“A masterpiece gives form to the ideals of the particular epoch in which we live. Ideals can never be made immediately accessible to everyone. To be able to approach them, one must grow and develop spiritually. If the dialectical tension between the spiritual level of the masses and the ideals to which the artist bears witness disappears, it would simply mean that art had completely lost its purpose and function.” - Andrei Tarkovsky

Detail of Yury Yarin’s Pantocrator (2019):

This is the most ambitious artwork that I’ve commissioned so far. It measures 24 square feet, or 22296.7 square centimeters (this is also roughly the amount of pieces used):

Just learned about this French foundry! https://www.ateliermissor.com/en/collections/all

This came very highly recommended:

Ezra Pound to John Quinn: 1915-1924

I moved my main speakers into the kitchen and I use them 10x more now 😂

I’m a big fan of Beosound Emerge speakers in a stereo pair. It sounds great in a form factor that saves as much space as is physically possible.

Most powerful story I’ve ever heard from 3:51:00 onwards

Great band out of Brighton, UK:

My target price order just executed at $78k!

Nice bounce to $88.7k