Mild Earthquake in New York

Yes, I felt the earthquake up on the 9th floor of the office building where I work in midtown Manhattan. Once I noticed it the duration seemed to only be for maybe a few seconds and then it came back and lasted 7 to 10 seconds. It was the gentle swaying - like rocking a baby - that I noticed.

Pema Rinzin at the Joshua Liner Gallery

Summer Group Exhibition 2011, from August 4 to August 27, 2011.

Pema Rinzin is once again at the Joshua Liner Gallery for the Summer Group Exhibition. He is only showing a single large painting from the 'Water Series' he began several years ago - the third and last painting in the set. To really experience the gold work in the composition you really have to bend or kneel down below the painting and look up. Only from this angle does the gold become electric and magnify the vitality and feel of the painting. The work is stunning and the enormous number of hours put into the creation of the work really pay off when viewed in just the right way to see all the detail and layers of the textures and colours. Don't be afraid to get close up or to get down on one knee and look up.