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I had jury duty this past week and entertained myself during breaks by learning about the art and architecture of the Missoula County Courthouse.
Rafael Chacon’s book, “The Original Man: The Life and Work of Montana Architect A.J. Gibson,” is probably the ultimate resource on the courthouse design. . . . → Read More: Courthouse Christmas “The Greeks had two words for time: kairos and chronos, each with a distinct meaning. “Kairos referred to time in the moment — it’s often used synonomyously with ‘opportunity.’ Kairos is now. Chronos, in contrast, meant time in the longest sense: eternal, ongoing time. Though it’s a word that’s disappeared from common usage, . . . → Read More: Kairos and Chronos Three years ago, I wrote a post about the California Street Bridge graffiti wall in Missoula. That brief post engendered a interesting conversation in the comments thread between myself and a couple of local graffiti artists. It was particularly fascinating to me because I was taking an Art Appreciation class at the time. . . . → Read More: ‘Patia Wuz Here, ’08′: Is Graffiti Art? When I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2004, I took a picture of what I could only describe as an unusual mermaid. Then, last March, a well-educated friend of mine, Kelly, emailed me the following: Back in the medieval world, a mermaid with a split tail showed up frequently on Romanesque . . . → Read More: Call Of The Siren: The Female Body Then And Now |
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