NCMA has a fantastic collection, particularly if you get a tour thought out carefully in advance by a serious curator. Thanks Francesca for producing the apex of our college and the arts tour.

NCMA Spring blue

NCMA Spring blue

Francesca

Francesca

The tour started with early artifacts from Egypt, Rome, and the Renaissance, through the lens of human cognition, psychology, medicine, and psychosis. The arts are a necessary salve for the human condition.

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Each picture has a story

Each picture has a story

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Look closely, the moon is waxing.

Look closely, the moon is waxing.

Beware: your head may explode, smolder, or otherwise smoke

Beware: your head may explode, smolder, or otherwise smoke

Fingers out of control

Fingers out of control

hilarious

hilarious

eerie

eerie

The Blue Dancer is somewhat of a nexus. Ahead of its time and forgotten. Also see this book.

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Oh no!

Oh no!

Eli will save you. Eli will possibly save us all.

Eli will save you. Eli will possibly save us all.

In the end, it is all information in space and time. Without negative space, there is nothing. More than this, there is nothing.