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WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE COULD BE Things I’m wondering about. Annette Nugent June 4, 2014. “I’ve learned from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush – that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value.
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WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE COULD BEThings I’m wondering about Annette Nugent June 4, 2014
“I’ve learned from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush – that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about it.” Banksy
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“Children who play sport….” ..reduce the risk of frailty in old age ..are less likely to drop out ..get higher grades ..are 73% more likely to get a college degree ..earn more in later life ..show higher rates of self esteem ..are less likely to be overweight / depressed / smoke / have unwanted teenage pregnancies (!)
“Charity board members seek greater regulation” – Irish Times, Jan 2014 “Charities hit by backlash to Rehab pay scandal” – Herald.ie, May 2014 “Archbishop Martin calls for transparency in the charity sector – Irish Times, May 2014 “Charity sector particularly vulnerable to hiring unsuitable leaders” – Geraldine Kilbride, LSE June 2014
“humanity has aspired to elevation and desired to be free from alienation of and subjugation to gravity… this physical and existential dialectic, which is in a permanent oscillation between height and willful falling, drives us to explore the limits of balance.” From “international art english” By Alix Rule & David Levine