In our second episode we are joined by Dr. Robin Kodner, Phoebe's first 'sister of science' from way back in grad school. They discuss mojitos as therapy, grading in a hot tub, "book" clubs, and the joys of mentoring students (really!).

Music for this episode from:
BenSound, "Badass"  www.bensound.com
BenSound, "Sexy" www.bensound.com
Wang Chung, "Dance Hall Days"

Episode 2: Robin Kodner

Lucy, Lindsey, and Tamar come together to sport pussyhats and sing some bluegrass!  Enjoy.

The Wailin' Darlins - Crossing Muddy Waters (John Hiatt cover) - 1.22.17

Audio Description | Allan Ramsay, 'David Hume, historian and philosopher'

With special guest Lindsey Massar on cello.  Recorded at Dar Williams' Writing A Song That Matters songwriting retreat at the Garrison Institute in Garrison, NY. (July 2016)

It's just a grid, that's all
A simple grid, just covering a wall
It took a lifetime worth of time
Of straight not straight and broken lines
So this is why you brought me here

You said
Its quiet pulls me close
Then suddenly and stubbornly it's closed
And I don't trust something that knows what I will do
In a way it reminds me of you

And now I suppose
You'll be the one to tell me how this story goes
So ready with your answers
I wish I had some of those

I said
These broken lines, well look at what they did
They gave you permission to think outside the grid
That another someone took the time to make
And misinterpretation is the risk that we all take

I'm not the one who knows
How this story really ever goes
But your withholding little smiles
Gotta get me some of those

You said
Well, what did you expect?
How is it worth my time to make these lines connect?
I said
I'm really not sure
But that fire on the horizon makes this all matter a little more

And there's a time for open
And maybe there's time for shut
And maybe we make space for maybe
And maybe we make space for but

It's just a grid, that's all
A simple grid standing three meters tall
It took a lifetime of time
And straight not straight and broken lines
And this is why I brought you here

It's simple and superimposed
It's just how a story like this goes
And straight not straight is what I chose
It's what I chose.

Tamar - Grid (after Sol LeWitt's Drawing Series)

Because it's hard to look directly into the sun.  Or yourself.

See the image: 
http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2017/5/22/episode-18-jmw-turners-the-slave-ship-1840

Music used:
The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"
The Blue Dot Sessions, "Sunday Lights", "Town Market", "Rapids", "Liptis", "Ballast", "Masonry"
Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

Ep. 18 - JMW Turner's "The Slave Ship" (1840)

The Wailin' Darlins - How Are You Doing? (The Living Sisters cover) - 9.24.17

The Wailin' Darlins - In the Long Run (Staves cover) - 12.29.18

The Wailin' Darlins - Somebody Who Loves Me (Whitney Houston cover) - 12.29.18

The MacKinnon Collection of Scottish photography was recently acquired by the National Galleries of Scotland and the National Library of Scotland and is shared by both institutions. Here, Curator Blake Milteer provides an introduction to the 15,000-strong collection and discusses its representation of Scottish life and identity from the 1840s through to the 1940s.

15,000 images of Scotland: Introducing the MacKinnon Collection

What do you picture when you think of Scotland? Bagpipers? Dramatic crags? Misty lochs? Maybe it’s the opening scenes from Trainspotting or architecture by Charles Rennie Mackintosh?

As the National Galleries of Scotland are currently developing a new suite of exhibition spaces to showcase the national collection of Scottish art, episode two in our series examines what it means to belong to this nation. 

In this episode of the 'Reflections: Art, Life and Love' podcast, Ewan Bremner introduces a discussion of how artists have depicted Scotland in recent times.

Reflections: Art, Life and Love | Depicting Scotland

If politics speaks for people, who speaks for the landscape and nature?

Every other week, we feature an extra story from the interviews in our main Reflections podcast series. In this bonus episode, Scotland-based partnership Dalziel and Scullion explore art as a conduit between people and nature.

Reflections: Art, Life and Love | Depicting Scotland bonus episode: Who Speaks for Wolf?

Catch a sneak peak of what’s coming this season on Raw Material's "summer mixtape," from SFMOMA.

Season update: Raw Material is temporarily suspending this season to create space for more urgent stories and conversations. Black lives matter.

Raw Material Mixtape: The Beholder's Share

Welcome to The Lonely Palette, the podcast that returns art history to the masses, one painting at a time.  Each episode, host Tamar Avishai picks a painting du jour, interviews unsuspecting museum visitors in front of it, and then dives deeply into the object, the movement, the social context, and anything and everything else that will make it as neat to you as it is to her.  For more information, visit thelonelypalette.com | Twitter @lonelypalette | Instagram @thelonelypalette.

Ep. 18 - JMW Turner's "The Slave Ship" (1840)

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