My brother’s a Shakespeare geek.  He deserves the title I think.  Most of his life revolves around studying, producing and directing Shakespeare.

 

He confided his geekness one evening in London (where else?) as we stood under a lamp post after seeing Kevin Spacey’s Richard II at the Old Vic.  Until that moment I’d never considered him as such.

 

I’d only thought of geeks as nerds or techies.  The techies try to take on that word as theirs alone, a badge of honor (is theirs supposed to be their's? - I need a grammar geek!).  But truth is, many people are driven by a passionate devotion to a given interest.

 

 Me, I’m afraid I’m becoming somewhat of an artslant geek.  Now this was not asked for and I hope it will subside because the lack of sleep is a killer...but for now it is my claim to geekdom.

 

Did I mention the Wikipedia says lexicographers source geek to Shakespeare’s geck, meaning fool, and then it moved from being a circus freak to a social outcast pencil-neck geek in the 1950’s?  So a fool with a pencil.  That sounds arty to me.

 

To return to my current geek out - I just want to zoom around the nooks and crannies of the artslant world all day (and night) long.  Exploring, fixing up things, meeting new artists, finding new shows.  It’s consuming.  Did you know that this weekend alone there are at least 52 openings and events going on?  That’s the allure of web 2.0.  The more the community contributes, the richer it gets.  The question then becomes one of refining, or really, finding.

 

How to Find and Refine on artslant: 

Refining is the key to much of life, don’t you think?  (I suppose the geek thing could be called extreme refining.)  On artslant, you will find our Refine feature in a gray box on the top left in most areas.  Learn how to use it – it will make you happy.

 

Refine by Keyword if you’re in to one thing only.

 

Refine by Neighborhood and Venue if you like a manageable variety.

 

Refine by When if timing is important.  Note:  We’ve got some special When features on our Calendar.

 

Helpful Hint:  You can Clear a Search by hitting the [clear] button on the top right of your list.

 

And for all you geeks - try reading a little Shakespeare.  That will put you to sleep (sorry Charles).

 

-georgia