annagrama

Mar 31

“Art is responded to with emotion … and the best art is music — that’s the highest form of art. It’s completely abstract, and we make about eight times as much response to music than any of the other arts.”

Agnes Martin on music.

Happy Birthday, Agnes Martin: The Iconic Painter on Art, Solitude, and the Secret of Happiness | Brain Pickings

Jan 15

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In week two of The Reconstructionists, the yearlong illustrated celebration of world-changing women continues with Sister Rosetta Tharpe – gospel music’s first superstar; the godmother of rock and roll; “the original soul sister.”