Wendell Berry— Kentucky poet laureate, author, teacher of English literature “The interesting question here is…whether a book that so directly offers itself to our belief or disbelief can be taught as ‘literature’. It clearly cannot be so taught except by ignoring ‘whatever else it may be’ which is a very substantial part of it. The question then is whether it can be adequately or usefully taught as something less that it is. The fact is that the writers of the... Read more
“Sting’s gift for prose and reverence for language, nearly the equal of his musical gifts, shine on every page. Even when Broken Music addresses the quixotic life of an aspiring rock & roller, it reads like literature from a more rarified time when adults didn’t condescend to the vulgarities of pop culture.” —Rolling Stone “Having been a songwriter most of my life, condensing my ideas and emotions into short rhyming couplets and setting them to music, I had never really considered writing... Read more
I’m enjoying reading Sting’s memoir which covers the years from his birth in 1951 (he’s 2 months older than me) to when the Police really got going as a band with Roxanne. I’ll do a review in a day or two. Turns out Stewart Copeland the drummer had a dad who was a CIA agent. The following story is either hilarious or tragic depending on how important you think the Qumran scrolls are: “After the Dead Sea Scrolls were found... Read more
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Behold the Veggie cow, made of broccoli, okra, cauliflower and you name it. A cow even a Hindu could eat. I’m thinking he could be nicely paired with the Butter cow, and cooked together to make a nice veggie meal. But he’s too cute to cook and eat. We should let him slowly waste away since he’s already been turned into a vegetable 🙂 Read more
“A lie doesn’t become truth, Wrong doesn’t become right, An evil doesn’t become good Just because it’s accept by the majority.”— Booker T. Washington And I would add that it is also true that just because you are loyal to someone, a leader of a church, or a political leader, and wants to believe in him or her doesn’t mean you should trust whatever he or she says, especially if what he says is self-serving and self-promoting. Should you critically... Read more
The more time Whistler spent on the Continent, the more he found canals in Holland or Venice interesting as subject matter. Scenes with women in them, especially exotic eastern looking women got his attention as well. Strange shaped buildings and interesting signs on shops caught his eye as well. Not many painters did as many nocturnal paintings as did Whistler, but again this was in part because of his fascination with how light affected or determined the color of something. Read more
Whistler wandered all over western Europe doing sketches, mostly street scenes he found interesting. In an age before autos streets were generally safer and people would hang out near their favorite shops or even play in the streets. Furthermore, in an age before TV and air conditioning, people did not want to spend too much time indoors in warmer weather, which meant for Whistler that he had constant human subject matter to draw or paint just by walking around... Read more
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