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Eric Yahnker, Dianetics, 2009
If you haven't read it yet, The New Yorker's recent lengthy piece about Scientology and director Paul Haggis is a must read.
Dalton Ghetti carves mini-sculptures on the tip of pencils.
Purrfectly hilarious.
Pamela Johnson, Cup Noodle
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/15224130] Lipstick Enigma creates sentences using 1200 lipsticks, by Janet Zweig with Franklyn Berry for the Harris Engineering Center at the University of Central Florida.
This computer-driven sentence-generator, using rules and lexicon written by the artist, invents and writes a new line of text, and displays it on the sign when triggered by a motion detector. The sentences mix the language of engineering with the language of beauty advertising.
Downtown From Behind is a photo series of the backside of beautiful New Yorkers riding a bicycle. In other words, a great excuse to take photos of the backside of beautiful New Yorkers.
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It cracks me up that Lance Wakeling decided to take what I consider the biggest architectural eyesore in Manhattan, which I've previously ranted about, and turn it into "art."
This time during sunset (by Peter Wegner). Previously.
This awesome drawing illustrates my relationship with Chipotle.
By Shelby Tanner.
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Sylvia Plath's excellent sketch portrait of Ted Hughes, circa 1957.
Living and working in Midtown Manhattan, I like 
Painting at Maisterravalbuena's booth at this year's Art Basel Miami.
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Honest and inspiring letter from brilliant American artist Sol LeWitt to Eva Hesse. Excerpt:
Learn to say “Fuck You” to the world once in a while. You have every right to. Just stop thinking, worrying, looking over your shoulder wondering, doubting, fearing, hurting, hoping for some easy way out, struggling, grasping, confusing, itchin, scratching, mumbling, bumbling, grumbling, humbling, stumbling, numbling, rumbling, gambling, tumbling, scumbling, scrambling, hitching, hatching, bitching, moaning, groaning, honing, boning, horse-shitting, hair-splitting, nit-picking, piss-trickling, nose sticking, ass-gouging, eyeball-poking, finger-pointing, alleyway-sneaking, long waiting, small stepping, evil-eyeing, back-scratching, searching, perching, besmirching, grinding, grinding, grinding away at yourself. Stop it and just DO!
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