Speed of Life

It’s World Health Day, and we owe a profound debt of gratitude to all our medical professionals. They’re still giving their all for us every day, at great risk to themselves, and we can’t thank them enough for their bravery and their service. — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 7, 2020 On this #WorldHealthDay , I want to thank all the healthcare workers on the frontlines who have been risking their lives for us. I hope you’ll join me in expressing gratitude to the healthcare workers in your life. Let's show them how appreciated they are! pic.twitter.com/ceTAzoWJIe — Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) April 7, 2020

Yes, patients do recover from #COVID19 #ARDS . And yes, my #ICU team does do an #extubation dance every time we liberate someone from a #Ventilator . #ARDSAvengers #coronavirus #bestteamever @uclaimchiefs @UCLAHealth @atscommunity @GiladJaffe @HungryDes @NoCoughEng pic.twitter.com/axgV7pOTXU — Nida Qadir, MD (@NidaQadirMD) April 6, 2020 Inspiring post from UCLA physician Nida Qadir, MD @NidaQadirMD Yes, patients do recover from # COVID19 # ARDS . And yes, my # ICU team does do an # extubation dance every time we liberate someone from a # Ventilator . # ARDSAvengers # coronavirus # bestteamever @ uclaimchiefs @ UCLAHealth @ atscommunity @ GiladJaffe @ HungryDes @ NoCoughEng

by Gregg Chadwick Frequent readers know that I enjoy the wit and  erudition  of Tyler Green. His Modern Art Notes Podcast is always worth a listen. The latest episode, embedded above, features  art historian  William E. Wallace   and curator   Julian Brooks. Wallace discusses his latest book - “Michelangelo, God’s Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece.” Wallace's new book is available on Bookshop .   Tyler writes :"The book offers a rich and lively biographical examination of the last two decades of Michelangelo’s life, a period when he became the architect of St. Peter’s Basilica and other buildings, even as he continued to sculpt and draw."  Michelangelo The Florentine Pietà  1547-55 Wallace's discussion of Michelangelo's late  Pietàs is exceptionally interesting. These are two of my favorite sculptural works by Michelangelo because of their incomplete nature.  Michelang...

Inspiring lecture by Charles Ritchie - artist, and former associate curator, department of modern prints and drawings,  at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The National Gallery writes: "In this lecture held on October 27, 2019, in conjunction with the month-long Sketching is Seeing program at the National Gallery of Art, Charles Ritchie presents varied approaches to collecting ideas. For example, do artists fill a sketchbook from front to back or do they open it to an empty space and begin working? Does writing accompany the drawings and how might it relate to the images? Are the drawings and/or writings employed for developing skill, or are they compost for the creation of other works, or does the book document completed works? Using his experience as a keeper of a sketchbook/journal, Ritchie explores the creative practices of some of his favorite artists including Isabel Bishop, Paul Cézanne, Eugène Delacroix, Alberto Giacometti, and Edward Hopper, among others,...

Wow!

In 2018, I was in Montreal following the trail of Leonard Cohen. Two years later in the midst of our global pandemic, Nina Simone's version of Cohen's "Suzanne" strikes me deep in my soul.