Rags to Riches
Tony Bennett
USA, 1953
A garden of beautiful things
A rotating selection of artworks and music from our collection archives.
Rags to Riches
Tony Bennett
USA, 1953
Jailhouse Rock
Elvis Presley
USA, 1957
Last Nite
The Strokes
USA, 2001
The Rat
The Walkmen
USA, 2004
no tears left to cry
Ariana Grande
USA, 2018
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. ”