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Ben Millett
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. 🌈 🌈 🌈 📨 [email protected] https://benmillett.us
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · Aug 7
The Des Moines Art Center created a virtual walkthrough of “Iowa Artists 2025: Ben Millett” for those not able to visit in-person. It lets you get really up-close and personal with some of the quilts.
Iowa Artists 2025: Ben Millett in the lower Richard Meier Galleries | Des Moines Art Center
Based in Des Moines, Ben Millett’s approach to textiles is literally multi-layered, employing traditional quilting techniques to create works that combine original patterns, a bright palette, and visu...
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 7h
It’s been on my mind since Friday, mostly in a “I’m disappointed this wasn’t so much better” sort of way.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 7h
I’ve not seen the musical and only remember the Tony’s when Chita performed. I went to see Diego Luna and had expectations of good music. The reality vs movie approach was just fine. The movie needed to be 10x more over the top (and have a completely different actress).
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 7h
I saw one yesterday and today, so you probably did, too.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 1d
Looks like I need to update the recipe comment example in my quilt pattern lecture. This is better than the already truly terrible substitution example I had.
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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 1d
"Whoever thought of vanilla with meat? Nasty." YOU DID, NANCY! THAT WAS YOU! YOU THOUGHT OF THAT!
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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 2d
nancy no!!!!

(recipe: Hamburger Steak with Onions and Gravy)
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 2d
It really is true. So hot.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d
Lee Pace in The Fall is the result of a decades-long experiment to see what happens if all the hotness for an entire generation is concentrated in the body of a single man
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 2d
I knew Squarespace was going all-in with GenAI, but this Refresh is embarrassing. I really need to get a new website provider.
Squarespace Refresh 2025: Built to Stand Out, Ready to Scale — Squarespace
Explore Squarespace's biggest product releases of 2025 and preview what’s coming next, including new features and updates.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 2d
Have you heard of “Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind”? It’s a movie that came out in 2004. Why did no one tell me to watch it sooner?! Maybe it slipped under everyone’s radar.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 2d
Why yes, these four are definitely how I picture rarebit and I definitely want to have one of each of these.
A screenshot with three photos of supposed rarebit. One looks like weird poached eggs (and also has a whole ass bouquet as a garnish). One looks like grape leaf things with pico de gallo. A third looks like pepto bismal poured over chicken fingers. Appetizing!
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 3d
Have you registered for my Artist Lecture on Thursday? Hope you can join me there.
Artist Lecture: Ben Millett | Des Moines Art Center
Presented in recognition of LGBTQ+ History Month, join Ben Millett, the Des Moines Art Center’s 2025 Iowa Artist, for an artist lecture. During this talk, Millett will discuss how he came to the techn...
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 3d
Wow, The Substance is quite the movie, isn’t it.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 3d
I’ve discovered something worse than nacho cheese on nachos: “red pepper aioli”. Why tf would you put mayo on nachos?! (The last time I had those nachos, there was no mayo, so this was a terrible surprise. Never again.)
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 3d
Thank you for sharing with us! (Hope all is well for you for what is in your control.)
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 4d
Was the music so lame because of the movie performances? So I’m finally listening to the cast recording and … nope, it’s the music itself. Is this why there haven’t been Broadway revivals? Overall, it seems like the movie took the right approach with how it integrated the songs.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 4d
I have a distinct memory of watching Chita Rivera perform at the Tony’s for Kiss of the Spider Woman. I never watched the musical or listened to the recording, and I held a high regard for the musical because of that Tony’s performance. So I was confused when watching the new movie.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 4d
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A stone statue on a wood pedestal John Bradley Storrs, American, 1885-1956 L'HOMME NU (NUDE MAN) 1919 Composite stone Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collection; Purchased with funds from the Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc., 1966.3 Storr's depiction of a male nude is influenced by the trends toward abstraction and machine-inspired forms that characterized modernist sculpture in the early decades of the twentieth century. This simplified figure emphasizes the experience of volume, mass, and line that would become central to Stor's practice as he transitioned to sculpting entirely abstract skyscraper-like forms over the course of the ensuing decade. Another view of a stone statue on a wood pedestal John Bradley Storrs, American, 1885-1956 L'HOMME NU (NUDE MAN) 1919 Composite stone Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collection; Purchased with funds from the Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc., 1966.3 Storr's depiction of a male nude is influenced by the trends toward abstraction and machine-inspired forms that characterized modernist sculpture in the early decades of the twentieth century. This simplified figure emphasizes the experience of volume, mass, and line that would become central to Stor's practice as he transitioned to sculpting entirely abstract skyscraper-like forms over the course of the ensuing decade. Closer view of a stone statue on a wood pedestal John Bradley Storrs, American, 1885-1956 L'HOMME NU (NUDE MAN) 1919 Composite stone Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collection; Purchased with funds from the Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc., 1966.3 Storr's depiction of a male nude is influenced by the trends toward abstraction and machine-inspired forms that characterized modernist sculpture in the early decades of the twentieth century. This simplified figure emphasizes the experience of volume, mass, and line that would become central to Stor's practice as he transitioned to sculpting entirely abstract skyscraper-like forms over the course of the ensuing decade.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 4d
These pieces at the Des Moines Art Center literally stopped me in my tracks yesterday. Breathtaking.

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Large canvas with black, green, yellow, lavender, cantaloupe paint. Friedel Dzubas American, 1915 -1994 MOUNTAINSIDE 1966 Acrylic and magna on canvas Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of the Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, 1985.6 In Dzubas's monumental painting, a field of black adjoins swathes of bright color. The artist painted these shapes using a technique called "scrubbing," where a stiff dry brush pulls wet paint over the surface of a canvas treated with gesso, a priming layer that keeps paint from absorbing into the canvas. The result is overlapping layers of opaque paint. This work was painted on the floor in a horizontal orientation, but the artist chose to display it vertically on the wall, creating a dramatic sensation of scale as the work looms above the viewer. A closeup of a canvas with black, green, yellow, lavender, cantaloupe paint. Friedel Dzubas American, 1915 -1994 MOUNTAINSIDE 1966 Acrylic and magna on canvas Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of the Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, 1985.6 In Dzubas's monumental painting, a field of black adjoins swathes of bright color. The artist painted these shapes using a technique called "scrubbing," where a stiff dry brush pulls wet paint over the surface of a canvas treated with gesso, a priming layer that keeps paint from absorbing into the canvas. The result is overlapping layers of opaque paint. This work was painted on the floor in a horizontal orientation, but the artist chose to display it vertically on the wall, creating a dramatic sensation of scale as the work looms above the viewer.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 4d
Sharing my annual reminder on this National Coming Out Day. #NCOD
On a rainbow background is this text: It's National Coming Out Day today. Almost every day presents the opportunity to "come out" to someone. Sometimes it's only to yourself. Even using the phrase "my boyfriend" or "my girlfriend" once in a single conversation can be both simple and gargantuan, paralyzing and liberating. So whether you use this nationally recognized day to bust out, shattering the door behind you, or to open the door a crack, allowing yourself a few solitary rays of light to test how welcoming they might be, know that you are worthy of being who you are. To our allies, thank you for being there for us, on this day and every day. It's your support that allows us to even consider presenting our full selves.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 5d
What’s an image you can hear?
A scene of dialogue: Peter: We will dismiss you without further argument. Lucifer: Aah! You have looked over my kingdom, and my greatness and glory. Now you want to take possession of the whole of it. (Lucifer turns, and stares into the camera.) I have a word to say concerning these people. If they do not walk up to every covenant they make at these altars in this temple this day, they will be in my power!
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 5d
Our various coneflowers have started flowering again, which means flowers for the table again.
Three cone flowers (dark pink, orange yellow, and yellow) in a small glass vase. There are also three grass flower stems and a penstemon flower stem in the vase.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 6d
It's happening!
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 6d
Oh no, I’ve successfully used work today to not think about the conclusion to my artist lecture and I’m all out of work.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 6d
This morning I learned The Rescues wrote the music/lyrics for the upcoming Broadway production of The Lost Boys and now all I can think about is how to get to NYC for spring break 2026 to catch a preview performance.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 7d
I appreciate all the work you’re doing, as today I received my first newsletter to my Fastmail-hosted inbox.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 8d
In the beta for iOS 26.1, the "Stop" for an alarm now requires sliding when on the lockscreen. Hell to the no. Am I in the minority of people who basically never use snooze and only use stop? Don't penalize me for everyone else missing the snooze.
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Ben Millett @benmillett.us · 9d
Thanks for sharing this. I hadn’t seen all the cash-grab opportunities myself, so reading about everything back-to-back was exhausting.
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