steady work to distract me.
5.
the gallery in milwaukee that's showing my paintings just posted an online tour of the show, and video interviews with me and the other artist (elizabeth ann lopez). the conversation in the interview comes right out of the artist's statement some of you have been helping me with (btw, you are all AWESOME for giving me advice). i love the idea of video interviews-- and i'm glad to do it-- but watching myself on quicktime makes me really self-conscious! anyway, to the 75% of you who've never heard my voice or seen me move around or wondered how many times a person can say "umm..." in one sentence, the link above is your chance.