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Category Archives: Film
Cure for Summer Heat
Whenever I am asked to chose my favorite countries to visit, I always place Norway in the top three. After viewing this spectacular short 4k film by Moscow-based photographer Sergey Lukankin I think that you will agree with me that … Continue reading
Read Dostoyevsky
Posted in Books, Europe, Film, Writing
Tagged Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian literature
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Books and Music
Greenlight Bookstore in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, N.Y. was recently the setting for a new music video called “Good Kisser” from the group Lake Street Dive.
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Film, Music, USA
Tagged Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Lake Street Dive, New York City, NYC
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Reading Nook
French artist Thierry Mandon uses video, performance art, and installations to reflect on the poetic nature of everyday existence with a twist of absurdist humor.
Long Walk To A Dark Place
A big h/t to Cameron Booth for the link to this marvelous Middle Earth “transit” map. Commissioned by Empire magazine,the brilliant map which plots the journeys of the key characters through the Peter Jackson film adaptations of The Hobbit and Lord of the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Film, Maps, movies, Public Transport
Tagged J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, the Hobbit
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Paper Matters
Many years ago, I tried my hand at paper making. I think that I still have files of homemade paper stashed away somewhere. I wasn’t very good at papermaking, but I developed a real appreciation for the skill involved in … Continue reading
The Shapes of Stories
The always spot on cartoonist Grant Snider created this terrific graphic representation of Kurt Vonnegut’s timeless lecture on the shapes of stories.
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Tagged Cartoons, Grant Snider, Kurt Vonnegut
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Bowie In Brooklyn
Tomorrow the critically acclaimed traveling exhibition David Bowie is will open at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. The retrospective on the late artist’s five-decade career began at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in August 2013 and has been touring ever … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Film, Museums, Music, Photography, Tourism, USA
Tagged Brooklyn Museum, David Bowie, New York, NYC
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The temple of knowledge
The Temple of Knowledge is a heartwarming video from the folks at StoryCorps that animates Ronald Clark’s memories of his father, who worked for the New York Public Library. Clark’s film tells the story of the time when library caretakers, along … Continue reading
