
Fresken der Capella d’Arena in Padua
Giotto, 1304
A garden of beautiful things
A rotating selection of artworks and music from our collection archives.
You Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC
Australia, 1980
Moonlight Sonata
Ludwig van Beethoven
Germany, 1801
Island In The Sun
Weezer
USA, 2001
Islands In the Stream
Dolly Parton
USA, 1983
circle the drain
Soccer Mommy
USA, 2020
Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, these submissions form a growing tapestry of thought, emotion, and cultural memory.
“Know your endoxas”
“closest to ideal. ”
“Nothing is easy. What looks easy is not easy. What looks hard is also not easy. Easy is nothing. Is everything hard? Somethings are liquid and somethings are gas but none of them are easy.”
“Rise to your calling!”
“Beautiful suns will rise and set, I believe.”
“Some short but much needed walks must be called first aid walks (FAW for short).”
“I am trying everyone. I am doing my best.”
“Why extraordinary doesn‘t mean over ordinary? Like a little bit more ordinary? Or is being ordinary a circle? ”
“I am shocked how much of our modern western view of the "world" in 21st century is still grounded on David Hume's philosophy.”
“Sometimes the brightest moment of my day is the salad I get for my lunch. ”