May 21, 2010
May 20, 2010
The Heist at Isabella Gardner Museum
I was so busy on March 18, that I forgot to write about this on my blog. I found about this story when I was researching on the topic "The biggest robberies in the world". Yeah, I like to read on topics like that :p and also "Famous haunted places", and "History of the comic strip".It probably sounds weird but it was fun. Going back to the main topic..
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is the site of the world's biggest art and personal property theft in history.It was a private collection of the works of renaissance artists like Matisse,Rembrandt,Botticelli,Vemeer to name a few.
On March 18,1990, some people managed to get away with priceless works of Rembrandt,Vemeer,Degas and other artists. The paintings have never been recovered unlike other art robberies when the stolen things do turn up over time.
I will not go into the heart-breaking details of how the paintings were stolen.It makes me cringe to think that they hacked those masterpieces off the frames with knives! It is agonizing to think that these works of art will not be available to be seen by common people like me but are instead stashed away in some dark corner of the world by a ****** mafia don.
I remembered this cause I've been planning a trip to the east coast and this was one place I wanted to visit. Also, would you believe another art theft occured in Paris recently?!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10130840.stm
I wonder if the paintings and other art items will ever be back where they belong, in public view.
Here's a picture of the one and only seascape that Rembrandt ever painted. It was among the lost paintings on March 18,1990. Its called Storm on the Sea of Galilee.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is the site of the world's biggest art and personal property theft in history.It was a private collection of the works of renaissance artists like Matisse,Rembrandt,Botticelli,Vemeer to name a few.
On March 18,1990, some people managed to get away with priceless works of Rembrandt,Vemeer,Degas and other artists. The paintings have never been recovered unlike other art robberies when the stolen things do turn up over time.
I will not go into the heart-breaking details of how the paintings were stolen.It makes me cringe to think that they hacked those masterpieces off the frames with knives! It is agonizing to think that these works of art will not be available to be seen by common people like me but are instead stashed away in some dark corner of the world by a ****** mafia don.
I remembered this cause I've been planning a trip to the east coast and this was one place I wanted to visit. Also, would you believe another art theft occured in Paris recently?!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10130840.stm
I wonder if the paintings and other art items will ever be back where they belong, in public view.
Here's a picture of the one and only seascape that Rembrandt ever painted. It was among the lost paintings on March 18,1990. Its called Storm on the Sea of Galilee.
May 19, 2010
Lights Out!
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/19/arizona-official-threatens-cut-los-angeles-power-payback-boycott/
Can this really happen?!! Maybe Fox News isn't the most reliable...
Can this really happen?!! Maybe Fox News isn't the most reliable...
May 13, 2010
Simplistic
Sometimes staying away is to our advantage even though we don't realize it immediately.I've been dished out a variety of... (for want of better words) bad news today. From as small as me losing my glasses to as big as a country banning free speech among its citizens.
Well, good times will come again. I hope.
Looking at the times we live in,the hope is thin.. I think humans keep proving repeatedly that someone, probably most unwittingly gave them the power of intellect to abuse.
Its rather distressing how everything that was discovered or invented for our comfort and convenience is two-edged and how extraordinarily consistent we are in rubbing against the wrong edge.
I have not made up my mind if the world was a better place when we did not have so much information readily available or if it is better now with all that we have.
I do not believe ignorance is bliss nor do I know if there should be any limits to exposure.
There's a middle path somewhere.
With all that we have now,we could all have been so contented.If not contented, Could we have been peaceful? Its a question with probably no answer.
To make it simple, Lets blame it on Pandora. She shouldn't have opened that box after all. Thank god for hope which stayed in there!
P.S. I HOPE to find an optometrist this weekend!
Well, good times will come again. I hope.
Looking at the times we live in,the hope is thin.. I think humans keep proving repeatedly that someone, probably most unwittingly gave them the power of intellect to abuse.
Its rather distressing how everything that was discovered or invented for our comfort and convenience is two-edged and how extraordinarily consistent we are in rubbing against the wrong edge.
I have not made up my mind if the world was a better place when we did not have so much information readily available or if it is better now with all that we have.
I do not believe ignorance is bliss nor do I know if there should be any limits to exposure.
There's a middle path somewhere.
With all that we have now,we could all have been so contented.If not contented, Could we have been peaceful? Its a question with probably no answer.
To make it simple, Lets blame it on Pandora. She shouldn't have opened that box after all. Thank god for hope which stayed in there!
P.S. I HOPE to find an optometrist this weekend!
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