Leyna's Art Blog

Recently I had the pleasure of watching a video recording of Jackson Browne and his ensemble performing "The Load-Out" and "Stay" live in concert. And while it was thoroughly goosebump worthy, as it should be, it did throw me off a bit.

According to the caption the video was recorded in 1978, which majorly shifted my understanding of our cultural history.

You see, there's the line in "The Load-Out" about how on the bus they have "Richard Pryor on the video".  And while that…

It’s been a heavy week. I’m tired, my back’s sore, the world has managed to reach yet another new level of absurdity and it has left me feeling like I don’t have anything deep or profound to say this time around. …

Have you ever heard of the Lipstick effect? 

Basically, people claim that women buy more, or at least more high end cosmetics during an economic downturn.  

It’s been pretty thoroughly disproven, but the concept still catches the popular imagination.

And I think that’s because while some ascribe shadier motives to this supposed trend, something about the more innocent explanation for it makes a certain sense, even if the data…

There is a very sweet dog who has shown up in my yard 3 times in the past 48 hours. I'm familiar with this dog. He has visited several times before. …

Grief is purple. 

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I wasn't into the whole Alt/Grunge thing when it came around in the 90s.

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