Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Untitled, 1956. Nay’s colorful and lively piece is part of the Selected Abstraction, 1940s-90s exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. It was a really fun exhibit, though small. Lots of really great works, and the exhibit is anchored by Anish Kapoor’s Turning the World Inside Out.
“Somewhere along the line I knew there’d be girls, visions, everything; somewhere along the line the pearl would be handed to me.” (p. 8 )
In an effort to maintain my literacy, I’m challenging myself to read through TIME’s 100 Best Novels list (in no particular order). Of all the “Best Novels” lists, I went with TIME’s because it listed a lot of novels I hadn’t even heard of. Yes, it includes a lot of canonical works (although it could be argued that each novel is canonical in it’s own way), but it also includes a lot of titles that probably wouldn’t make it onto a lit class syllabus.
My first selection is On the Road by Jack Kerouac, published in 1957. I just started reading it, so my thoughts, questions, and insights will be posted in the coming days!
XO,
Justin
