Keith “Maggie” Brown

  • ABE : Psychotic Robot Butler

    London filmmaker Rob McLellan;s straightforward short film ABE takes some heavy minutes out of Silence of the Lambs, speciifically where serial killer Buffalo Bill interacts with the girl in the well. The twist: gender enraged psychopath making a “girl dress” is… Continue reading

    ABE : Psychotic Robot Butler
  • Ripping Off of Young America: The College Loan Scandal

    Good investigative piece from Matt Taibbi and well worth your time. If you are not sure, just read these few paragraphs and decide if you can afford to not read the whole article. …How is this happening? It’s complicated. But… Continue reading

    Ripping Off of Young America: The College Loan Scandal
  • Most Exquisitely Weird Spiders | Wired Science

    Spiders are among the craftiest and most beautiful of arthropods, entirely undeserving of their maligned reputation. Some signal their presence with massive horns or brilliant colors, others attempt to blend into the scenery. Many spin intricate traps of sticky silk,… Continue reading

    Most Exquisitely Weird Spiders  | Wired Science
  • ▶ Happiness in life – YouTube

    Ajahn Brahm giving a Dharma talk in Bangkok. Related articles Just two small bricks (keithwaynebrown.com) Liberation Through Non-Clinging (keithwaynebrown.com) Whatever, Etc. 0026: Become Your Breathing (keithwaynebrown.com) Alan Watts on Waking Up (keithwaynebrown.com) Continue reading

    ▶ Happiness in life – YouTube
  • Amazing 19th-Century Illustrations of ‘The Divine Comedy’ – Flavorwire

    Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy holds an important place in the pantheon of world literature. Countless artists have been inspired by Dante’s allegorical, visionary work, which describes the Italian poet’s journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven. Perhaps the best-known artist… Continue reading

    Amazing 19th-Century Illustrations of ‘The Divine Comedy’ – Flavorwire
  • Autobiografia: Recluse of History | Saffronart Blog

    New York: The exhibition, Autobiografia: Recluse of History, is an intriguing group show of artists from different eras. Simplistic and powerful, it stimulates one’s historical chord through classic drawings of soldiers during World War I, with titles such as ‘le commencement… Continue reading

    Autobiografia: Recluse of History | Saffronart Blog
  • ▶ Cal Smith | Lord Knows I’m Drinkin’

    Cal Smith on the Porter Wagner Show in 1973. I love how the audience claps when he sings, “The Lord Knows I’m Drinkin’”… Amen. Related articles Three Days of Drinkin’ (sj-powers.com) Part 1: Songs You Should Hear (peacelovegreatcountrymusic.com)   Continue reading

    ▶ Cal Smith | Lord Knows I’m Drinkin’
  • Daodejing 10

    #10* Body and soul integrated as one. Inseparable? Concentrate Qì  [1] for suppleness. Baby-like? Wash and cleanse the profound mirror. [2] Never blemish? Love the people and govern a country. Do doing-without-doing (wěi-wú-wěi)? The door of heaven Opens and closes. Yielding? [3] Brilliantly perceive The… Continue reading

    Daodejing 10
  • Alphonse Mucha

    …Mucha produced a flurry of paintings, posters, advertisements, and book illustrations, as well as designs for jewelry, carpets, wallpaper, and theatre sets in what was termed initially The Mucha Style but became known as Art Nouveau (French for “new art”). Mucha’s works… Continue reading

    Alphonse Mucha
  • The Way We Talk | Louis C.K.

    Of course, NSFW.   Continue reading

    The Way We Talk | Louis C.K.
  • Gallery 17 August 2013

    Write text here… Related articles Gallery for Christopher (keithwaynebrown.com) Maxfield Parrish (keithwaynebrown.com) Ernst Fuchs (keithwaynebrown.com) Art Talk: MoMA’s Mea Culpa to Hopper and O’Keefe (wnyc.org) In the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo opened an interactive exhibition (photovide.com) MoMA Plans Ileana Sonnabend Show… Continue reading

    Gallery 17 August 2013
  • Restore Honor and Pardon Edward Snowden | The Nation

    …Julian Assange, no stranger to unrequited integrity, nailed it. “Today, the president of the United States validated Edward Snowden’s role as a whistleblower by announcing plans to reform America’s global surveillance program,” the WikiLeaks founder said in a statement posted… Continue reading

    Restore Honor and Pardon Edward Snowden | The Nation
  • Generation X gets really old: How do slackers have a midlife crisis? | Salon.com

    …There is a reason, says historian and generational expert Neil Howe, why members of Generation X have been cast as perpetual adolescents. Their parents – “the Silent Generation” – originated the stereotypical midlife breakdown, and they came of age, and… Continue reading

    Generation X gets really old: How do slackers have a midlife crisis? | Salon.com
  • Five hundred new fairytales discovered in Germany | Books | theguardian.com

    A whole new world of magic animals, brave young princes and evil witches has come to light with the discovery of 500 new fairytales, which were locked away in an archive in Regensburg, Germany for over 150 years. The tales… Continue reading

    Five hundred new fairytales discovered in Germany | Books | theguardian.com
  • And When You Lose Control: Drawing by Davit Yukhanyan

    Faith is Torment | the Art and Design Blog puts up a gallery of great interest: A drawing of a goat made of hundreds of smaller drawings. Click the jump to examine sections of the drawing and see what parts make… Continue reading

    And When You Lose Control: Drawing by Davit Yukhanyan
  • Capricious God Violently Shakes Ant Farm Day After Bestowing Orange Slices Upon Colony | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source

    APPLETON, WI—Less than 24 hours after their god bestowed two delicious orange slices upon them, local ants reported the capricious deity had picked up the entire ant farm in which they live and shaken it violently, leaving many to wonder… Continue reading

    Capricious God Violently Shakes Ant Farm Day After Bestowing Orange Slices Upon Colony | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
  • Things I’ll never be again | Zaphnath-Paaneah

    Some most excellent poetry from my beloved brother on the Way, Joseph Paul Carr. This is an exert; read the whole poem on his blog, just follow the link. Then spend some time looking around at his other works. …I… Continue reading

    Things I’ll never be again | Zaphnath-Paaneah
  • Io, a Changing Moon

    Like the downtown area of your favorite city and any self-respecting web site … Io‘s surface is constantly under construction. This moon of Jupiter holds the distinction of being the Solar System’s most volcanically active body — its bizarre looking… Continue reading

    Io, a Changing Moon