Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Star Maker, Moonlight Benjamin, The James Webb Space Telescope, The Philadelphia Ten & The Dawn of Everything

“The aesthetic experience is a simple beholding of the object . . . you experience a radiance. You are held in aesthetic arrest.” - Joseph Campbell

Aesthetic Arrest is our weekly dip into the Epicurean pleasures we’ve been enjoying lately. Cheers to that!

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Ryan Wildstar’s Recommendations:

Reading: Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon

Purchase here.

“The Science Fiction Writer Who Received Fan Mail From Virginia Woolf” by Charlie Jane Anders (via Gizmodo)

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Listening: Wayo by Moonlight Benjamin 

Purchase or stream (multiple platforms)

Official Site of Moonlight Benjamin

“Carried by a deeper and darker sound, and by the unique voice of Moonlight, influenced by Alabama Shakes, Oumou Sangaré, and Dr John, the album Wayo is a primal scream, a mystifying and mystical musical mixture, almost shamanic, an incantation of liberation in the midst of raging guitars and propulsive drumming.” — Moonlight Benjamin’s website

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Looking: The Art of Zdzisław Beksiński (1929-2005)

olasem @olasempruch

Zdzisław Beksiński, Bez tytułu, 1981.

Zdzisław Beksiński @ArtistBeksinski

Untitled #beksinski #surrealism wikiart.org/en/zdislav-bek…

Jedd Cole @jeddcole

I wrote an essay about interpreting the weird, creepy, and endlessly fascinating paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński, which I have not been able to stop thinking about for months. This is a free public post! Enjoy (and share). The Too Many Body patreon.com/posts/too-many…

Zdzisław Beksiński @ArtistBeksinski

Untitled #surrealism #zdislavbeksinski wikiart.org/en/zdislav-bek…

Svetlana Bogdan🐈‍⬛ @SvetlanaBogdan

"What matters is what appears in your soul, and not what your eyes see and what you can name". — Zdzisław Beksiński. #botd He was a pleasant, somewhat shy person who enjoyed communication, with a rather gloomy works and a tragic fate.

NejroTrasno @sacauntos999

Zdzisław Beksiński

Zdzisław Beksiński @ArtistBeksinski

Untitled #surrealism #zdislavbeksinski wikiart.org/en/zdislav-bek…

Grzegorz @GrzegorOryginal

Zdzisław Beksiński

Justin Despair @DespairJustin

Zdzisław Beksiński.

Zdzisław Beksiński (copyrights inherited by Muzeum Historyczne w Sanoku), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Zdzisław Beksiński (copyrights inherited by Muzeum Historyczne w Sanoku), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Viewing: NOVA: New Eye on the Universe — documentary about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (PBS)

Watch for free at PBS.org!

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Tasting: 2017 Kantina Belba, Shesh i Zi (Kavaljon, Albania)

2017 Kantina Belba, Shesh i Zi (Kavaljon, Albania) [Photo by Ryan Wildstar]

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Ryan Elston’s Recommendations:

Reading: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow

Purchase here.

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Listening: Roots by Randall Goosby

Purchase or stream (multiple platforms)

Official Site of Randall Goosby

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Looking: The Art of Mary Elizabeth Price (1877-1965) and The Philadelphia Ten

Once Upon A Time @Art_VintageNH

🍃 Mary Elizabeth Price ~ 1877-1965 🍃

Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers @DoyleNewYork

A riot of colorful summer flowers by Mary Elizabeth Price from 1929. This perennial border on a metal leaf ground will stay in bloom all year round. Est. $50,000-70,000. American Paintings. Auction April 18. Catalogue at Doyle.com #paintings #art #fineart

Lucilla Giannotti🧜 @LucillaGiannot1

🎨Mary Elizabeth Price 🎀

Lucilla Giannotti🧜 @LucillaGiannot1

🎨Mary Elizabeth Price 🎀

Manuela Dora @ManuelaDora

"Hollyhocks Panel No. II" by Mary Elizabeth Price. @Rebeka80721106 @albertopetro2 @BaroneZaza70 @karmendida @ampomata @neblaruz @BrindusaB1 @marialves53 @ZanelliNadia @DavLucia @LunaLeso @AlessandraCicc6 @augustin_gut @smarucci461 @Biagio960 @ValerioLivia @angela3nipoti1 #art

The Art Guide @The_Art_Guide

Wishing everyone a great start to the weekend. "The Breakfast Table," Mary Elizabeth Price, ca. 1920

Cirosata Bolarc* @cirosatabolarc

Mary Elizabeth Price (American painter) 1877 - 1965 Zinnia's and Marigolds, s.d.

Olga Tuleninova 🦋 @olgatuleninova

Mary Elizabeth Price ( American,1877-1965)

Carmen Narán 🎨 @carmen_plastica

Edith Lucile Howard y Cora S. Brooks. Pasó un tiempo en Nueva York donde compartió un estudio con Mary Elizabeth Price. Asistió a la Escuela de Diseño para Mujeres de Filadelfia. Se graduó en 1908. De una familia adinerada, pudo pasar los meses de invierno en las Bermudas e

Maine Antique Digest @AntiqueDigest

Mary Elizabeth Price’s "Flower Border I" and "Flower Border II" sold to the James A. Michener Museum of Art (@MichenerArt)in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, for $306,250 at @DoyleNewYork maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-pr… #antiques #antique #art #artist #museum #Price #auction #flowers #flower

Alpha Kitty @AlphaKitty

3/1/1877 — b. Mary Elizabeth Price, American artist, art teacher. Impressionist painter; often incorporated gold and silver leaf into her works. Noted for street scenes and floral still-lifes, member of the #womenartists group, the Philadelphia Ten (1921-45) #WomensHistoryMonth

M. Elizabeth Price (Bucks County Artists Database)

Who Were the Philadelphia Ten? The 20th-century women who made their mark in Philadelphia and beyond (via Freeman's)

Philadelphia Ten (The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia)

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Viewing: The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show — directed by Yoruba Richen (Peacock)

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Tasting: Murviedro Arts de Luna Organic Brut Cava (Valencia, Spain) at Vena Vinoteka in Tirana, Albania

Murviedro Arts de Luna Organic Brut Cava (Valencia, Spain) at Vena Vinoteka in Tirana, Albania [Photo by Ryan Wildstar]

Fried Cheese with Almond Crust and Albanian Honey at Vena Vinoteka in Tirana, Albania [Photo by Ryan Wildstar]

Verona Bruschetta with Baked Ham, Gorgonzola, Cherry Tomatoes, Pine Nuts and Sesame Oil at Vena Vinoteka in Tirana, Albania [Photo by Ryan Wildstar]  

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That’s it for this week! What are your reading, listening, looking, viewing and/or tasting recommendations?