Word: grayness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...events. In his thunderous Snow Storm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps, it's not even clear just where Turner has placed the Carthaginian general. Could he be that minuscule silhouette in the middle distance on a tiny elephant, the one dwarfed by the coiling surf of gray-brown cloud above his head? As the great storm explodes across the canvas, devouring the sickly yellow coin of the sun, the mighty general is just a comma in the larger scheme. This isn't merely history taking place in a landscape. It's landscape as the judgment of history...
...also passed along a letter from a friend, Andrew Gray, who wrote: "Chances are, Bonnie, Halsey and their kids will survive this. The sad reality is that they've already been through much worse. But what does it say about us as a nation that we seek to destroy the reputations of those we should honor? Have we become so cynical and nasty that we no longer can recognize simple courage and decency...
...crowd of smashingly dressed orchestra aficionados shuffled its way into Boston’s Symphony Hall, five minutes late and snatching last-minute snacks and champagne. It took conductor James Levine bursting through the upstage door to properly get their attention. With a red face and a shock of gray hair, the elated four-year Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) veteran hitched up one pant leg, propped himself up on a stool, and struck up a promising beginning to the Orchestra’s 127th season...
...bouncing all over San Francisco. The Swedish singer-songwriter’s newest music video, “Down the Line,” is markedly darker, focusing lyrically as well as visually on human weakness. The opening scenes transport the viewer to a hazy pastoral setting, engulfed in gray mist. A figure comes riding in: half pig, half man; he’s a repulsive amalgamation, a nightmarish figure. Nevertheless, we feel pity as he goes about his solitary life. Engulfed for mysterious reasons by worry, boredom, and heartbreak (a past love is hinted at as he traces...
...upon a Darwinian time, a man was the one spearing the woolly mammoth. And it wasn't so long ago that a man was that strong and silent fellow over there at the bar with the dry martini or a cold can of beer--a hardworking guy in a gray flannel suit or blue-collar work shirt. He sired children, yes, but he drew the line at diapering them. He didn't know what to expect when his wife was expecting, he didn't review bottle warmers on his daddy blog, and he most certainly didn't participate in little...