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...creation of this work," he might say, "was accomplished in my small study. There in the presence of the artifacts of my life--various pieces of stone, various edges of brass, the Mobius strip of my intellect. The lighting was dim, the room was a cave my mind was the world...

Author: By Hanne-maria Maiiala, | Title: Savagery Pays Off | 12/6/1983 | See Source »

Perception is reality. Could Plato himself have said it better in his speculations about the imaginary cave where prisoners see life as a series of shadows flickering on the walls? Wasn't that what Shakespeare meant when he had Prospero conclude his pageant by declaring that "the cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples" would all dissolve, for "we are such stuff as dreams are made on"? Trompe l'oeil (trickery of the eye) is the artistic term for it, and Italy is full of palaces with flat ceilings painted to look vaulted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Marshal Potemkin, Meet Your Fans | 11/28/1983 | See Source »

...bulletin about the attack on the Marines in Beirut. Such late-breaking major news is the raison d'être of McConnell's job: she immediately telephoned World Senior Editor Henry Muller and Deputy Chief of Correspondents B. William Mader. Muller, in turn, called Managing Editor Ray Cave. Clearly, the Beirut bombing had to be in the magazine this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Oct. 31, 1983 | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

...magnitude of the slaughter and its potential impact became clear, Cave decided that the carnage in Lebanon would be TIME'S cover story on 6 million copies worldwide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Oct. 31, 1983 | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

...daily in an unused hall bathroom of a commercial hotel. It is an ample facility where the couple picnic, frolic in the tub and plan their future before catching the train home: she to her mother, he to a randy wife. Tristram and Isolde as commuters in a tiled cave of love is an entertaining conception. Trevor does more; he dignifies the lovers with a deep understanding of their passions and the mundane force that must inevitably cool them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tales of Lovers and Haters | 10/10/1983 | See Source »

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