Speed of Life

Thursday's #WorldPoetryDay is a chance to celebrate the unique ability of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind: https://t.co/qiPMlAy0g9 pic.twitter.com/LtxL3Ksanp — United Nations (@UN) March 21, 2019

Gregg Chadwick The River Dreams 16"x11" oil on linen 2009 I learned tonight about the death of  W.S. Merwin. I had a chance to chat briefly with W.S. Merwin after his wonderful reading at the Hammer Museum on October 29, 2009. We spoke of elephants and mystery and nature. Inspiring memories. The poems of W. S. Merwin’s mature career were often Delphic, haunted, and bleak. They seemed to have been delivered unto him, and he transcribed them by lightning flash. https://t.co/Z4biUog5VT — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) March 17, 2019 More on W.S. Merwin: W.S. Merwin Profile Paul Holdengraber In Conversation with W.S. Merwin Poem for Merwin 

VIDEO: @JohnLegend performed Bridge Over Troubled Water at the #GRAMMYsAretha celebration! pic.twitter.com/98rpGUhHGR — Opinionated Me (@opinion8dmecom) March 11, 2019

View this post on Instagram "you have to really look..." 👀#DavidHockney ahead of his exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum that pairs 120 works by the British artist in dialogue with those by Vincent van Gogh. On view March 1 - May 26, 2019⁣⠀ -⁣⠀ #Repost from @vangoghmuseum⁣⠀ David Hockney on his exhibition that opens this Friday at the Van Gogh Museum: Hockney – Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature. #HockneyVanGogh #davidhockney⁣⠀ A post shared by L.A. Louver (@lalouver) on Feb 26, 2019 at 3:16pm PST via lalouver "you have to really look..."  👀 # DavidHockney  ahead of his exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum that pairs 120 works by the British artist in dialogue with those by Vincent van Gogh. On view March 1 - May 26, 2019⁣⠀ -⁣⠀ # Repost  from @vangoghmuseum⁣⠀ David Hockney on his exhibition that opens this Friday at the Van Gogh Museum: Hockney – Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature.  # HockneyVanGogh #...

Please learn about the real Green Book. https://t.co/9WjGP0HcYW — Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 25, 2019 "Every time someone's driving somebody I lose," Spike Lee backstage at #Oscars — Jessica Gelt (@jessicagelt) February 25, 2019 For anyone who may be interested in what the Green Book actually was, here is a link to more information about this act of resistance and source of love and survival for many African-Americans. It started with Victor Hugo Green. #OSCARS https://t.co/gdFp1mekub pic.twitter.com/9WkeInv2fd — Ava DuVernay (@ava) February 25, 2019 The Green Book saved lives. It made travel (slightly) easier for black people. It showed what hotels were safe, what roads we could travel, and where we were likely to die. For that to be turned into a story that "starts" with Viggo is a slap in the face. #Oscars https://t.co/9nqPpOfZHn — Krystina Arielle 🦖 (@KrystinaArielle) February 25, 2019

By Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick Bookseller's Night oil on linen 2019      I lift three brushes wet with paint. Each brush holds its own hue- ultramarine blue, glowing amber, and a cool black. Airborne Toxic Event’s “Sometime AroundMidnight” plays on headphones tethered to my iPhone. The room spins like the song. I almost dance as each brush moves across the linen. Wet paint slurred into wet paint. I search for the light in the dark in a painterly chase through the night. I paint in a refurbished airplane hangar, the night glowing darkly through the skylights above me. Alone in a vast space, my thoughts travel back to years of painting at night: from a loft in SoHo during New York’s “Bright Lights Big City” years, to a small makeshift space in Tokyo, to a studio in a reconfigured office building on a block of San Francisco’s Market Street that Edward Hopper would have appreciated, to now in a building at an airfield where a fak...

Must Watch! Wonderful performance by Gary Clark Jr last night on Saturday Night Live.

by Gregg Chadwick Bruno Ganz as the angel Damiel in Wim Wender's Classic Film  Wings of Desire Bruno Ganz  has died at 77 leaving us with a rich legacy.  The Swiss film actor played numerous iconic roles over the years from an angel longing for human love in Wings of Desire to Hitler facing imminent defeat in Downfall .  The New York Times reports that Bruno died at his home in Zurich.  Bruno Ganz  left his mark on Berlin in Wender's  Wings of Desire .  Painters, writers, and filmmakers from Max Beckmann to Christopher Isherwood to Wim Wenders have created visions of Berlin that still guide us across the city's potent memoryscape.   Gregg Chadwick The Angel of History 29"x73" oil and sumi on Japanese screen In honor of Bruno, I am posting my oil and ink on screen painting The Angel of History   inspired by the writings of Walter Benjamin.  Benjamin wrote: "This is how one pictures the angel of history. His face i...

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St. Vincent & Dua Lipa share the stage for mashup performance of their respective songs, 'Masseduction' and 'One Kiss.'

Time for a Bear Break!

Hey Folks - fans of @michaelmcdermot , @peterhimmelman , Peter Gabriel or @springsteen ? Martyn Joseph's music is the real deal. Enjoy! https://t.co/QceqxHmXjz — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) February 7, 2019 Our voices are powerful. Our voices are crucial to the climate conversation. Do not underestimate us. #ThisIsZeroHour https://t.co/MfJamnFXxT — Zero Hour (@ThisIsZeroHour) February 7, 2019