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.

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