Art & Design Entropy | 30 Apr 2010
This post is for my friend Nimesh, an exceptional connoisseur of Art & wines. As such Art & Wine have always shared a special relationship.. Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, one of Italy’s preeminent wine producers, brings the estate’s special art series, Vendemmia d’Artista, to the U.S. The series celebrates the character of each new vintage of Ornellaia, [...]
My virtual friend and gifted photographer Marie Ancolie introduced me to charming world of Russian poet Vera Pavlova and suggested to share her work on Entropy… If There is Something to Desire- is the first full collection of her poetry is published in English. The collection is translated by her husband Steven Seymour. I broke [...]
Architecture & Design &Books Entropy | 23 Apr 2010
“If nature has commanded that of all the animals, infancy shall last longest in human beings—it is because nature knows how many rivers there are to cross and paths to retrace. Nature provides time for mistakes to be corrected (by both children and adults), for prejudices to overcome, and for children to catch their breath [...]
Nat King Cole: An Incandescent Voice. Everyone knows about Nat King Cole the magisterial singer, but the popular vocalist first came to prominence in the jazz community as an inventive pianist and group stylist. Possessing a gorgeous touch, unerring taste, melodic imagination and a harmonic and rhythmic approach that hinted at the forthcoming innovations of [...]
Economic Behaviour &Globalisation Entropy | 19 Apr 2010
This is an evocative essay by Stuart Kauffman a respected author, experimental and theoretical biologist, on senseless lunacy of money & greed. Makes us wonder, what kind of a society we exist in, who makes the rules and how one makes money, without really earning it … How powerless & helpless we have become as [...]
Books &Globalisation Entropy | 15 Apr 2010
Today, local economies are being destroyed by the “pluralistic,” displaced, global economy, which has no respect for what works in a locality. The global economy is built on the principle that one place can be exploited, even destroyed, for the sake of another place. —Wendell Berry Wish to share – A timeless meditation on art [...]