Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the Russian writer and philosopher, once said that “thinking too much is a disease.” It’s an idea that strikes me as quite profound. Dostoyevsky knew this well, facing […]
Category: The Arts Adventurer
Jesus and the U.S. Mail
I saw this mailbox in Santa Fe, and it made me curious – what is the meaning of this? Is Jesus delivering the U.S. mail? Is his appearance on […]
More on Palm Trees in Wildwood, NJ
I think there has been a misunderstanding on a previous post where I asked the question: “Why all the fake palm trees in Wildwood, NJ?” There has been a […]
Why all the fake palm trees in Wildwood, NJ?
I was in Wildwood, NJ at the Jersey Shore last week, and something grabbed my attention and made me wonder: why are there so many fake palm trees in […]
Fun fact about the Grand Canyon
I was reading a story today about a guy who went back to the Grand Canyon years after visiting as a child, and it made me think back to my […]
Transform a farm town into an arts town?
I was in Gladbrook, Iowa, over the weekend, to attend the 100th Anniversary of the Corn Carnival. My grandmother used to live in Gladbrook, and prior to moving into town, […]
Finding beauty in a garbage dumpster
When I was in Boulder, Colorado last week, I was walking around near Broadway and Pleasant Street when I noticed a garbage dumpster (below left), with some sort of multi-colored […]
Egyptian hieroglyphs and symbols
I have a new “arts adventure” posted on the site, featuring unusual art in the front window of a dry cleaner in Maplewood, NJ, including the Egyptian eye and […]
Street art on street signs in Paris
On my trip to Paris some time ago, I really enjoyed all of the street art that I saw throughout the city. One popular target seemed to be street signs, […]
An art installation with meaning? Or just decoration?
I was walking down Main Street in Cold Spring when I noticed this hanging on a small tree: I didn’t see any identification of whether an artist put it there, […]