Bob Ross Alex Ross and Macarthur
I had a dream that Alex Ross was walking to an awards ceremony and I spotted him and asked him to autograph me a copy of his book, The Rest is Noise. He was really nice about it and pulled out a book from his backpack (huh?), which he autographed and then gave to me. In my Dream he looked more like Bob Ross than Alex Ross, which was weird. But today I found out via machine text that he had won a MacArthur Genius Grant. So…I’m going to start a new blog. www.whosgoingtowinamacarthurganttoday.org
He totally deserves the award and it’s a pretty sweet deal. via the NYtimes: “The recipients, who must be citizens or residents of the United States, join 756 who have been named fellows since 1981. Each gets $100,000 a year for five years, with no strings attached. Calling the recipients is “the best hour of the year,” Mr. Fanton said.Most of the winners, who are singled out for their creativity and their potential for making important future contributions, are familiar primarily to experts in their own fields, although a few in the arts have reached larger audiences: for example, Alex Ross, 40, a music critic for The New Yorker and the author of a cultural history of 20th-century music, “The Rest Is Noise””
