John Waters

John Waters

Barry Lopez and ‘The Tree’

Barry Lopez and ‘The Tree’

Tobias Wolff on ordinary life

"But, you know, it seems as time goes on that the deepest good for me as man and writer is to be found in ordinary life. It’s the gravity of daily obligations and habit, the connections you have to your friends and your work, your family, your place— even the compromises that are required of you to get through this life. The compromises don’t diminish us, they humanize us—it’s the people who won’t, or who think they don’t, who end up monsters in this world. I’m not talking about dishonesty, I’m talking about having some give, sometimes letting go of things that you aren’t inclined to let go of, that you may even have attached the name of principle to, to justify your fear of bending."

Pass the parcel: Yotam Ottolenghi’s dumpling recipes

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/13/dumpling-recipes-gnudi-wonton-pierogi-yotam-ottolenghi

Self-taught artist El Gato Chimney rises from the street as a modern day Faust

http://disinfo.com/2015/02/self-taught-artist-el-gato-chimney-rises-street-modern-day-faust/

America’s first big business? Not the railroads, but slavery

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/americas-first-big-business-railroads-slavery/

Beer with a Painter: Eric Aho

http://hyperallergic.com/148781/beer-with-a-painter-eric-aho/

Beer with an Artist: Terry Winters

http://hyperallergic.com/180766/beer-with-a-painter-terry-winters/