Blog No. 262: Architect Frank Gehry, ICE Protests, Roots of the Americas

Architect Frank Gehry
(1929-2025)

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA

Most of you know that I am a big fan of Frank Lloyd Wright and his architecture, especially since I grew up in Usonia, New York, a community founded by that notable American architect. So what am I doing honoring Frank Gehry, an architect who couldn't be more far apart and diametrically opposed to the principles and organic forms of Frank Lloyd Wright. Can I like them both for different reasons? I am much closer to the aesthetic of Frank Lloyd Wright but admire the pure audacity, daring and innovativeness of a Frank Gehry. What can I say, I have eclectic taste...

I got permission from fellow substacker Cool Stories About Art to include this AI video as normal buildings morph into Gehry's vision, with the help of NASA software.

If you want to dig deeper, here's a piece CBS Sunday Morning produced on the Canadian architect and a great documentary entitled Sketches of Frank Gehry on his life and process.

IAC Media Building, New York, NY

Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, France

This is the Way to Do It

This is the way to do it! Protesting ICE across the country:

Priest says No

ICE Out of New York City

Rockland Maine says no to ICE

Ohio's way of doing it

Minneapolis police resistance

Blocking ICE from exiting a parking lot in New York

"To read an article in The New Yorker about how Orange County is resisting, click here

Roots of the Americas

Here is a very important reminder from Martin McSweeney's substack Truth Matters @politicsusa46 about the roots of the Americas lest we forget:
With special thanks to Indigenous Revolution 🎥 TikTok

"We are not the past of this continent—we are its future."

A last minute Hanukkah video (a little late) with Mandy Patinkin and family and our new mayor Zohran Mamdani, who they tried to paint as Anti-Semitic…

Collage of the Week

Pam Smilow Heart and Soul mixed media on handmade paper

Charity of the Week:
ACLU

Book of the Week

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About The Author

New York City based contemporary artist, Pam Smilow, began writing the creative lifestyle blog “things we love” in an effort to foster a sense of community during times of isolation and reflection. To read more about her and her art, visit her website and check out the essay written by Frank Matheis entitled The Sophisticated Innocence of Pam Smilow.