 | Sunday, May 02, 2021 | |  | Sunday, May 02, 2021 | | Hi, art lovers! | | | Happy Sunday. As predicted, vaxxies are everywhere, and while I don’t know how many gen-Xers you personally follow on Instagram, post-jab evidence is the No. 1 genre of “visual content” I’ve been consuming the last couple weeks. It is wonderful.
When not congratulating friends and colleagues of a certain age, I was dreaming of scoring the vax here and here (or just anywhere, period). I scrolled Instagram endlessly without ever reaching a digital resting point. (If tranquil and quotidian “vibes” were what I wanted, I guess I should’ve joined TikTok.) I slapped a sticker in the shape of a wineglass on the October page of my agenda (because the Luminato Festival has been rescheduled for fall). I very much related to this essay about fat-shaming in the entertainment industry (despite never having worked in the entertainment industry). I learned that computers are getting better at writing (and there are several uncomfortable thoughts to be thinking about that).
Other items: Signs make a city. How subscriptions took over our lives. NFTs remain confounding, but at least the kid from the Disaster Girl meme can pay off her student loans. | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | |  | @courtneycoral/Instagram | Great Barrier relief sculpture! See more by Courtney Mattison on Instagram. | | | | |  | @stephenbulgergallery/Instagram | | This year’s Contact Photography Festival launched Saturday, and Toronto’s Stephen Bulger Gallery is presenting Still – Living Through Cancer and Covid, new photos (plus an “evolving installation”) by Max Dean. More details on that particular show over here. | | | | |  | @wesbell_photo/Instagram | | Thanks to Wes Bell in Medicine Hat, Alta., for sharing photos (including this one) from his series Snag. Explore his website to read the personal story that inspired the work. | | | | |  | Geoff Fitzgerald | | | | | Meet Lewis Mallard, the bird/artist who’s been quacking up the people of Hamilton, Ont. | | | | |  | | CBC Arts | | | | | Start with a poem by Montreal’s Yusuf Saadi, one of this year’s nominees for the Griffin Poetry Prize. | | | | |  | CBC Arts | | | | | Can newsletters have digital resting points? Let’s say yes. Here is a video of eight Canadian dancers doing their happy thing. | | | | |  | @andrew_budziak/Instagram | | Andrew’s known for his wildlife photography and he made a video that’ll teach you how to level up your Instagram. If you’ve been following the #HelloSpringCBC hashtag, his tips will come in handy. And that’s especially true if “spring” isn’t all sunshine and cherry blossoms where you live. | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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