the privilege

The privilege of expressing yourself fully as an artist is the same as the privilege of avoiding getting slain by cancer.  Vigilance and unremitting work.

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role of the adult

to keep adult anxiety, if not invisible, then clearly on a shelf too high for children to reach, and therefore clearly for them to ignore or feel no obligation toward remedying.  adults who put it on the low shelf are kind of despicable.

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Movie: The Foot Fist Way

Rented and watched this after hearing Elvis Mitchell on THE TREATMENT refer to as groundbreaking in comedy.  Found it mediocre and flailing, only a few nice bits with McBride.  trashy like John Waters, belligerently assinine like that guy’s films who did Clerks.  it’s a niche all right, a niche for dumbasses.

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Movie: The Reader

imitation of a movie. felt like the pastiche that Winslet played in "Extras" felt sorry for Kate, so gorgeous, such an astute actress, so ill-used. as usual, can never stand Ralph Fiennes in anything.

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sunset provision

a man trapped a snapperwading into a bogthe wind buffs the bright greenshaggy leaves laughingtheir heads offlook down from high brancheswrinkle your eyesand be amused

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drs in the day

the walls are low brick stubs where mds paced back and forth all thought and subtlety wearing grooves. drs on rounds with pads no more walls ceilings gone weeds caved them the chitter of locusts who care less an aztec mystery to curl like a cherry stem

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