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Two people cheekily re-enacting every great myth they can get their hands on?

We like to think it’s what Ovid would have wanted and if it’s not… we frankly don’t care.

“What it lacks in finesse, this production certainly makes up for in entertainment value.”

The AU Review

WITH SINCERE APOLOGIES TO OVID

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Conversing with the divine – why we still need our muses Source: https://theconversation.com/conversing-with-the-divine-why-we-still-need-our-muses-37051

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The Muse allows us to avoid facing up to one of the great anxieties about the creative process: its inexplicability. Why is genius so hard to replicate?

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Two artists can go through exactly the same training. One will become Damien Hirst, the other will be entirely forgotten. There is a contingency at the heart of creativity that is deeply unsettling.

Artists often seem dumbfounded when trying to explain the origins of their ideas or techniques. It is so much easier to believe that a divine spirit has been the catalyst for great art than attribute it to chance or fashion.

In the modern world, there are many candidates vying to be a replacement for the Muse. We try to explain creative success through recourse to stories about dealers, promoters, or even arts funding schemes. Biographies of artists attempt to attribute success to formative childhood experiences or complex adult relationships.

Yet ultimately none of our explanations can account for that moment when the Arts speak to us with that sense of transcendent authority, when they allow us to see clearly what had previously only been sketchy, when they allow us to converse with the divine.

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The Library of Congress

America’s Greatest Library

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The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. is the largest library in the world with more than 170 million items. It occupies three buildings on Capitol Hill. The Library was founded in 1800, making it the oldest federal cultural institution in the nation. In August 1814, British troops burned the Capitol building and destroyed the Library’s core collection of 3,000 volumes. In January 1815, Congress approved the purchase of Thomas Jefferson’s personal library of 6,487 books for $23,950.

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Rebooting the library for the 21st century buildings that go beyond books

With the advent of digital technology, many predicted the demise of the traditional library entirely. But architects and designers are helping to reimagine its role for the 21st century. Today’s libraries are all-round community hubs where you can catch a gig, brainstorm with entrepreneurs, take in an exhibition and possibly even (whisper it) read a book.

FONDAZIONE PRADA Source: https://thespaces.com/rebooting-the-library-for-the-21st-century/

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TOWARDS A COMMON PRACTICE OF MATERIAL RECYCLING

Source: https://www.archdaily.com/944297/towards-a-common-practice-of-material-recycling

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