There are many aspects of Google to admire, it's amazing breadth, depth and stark simplicity to name a few, but one of my favorite little features is the logo transformations they create on special days. Google's definition of a special day goes well beyond traditional christian holidays to include many birthdays of important people who've shaped our world history. I love Google for remembering to include the arts and encouraging their millions of users to look.

Today is Joan Miro's birthday, a favorite painter of mine. He's so beloved that I named my darling black kitty after him over 13 years ago. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that Miro always started a painting with a black canvas rather than the conventional white one. I adore Miro's whimsical poetic surrealism and I especially adore his magical titles such as A Dew Drop Falling from a Bird's Wing Wakes Rosalie, who Has Been Asleep in the Shadow of a Spider's Web; Stars in Snails' Sexes; or Ciphers and Constellations, in Love with a Woman.

read about Miro | view his work | view the MoMa's Black & Red site