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...pick his brain,” Golson said. With advice from Dameron, Golson began composing music, which would become his primary lifelong passion.“I wrote the song ‘Stablemates’ while in the middle of a divorce with my wife,” Golson said. “We were playing in a town near her town and when there was a break in the set I pretended to be busy writing so she couldn’t talk to me. What I was writing turned out to be ‘Stablemates...
...Harrison’s fresh, energetic portrayal of Stillman comes across on screen, but his role is limited by simple dialogue and an uninteresting storyline. Reynolds seems to realize his character’s lack of depth and submits to it, presenting the same blank facial expression when his wife leaves him as he does at the poker table. “Deal” is not a bet worth taking. For actual entertainment, turn on the World Series of Poker on ESPN. After all, it’s free...
...that Docx effortlessly weaves into a complex and wonderful character. At times utterly heartless, at times dedicated and loving, Nicholas is always arrestingly bright and completely human. He is cruel to his children—their memories of him inevitably include insults and beatings—and abandons his wife. Yet Nicholas also has a much softer, thoughtful, and loving side. He remains dedicated to his wife even ten years after he leaves her, because, as he cryptically explains, “she understood the geometry of things.” But while Docx’s talent for character...
...heavy application of paint compresses the landscape and creates a personal view of the city that evokes the mystical qualities of his religious works. The portraits in the second room were created as tools of state which depict images of ideal monarchs. Philip’s wife, Queen Margarita, wears a sumptuous dress in her portrait, painted with painstaking detail, while her face is mask-like. Gone are El Greco’s expressive brush strokes, replaced with a new artistic naturalism that focuses on the realistic representation of fabric folds and shadows.Velazquez’s first work...
...author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Moon Lady, and The Chinese Siamese...