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...Candler, an engineer living in suburbia, mentions that he “had grown up among people who believed the world could reveal all manner of things if you paid attention.” The subtle fluctuations within the earth and within the people in each story reveal some hidden truths about the depth of human emotion, knowledge, and reaction experienced by each narrator. Throughout the course of the collection, it becomes more and more clear that this influence is felt not only in the earth beneath each character’s feet but also in the blood coursing through...
...physics professor Lisa Randall published “Warped Passages”—a book for the layman about the universe’s hidden dimensions—in the hopes that she might inspire the general public to contemplate the possibility of unseen worlds. What she did not expect was to inspire was a new chamber opera...
...recently celebrated the 7th anniversary of my 49th birthday (to count Gibbs' way), I can appreciate every single one of her comments about birthdays through the ages [Feb. 8]. Replace the 4 1/2 birthday party memory, however, with the one surprise party I ever had: twelve 12-year-olds hidden in our basement as I came home from the hairdresser, to celebrate my 12th. Gibbs paints so many perfect pictures, from the birth of a child with "no instruction manual, no warranty" to the middle-age years "when we are suspended between twin poles" of the needs of our parents...
...recently celebrated the 7th anniversary of my 49th birthday (to count Gibbs' way), I can appreciate every single one of her comments about birthdays through the ages [Feb. 8]. Replace the 4 1/2 birthday party memory, however, with the one surprise party I ever had: twelve 12-year-olds hidden in our basement as I came home from the hairdresser, to celebrate my 12th. Gibbs paints so many perfect pictures, from the birth of a child with "no instruction manual, no warranty" to the middle-age years "when we are suspended between twin poles" of the needs of our parents...
This promise is never fulfilled, however, as far too often the remaining tracks fail to distinguish themselves from where the album started. The once fresh and complexly layered sounds quickly become stale and pedantic. “Hidden Lakes,” to take just one example, maintains an aura that is reminiscent of “Meridian,” which primarily derives from Meiberg’s unchanging singing style and the repetitive nature of the underlying music. Not only is the lack of variety monotonous, it also detracts from the merits of each individual song, as each...