“What art does — maybe what it does most completely — is tell us, make us feel that what we think we know, we don’t. There are whole worlds around us that we’ve never glimpsed.” Greil Marcus — Tuesday September 19th — —

I love listening. It is one of the only spaces where you can be still and moved at the same time. — Nayyirah Waheed — Tuesday September 19th — —

The idea is to die young as late as possible. — Ashley Montagu — Tuesday September 19th — —

SOM converts century-old Chicago firehouse into Optimo hat factory

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has designed new headquarters for Optimo, a hatmaker that is keeping alive a dying tradition in Chicago.