STORM KING

So somehow you seem to have missed my brother getting married in Hudson, NY  last weekend. What's up with that? What's worse, I didn't see you at the STORM KING ART CENTER, either. Both were beautiful. But if you prefer outdoor sculpture to hanging out with my family, you really missed out on the latter. Widely celebrated as one of the world’s leading sculpture parks,  Storm King Art Center has welcomed visitors from across the globe for fifty years.  It is located only one hour north of New York City, in the lower Hudson Valley,  where its pristine 500-acre landscape of fields, hills,  and woodlands provides the setting for a collection of more than  100 carefully sited sculptures created by  some of the most acclaimed artists of our time.
And this had to be the sooper most perfect time to visit. The Autumn leaves were INSANE!

Big sculptures,

little sculptures,

metal,

wood,

stone.

They're everywhere

and perfectly placed within

the environment.

We especially loved this kinetic sculpture called

SEA CHANGE:

My brother doesn't plan on getting married again, so you missed out on that. But Storm King isn't going anywhere. So get over there before all the leaves are gone!

TRICK OR TREATING WITH THE KND

Halloween is coming up!

And if you're a true Kids Next Door operative

then you remember when the KND

had the honor of being all over

UNICEF's

donation boxes.

THAT

was pretty cool.

There was even a fun little game you could play on

Cartoonnetwork.com.

And guess what?

It's STILL there:

It's a little less

KND-centric than it was originally:

But you can still find

Sector V

lurking about the game:

Hit 'em up for some candy over

HERE!

DEEP DARK FEARS ARE HERE

Remember when I told you all about

Fran Krause's

DEEP DARK FEARS?

And that one day there'd be a 

whole book of them?

Well, it's 

HERE!

And if you were lucky enough to go to

his book signing at 

SKYLIGHT BOOKS

last week,

you could have seen this

sign promoting his

book signing:

And you could have heard Fran talk about his 

(and your)

fears:

You could have seen a whole bunch of his sketchbooks:

And get in line to have him sign a copy of his book:

He would have even drawn you a picture:

And then you could go home and 

read all the awesome new

Deep Dark Fears:

But if you weren't there,

you can just order a copy

over here:

So it's not like you totally missed out.

GHOSTS OF CARTOON NETWORK T-SHIRTS PAST

There once was a time,

at a long lost

Comic Con,

where 

Cartoon Network 

gave out 

sooper cool

t-shirts

to those who

came to signings

by the creators/:

I always loved this KND shirt,

designed by

Guy Moore!

So cool!

THE VISITORS by RAGNAR KJARTANSSON

As I mentioned in my previous post  about visiting LA's new  contemporary art museum The Broad, there was one piece  that totally blew me away. THE VISITORS  by  RAGNAR KJARTANSSON

It's

an hour long,

one take film

of nine musicians,

each on their own enormous screen,

performing the same haunting

and ethereal song.

The performers gathered in a moldering 

mansion in upstate New York,

each in a separate room,

each with their own story,

each playing their piece of 

the hypnotic and ever-changing song.

I could have stayed there for hours,

watching, listening and wondering!

Here's a bit of it I found online:

Wherever you are, I hope you get a chance to see this piece in person!