Word: shadowed
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...real question is whether Claudel would have become what she did without Rodin, who fostered her gifts and then, perhaps, overwhelmed them. What she became, for a while, was a sculptor of some consequence. After that she devolved into an increasingly erratic talent, struggling to escape from Rodin's shadow and eventually ending up in a mental hospital. Their romantic misery can't be blamed for all of Claudel's mental difficulties, but it surely played its part. Sharing a bed with genius is an adventure. And adventures can be dangerous things...
...production, handled by Def Jux guru El-P, alongside other behemoths like DJ Shadow, Blockhead (Aesop Rock’s producer), as well as Cage’s long-time collaborator Camu Tao, snaps with aggressive buzzing thuds and lush melodic loops. El-P, who has a hand in more than half of the songs, opens with one of those rare productions where grinding guitar and a low end courtesy of the bassist from Yo La Tengo, actually work under the voice...
...fragmented, a series of seemingly random notes that somehow come together. The only discernible part of the melody is one five-note phrase that gives the piece its own personal flavor. The piece is kept together, not by the excellent rhythm section of Ahmed Abdul-Malik on bass and Shadow Wilson on drums, but the interplay between Monk and Coltrane, particularly during the first solo section...
...known, but that may change with the recent unveiling of Chanel's fall make-up range. Inspired by the designer's Coromandel screens (she owned over 30 of these Chinese-made, lacquered folding screens, a collection considered the best in pre-war Europe), the range includes a gorgeous eye shadow and blush palette. Its intense colors-red ocher, gold and black-match Chanel's screens, as do its laser-cut decorative motifs. Though priced at $60, double the cost of most powder compacts, the limited-edition piece is already a best seller...
...agent--so he feels he has to promote himself, even to his own family. (He refers to Kafka as "one of my predecessors.") The rest of his life is getting away from him too. His tennis game isn't what it used to be. His wife, restless in his shadow, has turned to writing and got a story in the New Yorker. She has also called off their marriage, leaving their two sons shuffling back and forth between alternate parents. Bernard advises the boys (badly) on dating and on which of the books they're studying is second rate...