It is iconic. It is simple. It is…Polaroid. I took my first Polaroid at the tender age of four and was immediately addicted. Of course it makes perfect sense in hindsight. Give a child something seemingly magical that offers instant gratification—then you’ve got them hooked. Since that time, I have been enamored by the process of...
Read More“Steps,” Frank O’Hara
How funny you are today New Yorklike Ginger Rogers in Swingtimeand St. Bridget’s steeple leaning a little to the lefthere I have just jumped out of a bed full of V-days(I got tired of D-days) and blue you there stillaccepts me foolish and freeall I want is a room up thereand you in itand even the traffic halt so thick is a wayfor people to rub up...
Read MoreDead Poets Society & “Planning and Payoff”
Dead Poets Society, written by Tom Schulman, explored the relationship between a group of young men and the liberated influence of their English Professor, John Keating (Robin Williams). Notably, the ending of this film makes it a timeless classic due to its tremendous emotional effect. The ending provokes a sense of accomplishment and happiness within...
Read MoreHarry Clarke
Harry Clarke is a noteworthy artist who died much too young; he fascinates me because despite the fact that he considered stained glass work his real artistic calling, he is most known for his illustrations. Despite a seemingly polarized element to these illustrations – black and white stylized work bordering on the macabre at one end and rich...
Read MoreThe Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner
I don’t suppose anybody ever deliberately listens to a watch or clock. You dont have to. You can be oblivious to the sound for a long while, then in a second of ticking it can create in the mind unbroken the long diminishing parade of time you didn’t hear. - William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury This week’s prose selection comes...
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