The Virtues of Benjamin Franklin, The Upside of Shame, Art, etc.
In which, like Franklin, I let all your things have their places; let each part have its time.
🤘Happy Birthday to the late, great Joey Ramone.
🖼️ Yesterday at the East Lansing Art Festival, I and the chair of the Arts Commission had the honor of purchasing four pieces from the winner of this year’s People’s Choice Award, all of which will be on display at government buildings.
🌊 A brief history of Hokusai’s The Great Wave. “Hokusai created the woodblock print in 1831 at the age of 71 as part of his series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. But in some sense, he’d been working on it all of his life.”
🧑🎨 Where was the Mona Lisa painted? “Ann Pizzorusso says she has tracked down the background landscape of the world’s most famous painting.”
😇 From The Autobiography of Ben Franklin, thirteen virtues. “Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.”
📖 Finished, and would recommend, The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran. “To belittle, you have to be little.”
🙈 Can shame make you a better person? “Shame arises when we recognize a defect in our character. We might feel shame when we sell out in some way, Van Norden said, or when there’s a discrepancy between our moral standards and our actions.”
💾 The history of the emoji, dating back to 1979 (or maybe even 1965).
🥖 France has issued a scratch-and-sniff stamp that for some reason I want. “The celebration of French heritage in the run-up to the Paris Olympics was unveiled on the feast day of Saint Honoré, the patron saint of bakers.”
🧠 Neurons help flush waste out of brain during sleep. “Findings could lead to new approaches for Alzheimer’s, other neurological conditions.”
✌️ Talk to ya soon. Have a great week, and remember to keep the Hoping Machine running.
Love,
Luke
