Nothing like a little grace to brighten a person’s day, and Alondra de la Parra does it for me today. Some call her enthusiastic, others say she’s passionate. I think she’s simply beautiful. “When I was a kid I said, ‘If I’m not an old man with white hair, I can’t be a conductor’. But…
Artist: Cai Guo-Qiang. | Interview I was introduced to this dramatic installation 4 years ago, and have never stopped admiring it ever since. It is beautiful, odd, and all round inspiring. Exhibited in Berlin, New York, Bilbao, Singapore, and now Brisbane, this year 2006 installation has 99 life-sized stuffed wolves barrel into a glass wall. They…
It is a beautiful thing to listen to a song that not only captures the appreciation of a music lover but also of one that appreciates spoken words and literature. This is sometimes rare to find in music: a song that accentuates experiences or feelings that are essentially impossible to label otherwise. I like Imogen Heap‘s Half Life (2009)…