Old men steal milkshakes
They drink it up
•Halifax’s lost last night. Do you know who I mean? Does it not seem as if Halifax’s Page has changed her name from Ellen to Halifax’s, since I haven’t ever seen it written without that qualifier? •Dear God:
Thanks for not making me North Korean
(via The FAIL Blog) •Skepticism toward [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Today’s Thoughts
25 February 2008 – 8:25 pm
Philip Glass’ Workspace
17 February 2008 – 8:12 pm
Philip Glass in a workspace
(From Richard Serra – To See is to Think)
Richard Serra’s Studio
17 February 2008 – 8:09 pm
Richard Serra’s Studio
(From Richard Serra – To See is to Think)
Philip Johnson’s Workspace
17 February 2008 – 8:04 pm
Philip Johnson in his study
(From Diary of an Eccentric Architect)
The Canadian Art Reel Artists Film Festival, 21-24 February 2008
17 February 2008 – 7:53 pm
08w08:1 Review & Preview: The Canadian Art Reel Artists Film Festival 21-24 Feb 2008
[Cross posted from Goodreads 08w08:1]
The Canadian Art Reel Artists Film Festival, 21-24 February 2008
http://www.canadianart.ca/foundation/programs/reelartists/2008/01/24/
http://www.canadianart.ca/microsites/REELARTISTS//schedule/
screening at the Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave (at Bloor), Toronto
In his as-yet-untranslated book Formes de Vie (1999) Nicolas Bourriaud makes the argument that [...]
Richard Rorty’s definition of genius
17 February 2008 – 6:05 pm
From Contingency, irony, and solidarity (1989; pages 37-38) by Richard Rorty:
Another way of making this point is to say that the social process of literalizing a metaphor is duplicated in the fantasy life of an individual. We call something ‘fantasy’ rather than ‘poetry’ or ‘philosophy’ when it revolves around metaphors which do not catch on [...]