Word: vitae
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...desperate rationalization. But then I glanced around the theater where I happened to be catching an early morning show of The Devil Wears Prada. It was full of large women in blue jeans who were not present to enjoy Andrea's moral triumph over the temptations of La Dolce Vita. They were there for the clothes, the bright chatter, the pretty people, the handsome arrangement of every shot in the picture. Who can blame them? I liked all that stuff myself. It is wonderful to see New York (or Paris) looking like their old movie selves (though...
...longa, vita brevis,”—life is short, art long—runs the ancient proverb. Ask artist Peter Smuts, whose show “The Human Pixel Project” is currently showing at Mather’s Three Columns Gallery, and he might tell you that life is pixelated, and art even more so.Smuts has assembled eight color-themed panels out of hundreds of two-inch square tiles. Each tile, however, is a work of art in its own right. Smuts started the project by sending out blank tiles to artists around the country...
...brought up believing that anything is possible in the home of greatest empire that ever was; if it can be done anywhere, it can be done in Italy, where la vita é bella. But as it turns out, this also applies to politics. Despite the country’s precarious socioeconomic status, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi keeps doing anything and everything he wants in extreme ways that politicians elsewhere would never dare—the Italian way. The year I was born, the Italian recovery from the ashes of World War II reached its climax...
...mention two native inventions, grissini, the ubiquitous breadstick, and the kid-favorite spread Nutella. Valentino Castellani, who shepherded through the city's successful bid during his eight-year stint as mayor, and is now head of Torino's Olympic Organizing Committee, wants those who associate la dolce vita only with Rome to learn "we're Italian too. We have that same passion and joy for life." Yet though city fathers want the Olympics to show off Torino, most Italians, even the Piemontesi, focus their athletic attention on a certain sport played on flat fields. "In Italy...
...quite right: instead of forbidding alcohol consumption or punishing their children for imbibing, parents should try to show that alcohol can be healthful if consumed moderately. Parents should sit down with their children, drink some wine or whatever they prefer and show that alcohol is part of a dolce vita, like having a wonderful coffee in a café. It can be a kind of little luxury in everyday life. You can indulge yourself if you consume a drink correctly, enjoying every sip. Julia Schimpf Gochsheim, Germany A Moment in Time In his new film, Munich, director Steven Spielberg attempts...