Tumblr (3.0; @michalrubin)http://news.michalrubin.com/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1mnwD5Hr1qza5tqo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1mnwD5Hr1qza5tqo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Maya and Yonyon 2010</p>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/17227373342http://news.michalrubin.com/post/17227373342Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:04:00 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1meqeI6r1qza5tqo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1meqeI6r1qza5tqo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE TWINS! Dana, Maya and Barak, June 2009</p>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/17227046621http://news.michalrubin.com/post/17227046621Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:59:00 -0500<a href="http://blogs.artinfo.com/berlinartbrief/2012/02/06/gideon-rubin-on-filling-in-history’s-blanks-with-paint/#.Ty_pe0S9q9M.tumblr">Gideon Rubin on Filling in History’s Blanks with Paint | Berlin Art Brief | ARTINFO.com</a>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/17154055631http://news.michalrubin.com/post/17154055631Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:54:13 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lynx28VkNg1qza5tqo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lynx28VkNg1qza5tqo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Happy chinese new year!! Kung Hei Fat Choy!!</p>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/16815590009http://news.michalrubin.com/post/16815590009Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:22:55 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35439460" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/16287837433http://news.michalrubin.com/post/16287837433Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:27:23 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly5xai06OS1qza5tqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Nido magazine August 2011</p>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/16239281631http://news.michalrubin.com/post/16239281631Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:11:06 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4jsifM8W1qza5tqo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4jsifM8W1qza5tqo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4jsifM8W1qza5tqo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4jsifM8W1qza5tqo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4jsifM8W1qza5tqo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>NY Jan 2012 Dok suni</p>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/16199757972http://news.michalrubin.com/post/16199757972Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:21:00 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35329793" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/16197816264http://news.michalrubin.com/post/16197816264Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:46:55 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eMDmLuDSQuU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><h2>Some Enchanted Evening</h2> <p>Video/ Israel 2010</p>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/12619494088http://news.michalrubin.com/post/12619494088Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:32:00 -0500videocryingself portraitcat<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly68g0Djfz1qza5tqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rana Bagum/ Vogue India Nov 2011</p>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/16252979520http://news.michalrubin.com/post/16252979520Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:12:00 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltjpt9EU7X1qza5tqo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltjpt9EU7X1qza5tqo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11845296037http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11845296037Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:07:56 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltacjuVBEO1qzprlbo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://kateoplis.tumblr.com/post/11764577266" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">kateoplis</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/115/available_works.htm" target="_blank">Philip-Lorca diCorcia</a></p></blockquote>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11844535617http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11844535617Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:52:22 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/11844478772/tumblr_ltjcv2Vv8j1qz6z0n&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/11832607817" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">soupsoup</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Beast of Burden : The Rolling Stones</p></blockquote>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11844478772http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11844478772Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:51:13 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltgfjtdOMo1qzprlbo1_r2_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://kateoplis.tumblr.com/post/11830158035" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">kateoplis</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span> </span></p> <p><a href="http://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/115/available_works.htm" target="_blank">Philip-Lorca diCorcia</a></p></blockquote>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11844464840http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11844464840Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:50:55 -0400“<p>…Please do, however, allow me to deliver one very personal message. It is something that I always keep in mind while I am writing fiction. I have never gone so far as to write it on a piece of paper and paste it to the wall: Rather, it is carved into the wall of my mind, and it goes something like this:</p> <p>“Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg.”</p> <p>Yes, no matter how right the wall may be and how wrong the egg, I will stand with the egg. Someone else will have to decide what is right and what is wrong; perhaps time or history will decide. If there were a novelist who, for whatever reason, wrote works standing with the wall, of what value would such works be?</p> <p>What is the meaning of this metaphor? In some cases, it is all too simple and clear. Bombers and tanks and rockets and white phosphorus shells are that high, solid wall. The eggs are the unarmed civilians who are crushed and burned and shot by them. This is one meaning of the metaphor.</p> <p>This is not all, though. It carries a deeper meaning. Think of it this way. Each of us is, more or less, an egg. Each of us is a unique, irreplaceable soul enclosed in a fragile shell. This is true of me, and it is true of each of you. And each of us, to a greater or lesser degree, is confronting a high, solid wall. The wall has a name: It is The System. The System is supposed to protect us, but sometimes it takes on a life of its own, and then it begins to kill us and cause us to kill others - coldly, efficiently, systematically.</p> <p>I have only one reason to write novels, and that is to bring the dignity of the individual soul to the surface and shine a light upon it. The purpose of a story is to sound an alarm, to keep a light trained on The System in order to prevent it from tangling our souls in its web and demeaning them. I fully believe it is the novelist’s job to keep trying to clarify the uniqueness of each individual soul by writing stories - stories of life and death, stories of love, stories that make people cry and quake with fear and shake with laughter. This is why we go on, day after day, concocting fictions with utter seriousness.</p> <p>…I have only one thing I hope to convey to you today. We are all human beings, individuals transcending nationality and race and religion, fragile eggs faced with a solid wall called The System. To all appearances, we have no hope of winning. The wall is too high, too strong - and too cold. If we have any hope of victory at all, it will have to come from our believing in the utter uniqueness and irreplaceability of our own and others’ souls and from the warmth we gain by joining souls together.</p> <p>Take a moment to think about this. Each of us possesses a tangible, living soul. The System has no such thing. We must not allow The System to exploit us. We must not allow The System to take on a life of its own. The System did not make us: We made The System.</p> <p>That is all I have to say to you.</p> <p>I am grateful to have been awarded the Jerusalem Prize. I am grateful that my books are being read by people in many parts of the world. And I am glad to have had the opportunity to speak to you here today.”</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><h2>Always on the side of the egg/ By Haruki Murakami</h2> <p><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/always-on-the-side-of-the-egg-1.270371" target="_blank">Acceptance speech for the Jerusalem prize in 2009</a></p></em>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11844162474http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11844162474Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:44:00 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lth8x0OguC1qza5tqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.artinfo.com/news/photos/3576/35155/" target="_blank">ARTINFO.COM</a> I’d spend the whole million on his work…</p>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11778750158http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11778750158Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:07:48 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NLCKBejqeWw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><h2>How To Peel An Apple</h2></p>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11545722429http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11545722429Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:47:13 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt6jh3xz6m1qza5tqo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2>Its good to have</h2> <p>A sunny disposition</p>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11544558643http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11544558643Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:22:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsp2qahHcS1qza5tqo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsp2qahHcS1qza5tqo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsp2qahHcS1qza5tqo6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsp2qahHcS1qza5tqo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsp2qahHcS1qza5tqo7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><h2>Mika and Abba taking a bath, Isle of Wight 2011</h2></p>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11137685918http://news.michalrubin.com/post/11137685918Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:01:00 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsb0hee09R1qza5tqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://news.michalrubin.com/post/10820547465http://news.michalrubin.com/post/10820547465Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:46:26 -0400