Scenius

by | Jun 30, 2014 | Culture Music Art

from The New Yorker AMBIENT GENIUS The working life of Brian Eno. BY SASHA FRERE-JONES In January, 1975, the musician Brian Eno and the painter Peter Schmidt released a set of flash cards they called “Oblique Strategies.” Friends since meeting at art school, in the...

Tucker Pukes Up Mama’s Wedding Ring

by | Jun 29, 2014 | Weirdness

from WAOW Wisconsin Diamond dog returns missing wedding ring By Rose Heaphy STEVENS POINT (WAOW) – A Stevens Point woman found a special surprise in an unlikely place. Five years ago, Lois Matykowski lost her wedding ring. Matykowski had given up all hope...

“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet…”

by | Jun 28, 2014 | Culture Music Art

from The Atlantic Secrets of the Creative Brain A leading neuroscientist who has spent decades studying creativity shares her research on where genius comes from, whether it is dependent on high IQ—and why it is so often accompanied by mental illness.  by Nancy...

“With that tush, who’d need to be literate?”

by | Jun 27, 2014 | Literary News, Mirth

from The NY Daily News Olivia Wilde responds to GQ film critic claiming she is too hot to portray a writer: ‘Kiss my smart a–’ BY KIRTHANA RAMISETTI  Olivia Wilde has a witty response for someone who claimed she couldn’t have beauty and brains. The actress...