Speed of Life

Bono joined David Remnick at the 2022 New Yorker Festival to talk about his new memoir, “Surrender.” “When I sang in U2, something got ahold of me,” Bono said. “And it made sense of me.” They discussed how the band almost ended because of the members’ religious faith, and how they navigated the Troubles as a bunch of young men from Dublin suddenly on the world stage. Bono shared a life lesson from Paul McCartney, and he opened up about the early death of his mother. “This wound in me just turned into this opening where I had to fill the hole with music,” Bono said. In the loss of a loved one, “there's sometimes a gift. The opening up of music came from my mother.”

もうすぐハロウィンということで、今年も江戸時代版ジャック・オー・ランタンをご紹介。歌川芳員が描いた「砂村の怨霊」というカボチャの妖怪です。砂村は現在の東京都江東区。カボチャの産地として知られていました。顔がカボチャの実。手足が葉と蔓でできているのにご注目。※現在展示していません。 pic.twitter.com/Q6DO7zS7HB — 太田記念美術館 Ota Memorial Museum of Art (@ukiyoeota) October 29, 2022 Halloween is coming up soon, so this year  the Ota Memorial Museum of Art shows us the Edo period version of the Jack-O-Lantern. It is a pumpkin monster called "Sunamura no Onryo" drawn by Yoshikazu Utagawa. Sunamura is present-day Koto Ward in Tokyo. It was known for producing pumpkins. The limbs are made of leaves and vines. 

We’ve come a long way, but the work isn’t done. Thanks for seeing us in Georgia, @BarackObama ! pic.twitter.com/XvGDmMqKq2 — Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) October 29, 2022 We deserve better, Georgia. And better is worth fighting for. Thank you President @BarackObama for reminding Georgians of our extraordinary power to change history and to make history. It’s time to get it done. pic.twitter.com/BaRG52XWZH — Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) October 29, 2022

To everyone celebrating the Festival of Lights here in the United States and around the world, happy Diwali! pic.twitter.com/0DPlOaqhMO — Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) October 24, 2022 This Diwali, may we remember that from darkness there is power in the gathering of light. That the American story depends not on any one of us, but on all of us. To those celebrating and connecting with one another during this festival of lights: Happy Diwali. pic.twitter.com/yrByVDXAvr — President Biden (@POTUS) October 24, 2022 Happy Diwali! In honor of the beginning of the Hindu New Year, scholar Lakshika Senarath Gamage offered her perspective on the design, construction, and use of the spectacular bronze oil lamps in the Fowler’s collection. Watch the video to learn more! https://t.co/0UFnL7qcaQ — Fowler Museum @ UCLA (@FowlerMuseum) October 25, 2022

Quite a loss - My thoughts on Peter Schjeldahl from April 2005 Speed of Life: Peter Schjeldahl at SFMOMA https://t.co/1gKhLJMePZ pic.twitter.com/C6oO1Mm6h3 — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) October 21, 2022 In 2005, during the Q&A after a lecture at SFMOMA, I asked Peter Schjeldahl about the place of beauty in contemporary art. Peter leaned forward and spoke from the heart." This is an important, if not controversial, question that I write about often. In the 60s and 70s in academia it was the forbidden word. A group of art historians could look up at the blue sky and and declare it a beautiful day on their way to a conference on contemporary art. But once in the doors of the conference room, beauty ceased to exist." Peter concluded by stating, "Art does not have to address beauty- to reach for beauty. But it sure is great if it does."

My Anna portrait hangs in my new house now -- but here's where she resided during my first few months in this beautiful, sometimes brutal city. She reminds me to hold on to my ferocity. I still love staring at her unflinching gaze, depicted by fellow SoCal resident @greggchadwick pic.twitter.com/fOG89TaI7k — Ailsa Chang (@ailsachang) October 19, 2022 Anna May Wong 36"x48"oil on linen painting by Gregg Chadwick Ailsa Chang Collection 

Honored that Saatchi Art has included my painting " A Walk With Obama " in their  New This Week 10-17-2022 collection.  Artworks  curated by Rebecca Wilson -  Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory A nice early birthday present which is upcoming on October 23rd.  Link at -  https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/New-This-Week-10-17-2022/153961/700687/view Direct Link at -  https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-A-Walk-With-Obama/25560/9700617/view Gregg Chadwick A Walk With Obama 30"x22" Gouache on Paper 2022 

Have a great weekend!

I am going to include here something I tweeted on the day of the attempted coup. I KNEW what I was watching on Jan 6 was an attempted coup. https://t.co/iGy0Hp75YY — HawaiiDelilah™ is a Citizen Patriot (@HawaiiDelilah) October 13, 2022 Schiff: Secret Service knew this was coming. On January 5, someone threatened to bring a sniper rifle, and SS knew there were "quick reaction forces" in case Trump invoked the Insurrection Act. #HATH — Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@HC_Richardson) October 13, 2022 The January 6th committee shows a text from Kylie Kremer to Mike Lindell indicating awareness, days before the attack, of Trump’s plan to send the crowd to the Supreme Court/Capitol after his speech. — southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 13, 2022 NEW: “Their plan is to literally kill people. Please please take this tip seriously and investigate further.” — tip about the Proud Boys received by the FBI and relayed to Secret Service in the days before the Jan. 6 ...

Connor Chee - Pathways (from Scenes from Dinétah) | Navajo Piano Chee’s piece is inspired by the traditional Navajo practice of running east toward the rising sun in the morning. The tradition is rooted in the Diné belief that a healthy life path is guided by balance, spirituality, and community.

U2 - October (Paris 2015 Live)

Fun new Springsteen cover of a Northern Soul classic by Frank Wilson! Turn it up!  Bruce Springsteen’s new studio album, a collection of fifteen soul music greats titled  Only The Strong Survive , will be released by Columbia Records on November 11. Featuring lead vocals by Springsteen,  Only The Strong Survive  celebrates soul music gems from the legendary catalogues of Motown, Gamble and Huff, Stax and many more. This 21st studio album from Bruce Springsteen will also feature guest vocals by Sam Moore, as well as contributions from The E Street Horns, full string arrangements by Rob Mathes, and backing vocals by Soozie Tyrell, Lisa Lowell, Michelle Moore, Curtis King Jr., Dennis Collins and Fonzi Thornton.  Bruce Springsteen commented: “I wanted to make an album where I just sang. And what better music to work with than the great American songbook of the Sixties and Seventies? I’ve taken my inspiration from Levi Stubbs, David Ruffin, Jimmy Ruffin, the Icem...

Turn it up tomorrow, September 29th at 10:00 AM ET! 📻 pic.twitter.com/uvu93rgGAo — Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) September 28, 2022  

  by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick A Walk With Obama 30"x22"gouache on monotype on paper 2022 When in high school, I would often visit the Phillips Collection in Washington DC. I felt at home in DC. We were in NOVA because my dad was stationed at Headquarters Marine Corps in Arlington, Virginia.  During World War II, artist Richard Diebenkorn also served in the Marine Corps. From 1943 until 1945, he was stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. During that time, Diebenkorn often visited the Phillips Collection in Washington DC.  I went to art school at UCLA as an undergraduate, searching for the spirit of Diebenkorn who had taught there in the 1960s. I didn’t meet Diebenkorn at UCLA, but I did eventually move to San Francisco after graduate school at NYU — perhaps in an artistic search for clues left by the Bay Area Figurative movement that Diebenkorn helped engender. As his health failed, Diebenkorn painted less but continued to create etchings at Crown Point ...

On this day artist Mark Rothko was born in 1903 (and my Dad in 1929) Honored that Saatchi Art has included my painting "The Music of Time"in their Rothko inspired collection - "Color Field Paintings Inspired by Mark Rothko" Erin Remington writes- "Turning away from the gestural motions characteristic of action painting, Mark Rothko focused on formal elements of his work—color, depth, shape, and scale—creating large swathes of luminous color known as color field painting. Meet the contemporary artists exploring this iconic style." 50 Artworks curated by Erin Remington Manager of Art Advisory & Curation at Saatchi Art Gregg Chadwick The Music of Time 40"x30" oil on linen  Link at -  https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Color-Field-Paintings-Inspired-by-Mark-Rothko/1586325/697695/view Direct Link at - https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-The-Music-of-Time/25560/1502343/view #art   #contemporarypainting   #MarkRothko   #HappyBirthday   #B...

As David Corn says: "Happy Birthday to  @springsteen Thanks for the decades of music and inspiration Bruce.  This is one of my favorite outtakes:"

by Gregg Chadwick I do remember the 21st night of September. September is one of my favorite Earth, Wind & Fire songs and of course resonates with me on this date every year. Seeing Earth, Wind & Fire at the Capitol Center in Landover, Maryland was one of the most memorable musical events during my high school years in the Virginia suburbs of Washington DC. A friend's father had season tickets for the venue and graciously let his daughter take a group of friends along to the concert. It was the Bicentennial Summer of '76. A sense of possibility and freedom filled the arena that August night and mixed with the funky smell of parsley cut weed. The Emotions, a soulful sister trio from Chicago opened the night with songs from their album Flowers . Their huge hit Best of My Love would arrive the next year. But that night belonged to Earth, Wind & Fire. They opened their show with their band name spelled out in lights above the stage. A synthesizer riff offset with mock ...

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TODAY Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden host Barack Obama and Michelle Obama for the unveiling of their official White House portraits. VP Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff also attend. 1:30pm Eastern, 10:30am Pacific.   Here is Aaron Shikler's famous (1969) portrait of JFK, commissioned by Jackie. Poignantly it is reported that six years after his assassination, she found it painful to look at direct images of his face. Note that by her request, he is looking down and away from the viewer. pic.twitter.com/4cukayTuNh — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 7, 2022 One of best White House portraits -- Theodore Roosevelt, 1903 -- by one of most commanding artists of the time, John Singer Sargent, based on brief sittings by the President. Predictably TR loved his heroic portrayal. pic.twitter.com/CDvGGyG43D — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 7, 2022 The official White House portrait of President Barack Obama, by Robert McCurdy...

  Gregg Chadwick "I Canti (The Cantos)" 80"x50"oil on linen Private Collection San Francisco I was glad to read that in the latest polling 71% of Americans now approve of labor unions. In the United States the union-busting Republican Party created state "right to work" laws to destroy America's private sector unions, and thus, much of the American middle class. Now, we are fighting back as Union membership grows across the country. From Starbucks on, 2022 has been a great year for unions. In 2022 unions won 641 elections — the most in nearly 20 years, according to data from Bloomberg Law, which analyzes National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) data. As the grandson of a truck driver, a railroad engineer, and a nurse - labor and union life have been themes in my family. I like to reflect on these issues in my art as well. Prints Available at - https://www.saatchiart.com/.../Paintin.../25560/1290701/view #laborday   #labordayweekend   #happylaborday   #Lab...

16 year old  Shane Hawkins honored his late father Taylor Hawkins by sitting at his dad's drum kit and pounding away during a rousing performance of  the Foo Fighters' “My Hero” with lead singer Dave Grohl during the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London.   #taylorhawkinstribute ❤️ Dave Grohl and Shane Hawkins at  the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London

I’m heading to Philadelphia to make a major speech on the soul of the nation. Join me right here at 8 PM ET. pic.twitter.com/DhaAG0f2vP — President Biden (@POTUS) September 1, 2022 Biden's right. Election '22 is about the battle for the soul of the nation. He's set the terms of the fight tonight as only a @POTUS can do & in circumstances like this must do. Making his case, he demonstrated what a US leader can be & how that contrasts w/the MAGA alternative. — David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) September 2, 2022   "Empathy fuels democracy,” President Joe Biden #BidenSpeech — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) September 2, 2022 This is true. https://t.co/zAKlDao9NO — Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) September 2, 2022 The MAGA GOP will no doubt call Biden's speech divisive but it was the opposite. He sought to unify the vast American majority to stand up to the ugly, loud minority that is a threat to all we stand for. It's the kind of stand against fasci...

“Those who do not read will have lived only one life at the age of 70: their own. The reader will have lived 5000 years: there was when Cain killed Abel, when Renzo married Lucia, when Leopardi admired the infinite ... because reading is a backward immortality " ~ Umberto Eco https://t.co/W7bz5MQruA — Paul Holdengraber (@holdengraber) August 31, 2022 "Carpe Librum (Maastricht)", 48”x36”, oil on Belgian linen, 2021  Collection of Dani Durkin and Dave Lowther, Brentwood, California   

#RIP Mikhail Gorbachev- This ad from has a whole new historical meaning after Pizza Hut closed shop in Russia this year following Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine. We mourn the passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, a man whose openness changed the course of human history. He never lost faith in the transformative power of engagement and dialogue and his life is a powerful reminder of all that can be achieved when we make those ideals a reality. — Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) August 31, 2022

  Forty-three million people will be eligible for loan relief under the Biden-Harris Administration’s student loan debt plan. And, nearly forty-five percent of those borrowers will have their loans fully cancelled. Watch as @SecCardona   explains. Frequently Asked Questions: How do I know if I am eligible for debt cancellation? To be eligible, your annual income must have fallen below $125,000 (for individuals) or $250,000 (for married couples or heads of households) If you received a Pell Grant in college and meet the income threshold, you will be eligible for up to $20,000 in debt cancellation. If you did not receive a Pell Grant in college and meet the income threshold, you will be eligible for up to $10,000 in debt cancellation. What does the “up to” in “up to $20,000” or “up to $10,000” mean? Your relief is capped at the amount of your outstanding debt. For example: If you are eligible for $20,000 in debt relief, but have a balance of $15,000 remaining, you will only re...

Wow! An inspiring and informative video breakdown of Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A" with the legendary Bob Clearmountain and Jack Conte & Ryan Lerman. I love how they discuss the spatial and emotional sounds in the mixing process. Great stuff! Jack Conte & Ryan Lerman describe this episode: " Ryan and I get to visit his PRIVATE home studio in LA to listen to and dissect the multitrack for @Bruce Springsteen 's "Born in the U.S.A." Our channel is all about reacting to the original artwork of some amazing musicians. You should check out the original pieces of music below to get the full picture of the greatness we are reacting to."" You can find them here; @Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPhWR... ------------------------------------- Please leave us a comment below and tell us what you would like us to react to. Before we film episodes we ask the Scary Pockets Discord and Patreon member...