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Grace notes: Art as a reverie of gentle sounds

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French artist and composer Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s “Clinamen,” at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, is a mesmerizing installation in which porcelain bowls floating in giant basins of water collide, producing chiming sounds that reverberate in the 55,000-square-foot hall, to foster a state of grace. Tracy Smith reports. Source link

Reader’s guide for “Go Gentle” by Maria Semple, Oprah’s book club pick

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Oprah Winfrey named her newest book club pick: Maria Semple’s “Go Gentle.” Here are a couple of questions to guide you as you read the novel. Reader’s Guide Questions When Adora hits her lowest point, Stoicism feels “obvious and reasonable.” How much did you read her philosophical turn as a genuine intellectual awakening or as … Read more