Pure and admirable artist in some other discipline decides he/she has some slam dunk idea for a shit movie.
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The Airline with Power in The Best of All Possible Worlds!
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lack of pies
Read moreRazor in Larilee’s Bathtub
Ok, now I’ve done something as harrowing with Hart as almost losing Sevi at the Atlantic Antic parade. Unforgivable negligence..
Read moreWeeds, the TV Show
Ok, so I’ve been hooked watching 2 seasons worth on DVD. Only now I do see why, as the characters get stretched to suit the plot, I ultimately can’t cozy about to TV. Just an amusing rollercoaster ride; doesn’t stay with you.
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It's a great essay by George Saunders. The bit about the imagination and war is uncannily similar to Wallace Stevens' "Prose Statement on the Poetry of War". Either derived or just arrived at the same conclusion.
Read morehelp stop climate-wrecking in Bali
Hi, I just signed an emergency petition trying to save the crucial climate change talks in Bali, Indonesia right now by telling the US, Canada and Japan to stop blocking an agreement. You can sign it here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/bali_emergency/98.php?cl_tf_sign=1 Almost all countries have agreed to cut rich country carbon emissions by 2020–which scientists say is crucial…
Read moreanother thing i’ve needed to hear
that the creative process drives out fear
Read morework of art as a living thing, just as much an organism as me or you
FINALLY I get some affirmation of this opinion I’d just about given up on! from Naomi Wolf’s father in her book. The counter to so much that wears down and dispirits the beautiful. My crystalline anti-example in Aaron Sorkin, creator of the West Wing who’s vocal about his characters being simple constructions that have no…
Read morenostalgia for pasts not my own #1
so strong, such as that joni mitchell past, manhattan in the 70s upper east side, carefree, growing up, love and growth, young and with the opportunity to be smart and proud, people are well off but predatory enormous wealth has not encroached as it will in the next decades.
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