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Though I have been inspired and changed personally by this process of using artistic medium as a vessel for internal discovery, I sometimes wonder if this freedom, while promoting individual growth, misses the opportunity to encourage something else. I wonder if there is a need for a discussion of the place of my work in a broader social meaning and context. Is theoretical study the only refuge for these considerations? I have become increasingly convinced that much more is at stake in a video or a painting than my own personal expression. And while my drug documentary was admittedly...
...wonder if the freedom offered by VES doesn’t also amount to a new kind of limitation. An intensive focus on personal expression can result in a reluctance to work beyond one’s own horizons. I have often engaged in discussions about my own work with friends who share the concern that we are at times self-involved in our art, or overly pleased by our own idiosyncrasies...
...might wonder how the Unknowns were able to publicize their album enough to strike a record deal despite their confessed aversion towards self-promotion. The answer lies in a local singer-songwriter named Rose Polenzani, whom Guvench knew through a friend of the band...
Usually, the stunning vistas and skillful use of color ordinarily would not be enough in the post-Lord of the Rings cinematic landscape. But the scenery is discovered by the characters and audience simultaneously. Their wonder at the astonishing scenery contrasts adroitly with the surrounding ugliness of petty human motivations, achieving a poetic effect far beyond mere appreciation of pleasant backgrounds...
...house balanced oh-so-precariously atop a cliff—are magnificent. The burned-down Baudelaire mansion is elegant, Count Olaf’s grimy house complements his slimy character perfectly and Curdled Cave fits seamlessly into the enchanting world of Lemony Snicket. (It’s no wonder the “look” of the buildings is so distinctive: Tim Burton’s set designer worked on this film.) The special effects are realistic and, in the film’s tenser scenes, fitfully frightening. Creatures such as the deadly viper and the infamous leeches...