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...unassuming words conceal much greater significance. It takes about half a section before the meaning of her simple thoughts are made clear, but once they are, a whole metaphorical world of meaning is discovered. This world that Étienne creates is one centered around the idea of art. The most interesting sections of the collection voice Étienne’s own feelings on writing, undeniably fascinating statements that are worth reading by anyone at all interested in taking pen to paper. “One walks with words, one detaches them, spaces them, erases them. / One places...
...Photography,” the celebrated American writer Susan Sontag notes that “the camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one’s own.”Upon visiting artist-curator Tim Barber’s online art gallery tinyvices.com, a mixed-media motley of art and artistically-inclined product, one might feel inclined to agree with Sontag. Perhaps because Barber himself is a gifted photographer, the site is photo-heavy and characterized by the now-standard downtown blend of the High and the Low. Life?...
...that the Task Force will complete the bulk of its work during the 2007-08 academic year, with a final report to be submitted by the early fall of 2008.”“This marks a new beginning for a new era of arts at Harvard,” Faust declared. Her announcement stirred widespread excitement in Harvard’s artistic community. “I expect the moon,” theater professor Robert Scanlan said at the time.“Things are happening, with the opening of New College Theatre and the Task...
...long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, before Hollywood started making only superhero blockbusters and art-house Oscar winners, there were big, fun, beautiful movies that were both crowd-pleasing and artistically valuable. “Slumdog Millionaire” is one of these movies. With its exuberant love story, brilliant young cast, and the constant refrain of the “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” soundtrack, “Slumdog Millionaire” is the most fun you will have at the movies until neuroscientists genetically alter our brains so we?...
...Obama's "no drama" reaction at least avoided confrontation and bought him some time to pull together a foreign policy team and decide where he really stands on the deployment of missile defense to Europe. As former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage used to say, "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggy' while looking for a stick...