SEVEN KNOT WIND // KEVIN TOWNSEND: Archive

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Feb 28th

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Feb 28th

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Feb 28th

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Still contemplating William Kentridge's words...

last night as he accepted his award, Kentridge spoke about why he makes art— He describes the act of making a compulsion to do or say something that denies rational thought and and truth. Having learned the art Of debate at young age Kentridge became comfortable seeing both sides of an argument and gained confidence in expressing both sides equally regardless of his own thoughts. The crowd...

Feb 27th

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“We learn to see and speak, as children, primarily by imitation. The artist is...”

– Ursula K. Le Guin - The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction (HarperCollins, 1989). (via literary-labyrinth)

Feb 27th

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Feb 26th

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Feb 26th

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Feb 26th

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Feb 26th

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Tumbling infrequently this week

I’m teaching a 30 hour drawing intensive this week in addition to my normal printmaking & art history course load… Fun but exhausting and consuming leaving me almost no time for indulgences like Tumblr. More next week. 7KN.WND.

Feb 22nd

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Feb 22nd

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Feb 19th

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“The masters of information have forgotten about poetry, where words may have a...”

– J.M. Coetzee; Diary of a Bad Year (via wordpainting)

Feb 19th

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Feb 18th

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shadowcasting-deactivated201106 asked: Greetings ~
I live in Houston Tx. and am quite spoiled by living a ten minute walk
from the following :
http://www.menil.org/
http://www.menil.org/collection/CyTwomblyInDepth.php
very much worth a visit.

Feb 17th

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