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Gold and gunfire: Italian artist Cattelan's latest satirical work is a bullet-riddled golden wall
NEW YORK (AP) — The first thing that strikes you, arriving in the gallery that houses artist Maurizio Cattelan’s latest satirical work, is the gleam. The brilliant gleam of 64 panels coated with 24-karat gold — in all, a glittering wall 17 feet tall and 68 feet wide. The second...
Can pink noise enhance sleep and memory? Early research drives a color noise buzz
You may have heard of white noise used to mask background sounds. Now, it has colorful competition. There’s a growing buzz around pink noise, brown noise, green noise — a rainbow of soothing sounds — and their theoretical effects on sleep, concentration and the relaxation...
If you’ve tried meditating but can’t sit still, here’s how — and why — to try again
The first time Marcelle Hutchins sat down to meditate, she put on a guided session, relaxed her shoulders and tried to close her eyes. She lasted two minutes. “I had a deadline, and I thought, ’I don’t know if I can sit still this long,'” said Hutchins, who was working as a...
Shhh, I’m on vacation. Travelers are on a quest for the quiet
At home in the New York City suburbs, Oscar Sandoval has lots of friends and an active social life. But when it’s time for vacation, he prefers to keep it quiet. Like, literally. Sandoval began practicing Zen Buddhism a few years back, and has been on silent retreats to Buddhist...
