Author Archives: JGB

Just a quick note to reflect on how very easy it is in modern America to do the wrong thing.  And I’m not talking about police pepper-spraying students.  That’s too big and scary for me to tackle right now.  So I’ll stick to the mundane.The Sonic EffectToday, I was scrubbing the floor a-la Cinderella, andContinueContinue reading “It’s so easy to be bad…”

I have 8 minutes to complete this entry before heading to a dinner while at a conference here in lovely Louisville. Actually, I have no idea if it’s lovely since I’ve yet to be outside in the daylight. Crap, 30 seconds wasted on typing that.  Moving on.Anyway, I’m here for the National Arts Marketing Conference, andContinueContinue reading “8 minute blog entry”

This painting does not appear at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, but a similar one does.The South Shore Newport, Rhode Island, Near Boat House Point, 1874 by William Trost Richards  So, here’s the situation.  I’m sick.  I have head cold that is threatening to ruin some weekend travel, and I should have been inContinueContinue reading “When art is not good for your health…”

Well, Tempe, actually, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to use the “word” phrom.  And really, it’s just the next town over.  Though I’m sure my friends in Tempe would take umbrage to such a flippant dismissal of the differences, as I’m wont to do when airline pilots tell me that we’re landing inContinueContinue reading “Philosophical phonderings phrom Phoenix”

I seem to recall, around this time last year, writing a similar post about my adventures in my beloved Madison, WI.  This time (over the weekend of 10/13-10/16), I was back in town for a board meeting; doesn’t it sound terribly impressive that I serve on the board of my super-awesome graduate program at theContinueContinue reading “From Farm Art to Football – a weekend in Madison”