Watching an opera at The Met is an incredible experience. But not everyone lives in New York. This past year was the second season where people could watch the operas, live, in theaters.
The Met’s transmissions of eight live performances to movie theaters reached 908,000 people, more than the total number who attended performances at the [...]
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Stunning Surendran Nair painting at the Saffron Spring Auction.
The rubber ducky makes the painting even cooler!
I’ve talked about copyright before. I believe the extension of the life of copyright is a bad thing for artists/creators. If that sounds counterintuitive, you should read the articles below…
– Mark Helprin, a fellow at the Claremont Institute, argues that copyright should be perpetual! He equates copyright ownership with that of land ownership (or any [...]
I’ve been getting slightly better with writing on my Tatvam blog and I promise that things will only get better. Really! I already have a ton of posts in my head.
With that said here’s what’s recently been on Tatvam:
Acting for directors: my first, formal, acting class - what I learned and the crazy things I [...]
Vidur Kapur took to comedy after an undergraduate degree at the London School of Economics and a PhD from the pinnacle of Economics, the University of Chicago. And thank god he did. The world needs a comic of his caliber more than it needs another economist - he is fabulously hilarious!
**Warning** The following clip [...]
I’ve been neglecting my Tatvam blog for a little bit. But I’m back to posting there.
Here’s what’s on Tatvam:
A perspective on The Hand - Wang Kar Wai’s visually fabulous movie
How I jam out a First Draft of a screenplay
An interesting video of graphic artists gone wild and super-creative
And finally, some good news about Fair Use [...]
By artist Mark Jenkins. Check out more here.
More in my “loving New York” series.
On Wednesday evening, I went to the Christies Impressionist and Modern Sale. I visited in the morning to see the works. A sale like this, with works of such astounding quality is very rare. It was like visiting a museum that was doing a “best of” showcase.
The highlights of [...]
I LOVE living in New York. In terms of culture, it is truly mind-blowing. One of my favorite things is going to the opera.
The Metropolitan Opera is such a special experience. It is an elegantly regal building, both on the outside and inside, everyone is all dressed up, you drink some champagne at the break, [...]
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