Draw Something, Picasso-style

What I like about the mobile app/game Draw Something isn’t the game. As a game it doesn’t make a lot of sense. Should I try to make it hard for my opponent to guess what I’m drawing? If I make it too hard, he won’t guess, and then neither of us gets a point. But …

Don’t know what it is, but I know what I like

What is it about art that makes us hate art lovers so very much? It’s easy enough to love artists themselves, particularly artists who can convey emotion beautifully on the canvas but who struggle to express simple thoughts in conversation. I like that over-abstracting flavor of awkwardness in a person. What I don’t like is …

Kristen Hersh and CASH Music

Radiohead have received a lot of media attention recently regarding the "pay what you want" release of their newest album. But other artists have also been exploring alternative ways for fans and listeners to help support creative endeavor. Kristen Hersh, whom you may know as a member of Throwing Muses, is one of the founding …

Live blogging the 24 Hour Creative Marathon

From 8pm tonight to 8pm Saturday is the 24 Hour Creative Marathon 2 at Creative Treehouse, Bellevue, PA. I’m going to be here for as much of the event as I can handle. Let me tell you all about it. (Updates will be on top, so read from the bottom if you’re just starting.) 8:30am: …

A Picasso at the City Theatre

1. I have two Picassos. Of course they are reproductions, and small ones at that, little prints in beat-up frames. My grad school roommate Sharon gave them to me — she found them in an antique shop. They depict two harlequins, one on a horse and one with a black mask in hand. The one …